Posts Tagged ‘Media’

Herald Editorial on National

Written By: - Date published: 7:45 am, October 7th, 2007 - 2 comments

A scathing attack on the National Party policy development and release process from the Herald Editor: An Opposition seeking to style itself a Government in waiting needs to do better than run ideas up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes them… The suspicion suggests itself that National is costing the tax cuts that it […]

She just gets worse.

Written By: - Date published: 1:46 pm, October 2nd, 2007 - Comments Off on She just gets worse.

If you thought Herald columnist and shill for big business Fran O’Sullivan couldn’t get any worse, think again. Here she is on Sunday, discussing a Business Council for Sustainable Development report on the health system: There is no evidence that trade-offs, such as people working into their 70s and thus reducing their own health drag […]

Cyber hypocrisy

Written By: - Date published: 7:02 pm, September 26th, 2007 - 14 comments

All the fuss created by one Rory English, son of National’s deputy leader Bill, exposes some very real and concerning issues. Firstly, just what standards do the English family think they are setting at the moment? Rory English’s posts to his now mysteriously deleted (well, not very mysterious actually!) pages on Bebo were truly offensive. […]

The more things change…

Written By: - Date published: 12:42 pm, September 26th, 2007 - 1 comment

Had to chuckle at Karl du Fresne in the Dom this morning who wrote, as if things were particularly different now, “Under the editorship of Charles Earle, who was to run the paper for 43 years, The Dominion pursued a consistently conservative editorial policy”. Happy 100th birthday anyway Dominion Post. Just for old time’s sake, […]

Congratulations, you’ve come 2nd

Written By: - Date published: 1:59 pm, September 17th, 2007 - Comments Off on Congratulations, you’ve come 2nd

Your prize? A second interview in one day with failed National Party candidate-turned-broadcaster, Paul Henry.

Q. What goes on tour…

Written By: - Date published: 10:48 pm, September 11th, 2007 - 3 comments

a) stays on tour? b) stays on tour until there’s political capital to be gained by raising it? Colin Espiner is worth a read: Sure, it wasn’t the smartest thing in the world to invite a suspended prison guard along on the trip… But it’s not a sacking offence. If these are the standards we’re […]

Armstrong changes his mind?

Written By: - Date published: 5:15 pm, August 31st, 2007 - Comments Off on Armstrong changes his mind?

That clipping’s from the Herald on the 23rd of this month. Yesterday on RNZ John Armstrong appeared to backtrack over whether Labour holding John Key to account for his numerous inconsistencies really is a “personal attack”: Kevin: People have talked a lot about personal attacks and the policy of personal attacks. I’m just wondering whether […]

If you can’t take the heat…

Written By: - Date published: 4:45 pm, August 27th, 2007 - 5 comments

The National Party have been complaining about the increasing scrutiny on John Key’s business dealings. First, his association with the “Earl of Auckland” property development firm that’s attempting to go into liquidation to avoid leaky building costs and second the nature of his involvement at Elders during the Equiticorp scandal of the 1980s – both […]

Cullen finally placed on grassy knoll?

Written By: - Date published: 2:55 pm, August 27th, 2007 - Comments Off on Cullen finally placed on grassy knoll?

Headline in today’s Dompost “Labour blamed for edgy market”. Yes, the perpetually grumpy business community are blaming Labour for the unsettling volatility of the economy, interest rate rises and the drop in the dollar. Seeing as Michael Cullen has been personally liable for the horrifically high dollar all these months it seems only natural that […]

Key’s missing compass

Written By: - Date published: 12:56 pm, August 26th, 2007 - 3 comments

In the Weekend Herald today, Fran O’Sullivan opines: “By drawing out his opponents before they even noticed Key was using the type of classic defensive move that would be natural to a high stakes foreign exchange trader”. If she’s right she may have identified a superficial strength gleaned from his many years in the money […]

Remembering Richard

Written By: - Date published: 3:11 pm, August 22nd, 2007 - 1 comment

Somebody pointed out recently that the Dominion Post, while continuing to run opinion pieces by Richard Long following the fallout from The Hollow Men, has stopped signaling his obvious bias. To his column, they used to add: “Richard Long is a former Chief of Staff for National leaders Bill English and Don Brash. These views […]

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