‘Original mistakes are not usually politically fatal; deceptive cover-ups nearly always are’
“Suddenly, Te Pāti Maori MPs have gone from political divas perpetually courting media attention to camera-shy dormice.”
This seems a good example of subtle but pervasive media bias at work.
State media frames Kāinga Ora evictions as government failures, and seems to expect the state to provide housing indefinitely, for free, if tenants won’t pay the already subsidised amount.
Waitangi Day has become a ritual of outrage—activists set the terms, the media amplifies grievance, and dissenters are cast as villains.
Are reports of Greenland losing 30 million tonnes of ice per hour as alarming as they sound? A closer look at the numbers tells a very different story.
Did the cyclist break privacy laws? Did the Herald ask the right questions?
Polling data may be overlooking what Kiwis truly think about the Treaty debate.
Accusations of racism should be made carefully and backed by clear evidence.
After pouring so much into the fact-check narrative, the mainstream media seems to be struggling to cope with Meta’s bold move.
