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A new low in the standard of Media Releases
This Media Release from International Ice Hockey was passed on to us by Kerre Woodham. English as a Second Language? Press Release Tuesday, March 22, 2011 No broken ice for International Ice Hockey...
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Dishonest journalism from Campbell Live and why Alasdair Thompson should...
Photo: Richard Robinson Here’s a little quiz: Who said this? “I believe that in life most women are more productive totally than most men. I absolutely believe that. When you take into account the...
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New Zealand media invent new word, but stick with same old journalism standards
A new word has entered the English language courtesy of the New Zealand media. The word is “urinator” and it doesn’t appear in any dictionary in my bookshelf, which is full of dictionaries. Spellcheck...
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News of the World
You cannot hope to bribe or twist (thank God!) the British journalist. But, seeing what the man will do Unbribed, there’s no occasion to. – Humbert Wolfe
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Find an adjective to describe the New Zealand media’s coverage of what...
I’ve been trying to come up with a few adjectives to describe the New Zealand media’s coverage of the alleged impropriety between English rugby player Mike Tindall – husband of the Queen’s...
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Unseemly and unhelpful speculation from the Herald on balloonists’ last moments
It is entirely appropriate that every possible effort should be made over the coming months to determine what exactly led to the ballooning accident that claimed 11 lives on Saturday. That knowledge...
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Missing in Action: The Wisdom of Crowds in New Zealand
Missing in Action: The Wisdom of Crowds in New Zealand by Alan Wilkinson Are New Zealanders well served by our mainstream print media websites? The two major ones are APN News & Media’s NZ...
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New Zealanders “outraged” by blithering idiot’s racist stereotyping of Muslims.
This is an OUTRAGE! If we are to believe the papers, the radio and television news, New Zealanders live in a perpetual state of outrage. The nation’s blood pressure is never less than 180 over 110, so...
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Over the last couple of weeks Judy and I have received phone calls and an email from Cathy Barker. Cathy is the wife of former Spliz Enz drummer Michael Barker. Cathy and Michael are the parents of...
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Of knuckleheads, long-running stories, media beat-ups and Judith Collins...
Referring to John Key’s current dissatisfaction with the ‘knuckleheads’ of the Fourth Estate, a prominent journalist, who shall remain nameless to protect the guilty, observed to me recently, ‘No...
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Is this journalism or a party political broadcast on behalf of the National...
The following report by TV3 political editor Paddy Gower appeared on the channel’s 6pm bulletin last night. Setting aside as best you can your political prejudices, please answer the...
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On Shane Taurima, Linda Clark and Conflicts of Interest Left, Right and Centre
There was nothing terribly complex about Shane Taurima’s situation with regard to his job as Head of TVNZ’s Maori and Pacifica Department once he had, albeit unsuccessfully, sought the...
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