I thought that it would be interesting to do a quick and dirty analysis of New Zealand media headlines on the topic of the gun buyback scheme. I wanted to see if their position towards it was overall neutral, positive or negative. I took last week’s headlines and organised
Ex-political reporter Patrick Gower has been let down by the Coalition government which has not delivered all the change it had promised and that he had predicted they would deliver. Former Newshub political editor Patrick Gower has revealed the worst call he has ever made in his career. On
What does it say about a newspaper with all ‘the latest, breaking news’ when it goes on and on and on about one religious fundamentalist who kicks a football, but means no harm, with story after story of his doings but simply can’t find space for the shocking murder
Last week’s series of raids by the Australian Federal Police have set off a firestorm of whinging, hyperbole and hypocrisy. Investigating separate matters, the AFP searched the home of a News Corp journalist and offices at the ABC. It must be borne in mind, first and foremost, that the
In 2006 satirical show The Chaser landed themselves in very hot water. Their crime? Supposedly making fun of terminally-ill children. The sketch in question depicted the “Make-A-Realistic-Wish foundation” telling sick kids they couldn’t meet Zach Efron, but they could have a stick. Champagne comedy? Hardly.
Sunday morning, New Yorkers woke to a front page lead story of a young, dare I say ‘white’, fellow ‘radicalised’, ‘seduced’ and even ‘brainwashed’ by ‘far-right’ monologues watched on YouTube, and his resultant journey to near-extremism and back, complete with references to the Christchurch shootings. The story reeks
Susie:Just while you are here if I can also talk to you about the polls that came out the other day. For you, how does it feel to be polling higher than Simon Bridges?Judith:Ah, well it’s um… I just let people see that I’m getting
It’s an article of faith on the political left that they and their friends have the market cornered on truth and morality. If we “deplorables” dare to have a differing opinion, well, that’s only because we’re irredeemably stupid and wicked. At best, we simple souls are just
Free Speech Coalition An opinion piece by journalist John Drinnan. John Drinnan says “There is a tendency to accept that people with unorthodox views in the current milieu must be policed and punished. It goes against the notion of objectivity and balance that some of us still expect from media.
Barry Soper political editor at Newstalk ZB joins Sean to talk about Trevor Mallard’s allegations against a parliamentary staffer omny.fm
Stephen Franks of the NZ Free Speech Coalition speaks to Sean Plunket on Magic Talk Radio (last week) about the Human Rights Commission deeming a t-shirt unacceptable. I missed the start of the intro.
When John Howard abolished compulsory student unionism, the left had a meltdown. Mostly because they knew perfectly well that no one was going to voluntarily pay for the privilege of being badgered by such enforcers of leftist dogmatism as “diversity” representatives and “queer officers”. And absolutely no one in their
This week the award goes to the NZ Herald for an act of low bastardry inside their Canvas magazine. They tried a similar trick a while back when they deliberately put a photo of Cam beside a story about a pervert outside a public toilet. This time their target was
Blogger Eric Crampton is cancelling his NZ Herald subscription and he has written a blog post explaining what motivated him to do so. One particular Herald article has left a bad taste in his mouth and the NZ Herald will have to change their ways if they want to sweeten
This is from the Friday working group on MagicTalk radio. I figured I might as well get this up as a followup to the last couple of videos concerning New Zealand police officers checking in on citizens based on their online postings. I reckon it’s good for people to
Leighton: From the Free Speech Coalition is Stephen Franks, hi! Stephen: Gidday. Leighton: And as the saying goes, welcome to the podcast. I want to quote from what you published with regard to this campaign. “Never waste a good crisis” is attributed to Churchill, referring to the political activist’s
