The Trust Abyss: Media, Institutions and Government in Freefall
Trust won’t return until the double standards stop – and that’s a headline they’ve yet to write.
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The Last Post
The Post, which is already only a ghostly echo of what it used to be, will fade away. Moving to Christchurch won’t save it and anyone who says it will is either in denial or dishonest.
Lack of Trust and Reason Why
Today’s left-leaning newspapers scribblers and broadcasting dribblers need to keep in mind the sage advice coming from the Acumen Edelman barometer. But, in reality, how likely is that?
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Of Fuel and Fury
How can a government ministry blatantly fund political and ‘furious’ activism, yet there be so little media scrutiny? And why the fuel crisis should have been anticipated.
National MPs meet, rumours fly, and Luxon starts sounding like Sir Humphrey
The cabinet reshuffle on Thursday will be spun as business as usual. Do not believe it for one second. The meetings, the leaks, the grumpiness in Auckland and the raw numbers in caucus tell their own story.
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