Media
The Demolition Derby of the USAID
USAID is better in the waste bin and demolition derbies are exciting, but nuance can get lost in the frenzy and targets missed as a result.
Hard News Photos and the People Who Took Them
Reporters are expected to take their own pictures. Some do their best, but it’s not the same. There are still a handful of skilled and dedicated news photographers around, but they are pitifully few.
NZ Taxpayers Fund Climate Disinformation
We have the facts and we can see through your lies.
Restaurant Realities
Don’t read too much into the daily media reporting of restaurant closures. It would be happening anyway.
The Wailings of a Broken Class
The intelligentsia really feels like they’re in mortal danger. It’s lovely to see.
Luxon: Ignore Your Media Coaches
Previous generations of politicians didn’t have this problem: they spoke directly, said what they thought and were generally respected for it, even if people didn’t agree. Their message wasn’t filtered through layers of obfuscatory flim-flam.
One Rogue Billionaire Could Fix NZ
A rogue billionaire, a nationalist party and a few dozen patriotic public servants could save this country in three to six years. The majority would back them and get their country back.
NZME Staff Shivering like a Dog Shitting Razorblades
Fear, uncertainty and doubt have set in at NZME as the money men circle them like wolves after a wounded sheep.
Just Another Day at the ABC
Obfuscating, poisoning the well, burying key information… all their usual tricks.
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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.
What Are Global Temperatures Really Doing?
NIWA says January 2025 was the coolest January since 2017 and the coldest January on record for six locations.
[The Good Oil] Stuff Up of the Day
Check out the latest media stuff ups both locally and around the world.