Can a Newspaper page be racist?  Well that depends on the signifiers, syntagm and context that are used and created. Ok that all sounds very technical for yes - your newspaper layout can racist and racists can absolutely see it, even if you can’t.

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In this week's episode we catch up with Peter Reynolds, Dr Rebekah Graham and Nick Ruane to talk what's happening in the Disability Sector and then with E Tu organiser Georgie Dansey who planned the Kirikiriroa Hamilton element of the recent Union Protest events around the Motu.

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When asked if Brooke Van Velden thought this was the most anti-worker government ever and her response, well it went to a weird place. That place was a rabbit hole…

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Did you know there was a big protest yesterday? If you only follow mainstream media you might not have but chances are you knew what the Wellington Mayor did on social media. And research shows us why that is and how it’s a great example of how media set the agenda for public discourse.

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Why did Wellington City Council dominate the News on Tuesday - well it was a perfect storm of what we call Agenda Setting and the Spiral of Silence - and there’s some players doing that on purpose.

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Ever come across a situation where it seems like someone is debating a point that’s way off from the original point being made - you may be dealing with a straw man argument!

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This week's full episode of Behind the Walls looks at the crisis in the health system from people within it, we look at what's happening in Wellington and this week's news.

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Is the sky falling at WCC? Of course not - the vast majority of Council decisions go through without any issues in a democratic way that no one bats an eyelid at, but one controversial decision that is annoying some specific right wing Councillors is getting amplified - but that doesn’t give the government a reason to step in.

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Inflation is finally down to within the band Treasury like it - which means once again the coalition are taking credit for the economy turning around. But the reason inflation isn’t lower is actually because of them and their choices. 

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Luxon is out of touch? Record numbers of homeless people in our urban centres? A dodgy hiring process that saw two problematic candidates given cushy government jobs? Vice signalling in health? None of these should be surprising headlines - they were all expected eventually. So why do some people struggle to accept them?

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