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Does the Soviet Pravda’s spirit live on as the Dominion Post?
. The latest anonymously-penned, propaganda-piece, for the National Party, by the establishment media, . . OPINION: An unholy mess. There is no other way to describe the Government’s partial asset...
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Budget 2013: Student debt, politicians, and “social contracts”
. . The problem of student debt – now at over $13 bllion – continues to be a thorn in the side of successive governments. Labour tinkered with it by cancelling interest whilst student were studying;...
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National Party spin on Aaron Gilmore and MMP
. . Something I’ve noticed in the last few days, as the Aaron Gilmore saga drags on, is the number of snide references being made to our electoral system, MMP (Mixed Member Proportional). . “…what he’s...
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Pay Walls – the last gasp of a failed media business-model?
. . NZ, Wellington, 25 May – Journalists and other staff working for Fairfax media, were told last week of a review that the company was carrying out. Management told staff that times are tough;...
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Those who love Big Brother
The majority of sensible, clear-headed New Zealanders are clearly opposed to any further extension of the power of the State to spy over all of us; . . But there are a few, as evidenced by a handful...
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The GCSB Act – Tracy Watkins gets it right
. Source: Dominion Post – Spy bungles start to entangle PM . “The GCSB’s interpretation of the law was so loose it managed to spy on 88 New Zealanders even though the law specifically stated it was not...
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Bob Rigg, of Roseneath, Wellington writes…
. Source: Dominion Post, 6 August 2013 . Anyone wanting to express their views in a similar vein can email the editor; letters@dompost.co.nz Or send snailmail to The Letters Editor, PO Box 1297,...
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Some more repetitive bene-bashing & a reply
From the letters to the editor page in the Dominion Post, on 8 August – a letter to the editor I took exception to; . . My reply to Ms Purdy, . from: Frank Macskasy to: Dominion Post...
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Letter to the Editor – Dom Post editorial off into LaLaLand…
. . Today’s (9 June 2014) editorial in the ‘Dominion Post‘ was an interesting take on the John Banks Affair and National’s cynical exploitation of MMP’s “coat tailing” provision; . Editorial:...
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Polls, propaganda, and Tracy Watkins
. . 1. A bit of personal history… Since I became more and more politically active, part of the growth of my political consciousness was an awareness that the media – whether print or electronic – was...
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