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[The Good Oil] Stuff Up of the Day
Check out the latest media stuff ups both locally and around the world.
Albo Better Watch His Mouth
The Scandal That Keeps on Giving is reaching right to the top of the Albanese government.
How This Avalanche Is Threatening Scientific Research
Flawed and fake papers continue to be published. It can take years for journals to retract junk science articles after they have been flagged as suspicious, and by then it’s often too late.
Three Jews
Three Jews: a kindhearted rabbi from Judea, a Hellenised Jew from Egypt and a repentant Pharisee from Turkey, set the world on a radically new trajectory still holding its place in civilisation after two millennia.
NZ Mum on Sex Education Concerns
Parent opt-out ignored. Has this teacher broken the law? What are the repercussions? And will the recent Education and Training Act Amendment change anything?
Are Wong and Albo on Another Planet?
Just ignore China beating the war drums. All is peachy-keen, she says.
When Journalism Was Fun
When I accepted a voluntary redundancy deal in 2002, I was able to reflect that I’d come a long way in the 34 years since I’d started in the Post’s reading room. By my calculation it was about 30 metres.
The Good Oil Daily Opinion Poll
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Right vs Left Media Viewers
Just because a media outlet is government-owned, one must not therefore assume it is more trustworthy. Safer to assume the opposite.
Now Puberty Blockers Are Banned
The lobotomy of our time is over: New Zealand bans puberty blockers for kids.
The Next UN Head
If Ardern does secure the UN Secretary General role, she will be tasked with leading the UN’s ambitious global climate emergency agenda into the 2030s and beyond. Guterres has outlined that the UN is establishing a US$1.5 trillion global climate fund.