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ImperatorFish: If Political Journalists Wrote Sports News

The Standard — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:27:30 +0000

Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here

Speculation began yesterday that Richie McCaw may face a challenge to his captaincy of the All Blacks, after the team’s near-loss in the Rugby World Cup final.

Selling asset sales to [insert region here]

Eddie — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:09:56 +0000

Not everyone in the Beehive is thrilled that National is throwing away its chance at a third term for the sake of asset sales which make no sense, economically or politically. The Standard has obtained a copy of the generic column that National MPs are meant to add some 'local flavour' to and have published in their regional papers. It shows how cynical and shallow their position really is.

Open mike 13/02/2012

The Standard — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:00:01 +0000

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Caption contest

The Standard — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:19:22 +0000

Snow Whites meet the forgotten dwarf - Wavey.

Site health – comments and posts

lprent — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:31:38 +0000

vto made a comment that he thought that the number of comments was diminishing at kiwiblog. Now I have no idea because I usually avoid the sewer section there. However it did remind me that I should have a look here. It feels like it has been getting more popular, but intuition is a poor substitute for actually looking at the numbers.

John Key’s emergency descent

lprent — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:22:29 +0000

A great graphic from the Sunday Star Times as John Key starts dropping towards a hard landing in the personal popularity stakes. And in the great tradition of journalists everywhere, the rest of the article is about how he is still preferred by rubber fetishists.

Open mike 12/02/2012

The Standard — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:00:44 +0000

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Open mike 11/02/2012

The Standard — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:28 +0000

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Weekend social 10/02/2012

The Standard — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0000

Weekend social is for non political chat. What’s on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can’t we all just get along?

Armed police storm Key mansion

Zetetic — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:24 +0000

Armed Police assisted by the Eagle helicopter, the counter-terrorism unit, customs officials, and the police launch towed on its trailer have raided Prime Minister John Key's Parnell mansion, executing warrants relating to the illegal 'DJ Key' election ad. Simultaneously, a joint Police-SAS taskforce has stormed RadioLive, deploying teargas and tasering all present.

Open mike 10/02/2012

The Standard — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:00:49 +0000

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PM’s office cuts Radio Dead

Mike Smith — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:16:04 +0000

An internal memo in the PM's office after they received the Electoral Commission's advice on the Radio Live's PM Hour broadcast says: "So the Electoral Commission has replied, and basically said they can't make a judgment on a radio show without seeing a transcript. But they have been pretty clear about putting the responsibility on the broadcaster, which is useful." Key's office knew they were skating close to the wind but were happy to cut Radio Live loose. Lesson here for media.

NRT: Nats censoring the media

The Standard — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:02:05 +0000

I/S at NoRightTurn writes - Fresh from his attempt to censor programmes likely to embarrass the government during the election, National's hack on the NZ on Air board, Stephen McElrea, is now actually selecting the topics of political documentaries to receive NZ on Air funding. Its amazing how the topics chosen all just happen to align with the government's political agenda.

A reply to Steven Joyce

Anthony R0bins — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:38 +0000

Steven Joyce's piece on Tuesday was a transparent and hypocritical attempt to frame political opponents negatively, and soften us up for more asset sales, mining, deep sea drilling and the like. Thing is, it's the Nats with their misguided austerity cuts who are the real nay-sayers holding the country back.

Open mike 09/02/2012

The Standard — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:00:20 +0000

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