Unfortunately in modern politics we have become infected with two weeping sores. The first is tribalism or hyper-partisanship. The second is media bias, or what I used to see described as the involvement of the Media party. Both are affecting the way we discuss politics. We saw hyper-partisanship rise to
HIDDEN CAMERA: Police interrogated me about my Justin Trudeau book. They didn’t know I videotaped it I wrote a best-selling book about Justin Trudeau in the last election. After the election, I received a letter by registered mail notifying me that I was being investigated for that book. Trudeau’
Bun Me A cross-code rugby player with a strong religious focus signs for an overseas rugby league team that plays in the UK Super League. He is welcomed, allowed to almost immediately skip training to attend the birth of his third child (so, not a novelty then and can’t
How messed up is this dear readers? Our article about Tommy Robinson a man who won an International Free speech award is censored by Facebook because Facebook considers him ( and by extension Free speech) to be dangerous! Tommy Robinson is a good man who has been persecuted by the Legacy
Social commentator Prue MacSween says there is a “tug of war between freedom of speech and freedom of offence,” as a new poll shows 68 per cent of Australians believe Australia is too politically correct.
Many years ago, Margaret Court set some tennis records and has a tennis arena in Melbourne named after her as a “legend” of the sport. This week, Tennis Australia honoured her at the Australian Open. “From one tennis legend to another, Rod Laver presented Margaret Court with a replica of
ACT Party Superficial Times Media took the bait hook, line and sinker, going nuts at the title of our Waitangi Day State of the Nation Address (Make Aotearoa Great Again). As the week went on, smart commentators pointed out their good-people-and-bad-people, with-us-or-against-us reaction was Trumpian. What’s at Stake This
Today’s face of the day Tommy Robinson was the winner of the International Free Speech Award also known as the Sappho Prize, described as an award given to journalists who combine excellence in their work with courage and a refusal to compromise. He was presented with the award for
All things pass, but decades later Jewish survivors still vividly remember the Holocaust. Memories of Nazi Germany’s cruel attempt to annihilate the Jews are still raw and painful, but when these survivors leave this world to join their forebears, digital and written records of this shameful period in history
It seems that at least some people at ‘A Newspaper’ are starting to finally grasp a glimmer of understanding of what free speech actually means. In fact, they’ve gone so far as allowing the Free Speech Coalition to tell the remaining readers of ‘A Newspaper’ exactly what we have
Information Satire. Editor’s Note: In Aotearoan Newspeak, Kindness is Cruelty, and Wellbeing is Destitution and Starvation. Today our intrepid eye-witness reports on an unexpected and needless to say, unwanted, encounter with Justinda’s Kindness and Wellbeing Police. I thought that readers may be interested in an encounter I had
Harry Miller is a former police officer and co-founder of Fair Cop. He set up the campaign group after being investigated by police over a limerick he posted on Twitter
Dave Chappelle doesn’t think audiences “want to pay to see somebody worried about the repercussions of what they say.” A comedian who made a name for himself as one of the smartest and sharpest comedians around, Chappelle’s latest comedy sets are getting lots of attention, as well as
