Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Never mind the quality ..., in reply to
that's precisely how he described it on Media Take.
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Hard News: Never mind the quality ..., in reply to
He doesn't seem to have checked out any of his claims with those he has effectively accused, not a good practice for a supposed journalist.
It would have been injuncted as soon as any of them were told about the book. Don't be a fool.
to some degree
beige
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Access: The Problem with the Greens’…, in reply to
You may be over-rating how much any other groups are listened to.
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Hard News: Never mind the quality ..., in reply to
all 3 parties, the politician, the blogger and the author, had controversial reputations
That’s just lazy rubbish. Two of the three are serial professional liars while the third is an internationally-respected investigative journalist who has never had a single fact in any of his books successfully challenged.
Why else do you think people like the PM go straight to personal attacks on Hager (which when repeated often enough may result in people who do not do their homework forming an impression of a ‘controversial reputation’, exactly as intended)? You’ve been cheated.
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Up Front: Oh, God, in reply to
Sadly, I’ve heard way too much Atua, Atua, Atua in non-religious contexts more recently.
same. crap in any language
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Up Front: Oh, God, in reply to
A traditional karakia invokes the environment, not a god of any description. Many cultures and organisations use ritualised invocations to focus a group on its purpose.
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And can we knock off the archaic christian-only prayer in our parliament. A well-crafted genuine karakia might be a good replacement.
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Hard News: Never mind the quality ..., in reply to
His office leaks from MFAT in 2012 which led to a fight through the courts to hide the identity of the Labour associated leaker.
I thought the leaker was never identified, let alone their associations?
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Access: The Problem with the Greens’…, in reply to
I mean all disabled people, not any particular group of us.
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Access: The Problem with the Greens’…, in reply to
focussing on the more able disabled
We could easily do a post on that as a long-standing tension in disability politics. Who gets to speak for disabled people?
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