Posts Tagged ‘honeymoon’

Anatomy of a honeymoon piece

Written By: - Date published: 8:50 pm, November 30th, 2008 - 33 comments

Most of our political journalists are more than capable of producing informative, insightful pieces. For instance, Claire Trevett wrote an excellent series of pieces that confirmed John Key had stolen Coldplay’s ‘Clocks’ for his ‘Ambiguous for NZ’ DVD. She researched the legalities of the issue, consulted a musicologist on the tune, brought forward a confession […]

A break from the honeymoon

Written By: - Date published: 2:00 pm, November 18th, 2008 - 60 comments

While most of the big media are giving John Key his criticism-free honeymoon (“OMG! A solo mum! An Asian! And a gay chap!”) the good old ODT has seen through the centrist spin: Prime Minister-elect John Key showed a clear intention yesterday to move the National-led government more to the Right of the political spectrum […]