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Key declares war on the media

Zetetic — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:33:22 +0000

This headline speaks for itself. Tea tape: TVNZ, RNZ to be searched - "Four media outlets, including Radio New Zealand and TVNZ, are to be searched for any material they might have in their possession that relates to the tea pot tapes". Outrageous.

Angry marine

The Standard — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:39:41 +0000

Marine Corps. Sgt. Shamar Thomas speaks his mind to some New York police. A bit repetitive, but he gets his point across!

How not to handle a rebel

r0b — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:30:08 +0000

The Maori Party handling of rebel MP Hone Harawira has been a complete mess. The latest bizarre chapter in the story is the gagging of Harawira with "a complete media ban" to be "strictly observed by the Maori Party". I'm trying to recall any precedent for such an extreme gagging of free speech by a political party...

Hoots overshoots

Eddie — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 06:07:19 +0000

I see the NBR lost another 6% of its circulation last year, so I thought it was worth giving Matthew Hooton's latest rant in that publication a wider audience. Hoots has a go at us and Clare Curran for criticising the violent rhetoric of Sarah Palin and the Tea Party. Apparently, holding people accountable for what they say is restricting free speech.

The story Bill English doesn’t want you to see

Eddie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:01:48 +0000

On Wednesday last week, Labour released new information on Bill English’s housing allowance rort. Naturally, the media raised the issues with English. TVOne and TV3 ran stories that night. They weren’t particularly harsh stories. They didn’t really editorialise. They didn’t even say English should give the money back or resign. Later that night, in a fury ...

EEC votes ‘No’ on should-a.com

Marty G — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:45:31 +0000

should-a.com, the site that lets you write your own parody of the upcoming referendum question, has been issued with a takedown notice by the Electoral Enrolment Centre. It’s a shame that the EEC hasn’t had a sense of humour about this but, more importantly, it reveals once again the weakness of our free speech protections ...