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One minute Key
The Herald’s unauthorised hagiography Pt2 came out yesterday. As a service to those who can’t get the paper, here’s what “The Man Who Would be PM” reveals: Key: Alpha male, wants to be PM; no, true....
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Granny comes to Nats’ rescue, again
I’m starting to wonder whether the Herald shouldn’t carry an authorisation statement at the bottom of page 1. From the National Party. Let’s look at how it’s spun reported Cocktail-gate. After a few...
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Veitch spin ramped up
How remarkable! Both major Sunday papers carrying major stories based on interviews with Tony Veitch’s wife on the same day. All this only a week after the HoS carried the story about a former Veitch...
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Clod plod goads cad
As if yesterday’s efforts in the rehabilitate Veitch campaign weren’t enough, there’s even more hugely sympathetic reportage this morning. Turns out that a cop accidentally left a tactless and none too...
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Nats’ list: when diversity isn’t
National’s house organ the Herald gives its party list a great big sloppy kiss this morning (hat-tip: kiwiblog). The editorial opens with great fanfare: “When the National Party published its candidate...
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Veitch affair: TVNZ lets itself off the hook
John Drinnan reports in this morning’s media column that TVNZ is keeping its report into its handling of the Veitch affair secret. A spokesperson says it is an “internal report” and will be considered...
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Veitch leaks: who dunnit?
Yesterday the Sunday papers were full of details about the Veitch affair, and the alleged assaults in particular (here and here). It’s got to the point where the carefully orchestrated media campaign...
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Shawn the pawn
Seems yesterday’s mediation attempt in the Shawn Tan case didn’t resolve matters. Given that ACT seemed to be wringing all it could out of the affair, this is hardly surprising. I mean, just look at...
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Peters
The Herald’s editorial this morning goes to some length to ignore logic in a desperate bid to parrot today’s National Party talking points. Echoing Farrar’s “who has the most to gain by not telling the...
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Are you Shawn about that, Herald?
The Herald’s attack on the EPMU over its handling of Shawn Tan’s contractual breach is instructive in the construction of propaganda. After a fair summary of the facts as they stand, the Herald enters...
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