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Is Kiri Allan fit to be Justice Minister?

Whether it is Posie Parker, hate-speech laws or donations, the East Coast MP is completely out of her depth.

27 April 2023
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Stop and Go signs are now emerging in Maori - has NZ reached peak stupid?

Labour would be better off improving vaccination rates to keep our babies safe.

27 April 2023
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We are no better than Putin's Russia or Xi's China

Freedom of expression is not served by denying them a voice – and ultimately, freedom of expression must take precedence over secondary concerns.

27 April 2023
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Debating Debating.

Arguments-To-Go: Trained to espouse only the “correct” version of reality, the idea of giving “incorrect” ideas access to the mass media, must strike a large number of young journalists as just plain wrong.

19 April 2023
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Stuff's slow-motion suicide continues

It will have alienated still more of its diminishing number of readers with its latest lurch, and the irony is that much of this is being done to humour a demographic group that doesn’t buy newspapers anyway.

19 April 2023
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The incredible disapppearing journalists

As the mainstream media shrank, so the government comms racket expanded almost exponentially. In the vernacular, it was known as going over to the dark side.

19 April 2023
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From Academic Research to News Headlines: The Disinformation Project's Influence on New Zealand Media

The research group had a controversial role in the Covid-19 pandemic and has now entered the transgender debate by making a series of outlandish claims.

12 April 2023
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Guyon Espiner on booze

Espiner has burrowed deeply into the academic literature, of which there’s no shortage. Almost all of it is hostile to alcohol (and to capitalism, I suspect), but ignores the ability of most people to drink without harming themselves or those around them.

12 April 2023
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Posie Parker blows apart Hipkins’ anti-woke pose

The UK activist has changed the election-year dynamic.

30 March 2023
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When Ideology Turns Violent: The Political and Media Backing Behind the Posie Parker Mob

In fact no sooner had Keen stepped foot inside the Rotunda than was she doused with tomato juice from a transgender activist

30 March 2023