Public Address | Cafe | Polity: Post "post-truth" post https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363600#post363600 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363600#post363600 Recommended further listening:
the most recent few episodes of BBC Radio 4’s series The Human Zoo cover a range of cognitive biases and their impact on decision-making:
As a matter of fact (14/6/2016) – on the nature of “facts” and their surprisingly tenuous connection to our decision-making…

]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2016 01:15:44 +1200 Marc C https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363599#post363599 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363599#post363599 Sun, 10 Jul 2016 23:32:27 +1200 Kevin McCready https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363507#post363507 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363507#post363507 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 04:22:35 +1200 Dennis Frank https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363495#post363495 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363495#post363495 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 20:26:11 +1200 william blake https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363472#post363472 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363472#post363472 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 11:44:48 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363462#post363462 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363462#post363462 Mash media...
...they should have put it on outbrain as “New Zealand sent some sheep to Mecca. You’ll be amazed what happened next.”
Brilliant scheme!
I like it!

I can see that right next to __"He assured them there were Weapons of Mass Destruction, so they went looking. You won't…

]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2016 07:41:26 +1200 oga https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363461#post363461 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363461#post363461 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 06:16:01 +1200 Tom Semmens https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363444#post363444 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363444#post363444 none of the MSM have picked up on the fact.

Maybe they should have put it on outbrain as "New Zealand sent some sheep to Mecca. You'll be amazed what happened next."

t seems though that nowadays no one will report someone elses story, because you know, ego and money.

]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:11:07 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363435#post363435 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363435#post363435 Why do we not see headlines of the form:
“John Key lied about X”

Where's "Murray McCully lied and misled parliament" over the Saudi sheep bribe?

While Phil Vine's excellent report Inside the Saudi sheep deal on The Nation finally provided proof and exposed McCully's lies, none of the MSM…

]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:02:15 +1200 Moz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363412#post363412 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363412#post363412 I wonder if some of the attraction of Trump is that he's prepared to stand up and

... lie like a champion? Trump is almost the definitive post-truth politician, at least in the west. We're all used to the Communist menace telling the most unbelievable whoppers while everyone involved pretends…

]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2016 10:44:46 +1200 despud https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363405#post363405 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363405#post363405 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 09:45:36 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363401#post363401 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363401#post363401 Purple spirit was used in "Banda" copiers. Gestetners used a thick goopy black ink.

See here: http://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/cracker-flashback/?p=16763#post16763

]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2016 09:00:54 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363398#post363398 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363398#post363398 Meth – an foetid meme
the smell of purple spirit when making handouts*
or – when the spirit mauves you…
…there ends the purple reign?

]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2016 08:16:22 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363386#post363386 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363386#post363386 purple spirit

aah

]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2016 21:40:30 +1200 Tom Semmens https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363379#post363379 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363379#post363379 Neither did all those hand cranked Gestetnered flyers we used to print after hours at the local high school, but we did it anyway.

*remembers the smell of purple spirit when making handouts*

]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2016 19:25:44 +1200 tussock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363377#post363377 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363377#post363377 This certainly isn't new, in NZ, or I assume from what I've read, anywhere else.

Machiavelli didn't write about how things could be, he wrote about how they really were, behind all the lies. Where the powerful serve the interests of the very few who keep them in power at…

]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2016 18:56:49 +1200 Tom Semmens https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363375#post363375 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363375#post363375 Tue, 05 Jul 2016 18:29:54 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363372#post363372 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363372#post363372 A diminished and pressured pool of journos rely on being fed packaged points which only one political wing has been doing reliably. It is faster to do a 'he said, she said' story than to analyse and probe for truth. You can also get away with cheaper, less-experienced staff.

Blaming…

]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2016 18:03:04 +1200 izogi https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363370#post363370 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363370#post363370 Hi Rob.

Politicians aren’t punished for lying partly because too often the media chooses not to punish them. The media is the closest credible witness to the statements our leaders make.

I don't know if that's entirely fair. To use a tired metaphor, modern media is fighting a war on…

]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2016 15:28:37 +1200 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363369#post363369 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363369#post363369 Whatever the motivation, the truth has gone out of fashion.
WTF! Is truth a fashion accessory now.

]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2016 15:15:52 +1200 Lucy Telfar Barnard https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363368#post363368 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363368#post363368 would it not be better if journalism maintained a healthy neutrality?
Sure, if that were possible. Since it's not, it would be better if all journalists were honest about their biases.

]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2016 15:14:26 +1200 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363366#post363366 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363366#post363366 not "hard arse" about critiquing the government, but rather, lick-arse. ]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2016 15:11:06 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363363#post363363 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363363#post363363 Not all politicians lie, and they certainly don't all lie to the same degree. Claiming that they are all equally cynical is the way to a) ensure the liars win, and b) deter decent people from standing.

"They're all as bad as each other" is a lazy line that only…

]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2016 14:48:15 +1200 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363362#post363362 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363362#post363362 Tue, 05 Jul 2016 14:41:44 +1200 Michael Meyers https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363354#post363354 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363354#post363354 Here's my take: Politicians lie. They are known liars, being as trust-worthy as real estate agents and car salesmen. Because of this when a lie is exposed, no one cares because they all do it. Or they were misquoted. Or they didn't understand the question. Or they were misinformed.....

The…

]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2016 13:31:30 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363353#post363353 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-post-post-truth-post/?p=363353#post363353 Discussion from blog post.

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