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Daily News Roundup – 22 December 2020
Parliament, and end of year reviews Chris Trotter (Interest): How the state was reclaimed for the people Richard Shaw (The Conversation): 2020 hindsight: can New Zealand apply the political lessons of COVID-19 in the year ahead? ‘Stuff political reporters’ (Stuff): How good were our political predictions for 2020? Well
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Media’s New Scapegoats for Rising House Prices
The march of the dullards through our society, most obviously reflected in the falling standards of our ‘news’ organisations, continues apace. They are guided not by the rational, but by the emotional, which is hugely subjective and responsive more to one’s own world view and political outlook than reality.
More Bah Humbug Reporting from the Left
Claire Trevett, writing in the NZ Herald, has joined Audrey Young by getting into the Christmas spirit with some Bah Humbug nonsense of her own. Her reporting on the Mallard select committee hearing was about as accurate as Mallard’s answers to National Party questions. Claire dons her rose-tinted
Daily News Roundup – 21 December 2020
Parliament, and end of year reviews Claire Robinson (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern should make Speaker Trevor Mallard pay the price for his costly ‘mistake’ Tova O’Brien (Guardian): It’s been an ugly year for New Zealand politics but there are grounds for optimism in 2021 Henry Cooke (Stuff): Green Party
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The Wall Street Journal finds itself stuck between Iraq and a hard place. An absolutely beautiful @WSJ correction today. Happy Passover! pic.twitter.com/U8W2sO6Dus — Amy Spiro (@AmySpiro) March 28, 2018 Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
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Unintelligible gobbledygook from NewstalkZB Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
Errant Media Watchdogs Should be Shot ( Metaphorically of course)
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Britain’s Sikhs Win a Victory for Truth
You’ve got to feel for Britain’s Sikhs. In almost every way, they’re the success story of British immigration. A strong work and family ethic has seen Britain’s Sikh community notch up notable success in everything from education to employment, affluence and home ownership. Britain’s Sikhs
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Media Watchdog Says ABC Is Biased
Auntie’s slip is showing, yet again – and, yet again, it’s hanging too far to the left. In reaction to yet another report finding that Australia’s [taxpayer-funded leftist propaganda network] public broadcaster is not exactly living up to its statutory requirement to be balanced and impartial, ABC
Daily News Roundup – 18 December 2020
Ihumatao deal RNZ: Ihumatao: SOUL marks the beginning of the end 1News: Ihumatao protest leader celebrates land deal with Government, but not sold on housing proposals NZ Herald: Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson denies Ihumatao will spark more deals for private land RNZ: At Ihumatao after the breakthrough: Relief, exhaustion