A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.

Probably today we will find out if Children’s Minister Karen Chhour will have to front up to a summons from the Waitangi Tribunal about repealing Section 7AA of the Orange Tamariki Act. The right decry this as unfair but the reality is, unlike another Māori led initiative for Māori, this has measurable positive results already happening which raises questions about the reasons behind repealing it.

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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.

The only evidence this government seems to need to pass laws on crime is that people like Family First’s Bob McCroskie saw a spooky ghost and got covered in ectoplasm in excitement at the term “tough on Crime” - especially when all the other evidence says a policy is bad and wont work.

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As the Prime Minister returns from South East Asia, amidst a flurry of future plans, social media appearances and chickenjoy, what’s not being covered by any media is the odd connection between Bonging Marcos Jr and Christopher Luxon - their take over of local social media to steer public opinion.

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Quick Weekend update for everyone today - mostly to feed the algorithm.

First up, if you can, head along to the Parliament Website and sign a petition on ensuring the disability sector funding is kept in place for the reasons it was put there initially and changes aren’t made to the way fund can be used, limiting options for those who need it.

https://petitions.parliament.nz/ec485dd2-9b4d-401c-f881-08dc5b359e7c

Secondly, find out which political party said what from Monday’s video!

And finally, a lost piece of science fiction history is back!

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Submissions close at 11:59pm on Friday 19th May on the proposed Fast Track Approvals Bill - a Bill which would circumvent nearly a dozen environmental protection laws, the judiciary, te Tiriti o Waitangi, the democratic submission process and advice from a range of experts to allow secret submissions made direct to three dodgy MPs that will impact our natural environment, the democratic process and Free Trade deals 

So how can you make a submission?

References:

www.parliament.nz

For more resources on building a submission, check out these links:

Greenpeace - https://petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz/fast-track-approvals-bill-submission

Forest and Bird - https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/petitions/fight-for-nature

KASM - https://www.kasm.org.nz/fast-track-submission 

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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.

The merger of Newshub and Stuff for broadcast news may upset some people unhappy with the service one or both currently provide, but it could have been a lot worse if rumours of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp stepping in had been true - because no other news organisation has a history of stoking division, blaming minorities and starting culture war bullshit the likes we only see pale imitations of here, quite like News Corp. 

References:

https://www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/how-news-corp-polarised-australian-media/

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/the-dirty-truth-about-all-the-murdochs-scandals

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/03/magazine/murdoch-family-investigation.html

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/how-much-influence-does-the-murdoch-media-have-in-australia-20201015-p565dk.html

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/rupert-lachlan-murdoch-australia-empire-rudd-turnbull-fox-dominion/

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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.

Over the weekend I got to chat with MPs from National, The Greens and Labour about a range of topics, like crime, CGT and the roles of an MP. But listening to them all, I got to wondering, could the general public pick which Party’s MPs said what?

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Today we induct a new member into our Tin Foil Hat Brigade Hall of Fame - 54th parliament Edition!  This new member joins the group as a spreader of dangerous disinformation that could lead to people getting hurt, or rewriting the past to to glorify people doing this in the past.

Who will be joining the illustrious ranks of Trump loving Mark Cameron, Sovereign Citizen supporting Ryan Hamilton, Anti-Trans former Mayor Andy Foster and friend of fascists Casey Costello?

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A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.

Newshub, Sunday, Midday, Evening Bulletins, Stuff, NZ Herald - legacy media is in trouble. It’s either closing down or downsizing and it’s bad news for everyone for a lot of reasons people don’t often realise. So while ghouls celebrate their downfall, and idiots see it as a good thing for society because their favourite grifting platform says so, we all suffer in different ways with the rapidly shrinking local news media scene.

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.

Today and yesterday could go down in history as some of the biggest days for News Media Aotearoa has seen or will see for quite some time - because of four very different events.