The Media Is Complicit in This
Spreading misleading images of an ill child as the face of a ‘famine’ is no way to build confidence that what we’re being told are the facts.
Media
It Is the Vanguard Argument... Again
Too often debates on topics are reduced to one phrase ‘this is not good for Māori’. While this may apply in some instances, it is now deployed so often that it has become a nonsense.
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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.
How Hamas Controls the Media
It is time for media outlets, civil society, and political leaders to wake up to the role they are playing in perpetuating Hamas’s war strategy.
Update on the ‘Bill Gates’ Case in the Netherlands
This globally important case involves much more than 'just' Gates. The facts, the background, the drama, the media, the fact checkers, and the lawyer who is currently imprisoned.
[The Good Oil] Stuff Up of the Day
Check out the latest media stuff ups both locally and around the world.
Why Won’t the ABC Name Its ‘Team Member’?
And why are our taxes funding pro-terrorist propaganda?
Dumb (TVNZ) and Dumber (RNZ)
Their failure to discern what their problem is tells you a lot about their overall capabilities or lack thereof.
This Is Where Our Tax Money Goes Pt 2
The one story the ABC’s ‘Media Watch’ wouldn’t touch.
Not Nice People
A parliament bereft of bullies, where everyone is ‘nice’, and where nothing is ever thrown at anybody – especially not insulting language – is a parliament that will manifest the strength and competence of a kindergarten.
NZ Herald Scrapes the Barrel
Maurice Williamson’s mic slip from 2023 resurfaces as ‘breaking news’.
Guyon Espiner’s Latest Witch Hunt Against Winston Peters Falls Flat
The documents are stale, the connections are imaginary, and the public isn’t buying it. Winston’s response laid bare the absurdity and the declining listener numbers prove New Zealanders are done with the narrative.
[The Good Oil] Stuff Up of the Day
Check out the latest media stuff ups both locally and around the world.
The Druze
I met some of the Druze community in Israel a few months back, and the response by New Zealand, the UN, and others to their suffering in Syria is both tragic and telling.
Chris Hipkins and the Pie
This is propaganda. Chris Hipkins presided over lockdowns, mandates, a broken education system and an explosion in youth and gang crime.
[The Good Oil] Stuff Up of the Day
Check out the latest media stuff ups both locally and around the world.