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‘Terrorist tea towel’ remarks are a clumsy culture war tactic
By calling the keffiyeh a “terrorist tea towel,” Shane Jones brought culture war language into Parliament.
April 21, 2025
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By calling the keffiyeh a “terrorist tea towel,” Shane Jones brought culture war language into Parliament.
The same newsroom that gave Doyle the benefit of nuance turned around and gave Campbell the axe. Does this suggest that, at the Herald, politics decides the tone?
This is a callout to anyone who wants to talk to the Royal Commission but thinks they are constrained by confidentiality provisions or “professional ethics”.
“This is why I believe there is now sufficient evidence for authorities to immediately investigate, and why I believe you have a journalistic duty to tell the story as it stands, and a moral duty to act”
How anyone imagines the compulsory course will make the university more attractive to either domestic or international students is baffling.
‘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.