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More on Armstrong

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

Gordon Campbell and Bryce Edwards have now both responded to Armstrong’s comments, in far more mature tones than I managed, but if anything that just illustrates how ridiculous it was for Armstrong to rant about “bloggers” and “parasites” while attacking … Continue reading →

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Blogging parasite reporting for duty

Posted on September 15, 2012 by

Everyone on Twitter’s been savaging poor innocent John Armstrong enough already, but …  well, I had nothing else to sharpen my claws on, so here goes. John Armstrong’s complaint, basically, is that the “blog-a-tariat” (spot the person who is seriously … Continue reading →

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So this is just a little scary

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

Gordon Campbell on the retrospective (someone wake big bruv over at The Standard) surveillance bill. One can only conclude that neither the SIS nor the Police have much respect for the law. There seems to be no accountability when they … Continue reading →

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Gordon Campbell on welfare myths

Posted on February 15, 2011 by

Go.  Read.  Fuckin’ brilliant. The message of welfare reform is not being aimed at beneficiaries – who are merely collateral damage in this process – but at low and middle income workers. In election year, there are electoral gains to … Continue reading →

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Yes, Gordon Campbell, you’re a rape apologist

Posted on January 18, 2011 by

Gordon Campbell has made his third post in a row in which he treats the accusations against Julian Assange, and his own journalism!fail, so seriously they’re the second item in the column. After explaining that his “comments policy” boils down … Continue reading →

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Assange rape apologism hits NZ

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

On 6 January Gordon Campbell posted an article to Scoop entitled Gordon Campbell Reviews the General Response to Wikileaks. Which would’ve been great if he’d stuck to discussing Wikileaks, and not decided to play Arbiter of How Swedish Law Works … Continue reading →

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