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#1718549 11-Feb-2017 08:59

As above RNZ is currently the best one, but Newsroom will launch soon and that looks really promising. I think it will require a paid subscription, but that's necessary because the poor quality of journalism elsewhere is due to Fairfax/NZME/Mediaworks struggling to monetise their product in the digital era.

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#1719321 13-Feb-2017 12:20

Not a headline - but this poll:

At first glance I would have assumed the first option would be like giving the show a 1/6, the middle a 3/6 with the last answer ("perfect morning TV") giving the show a 6/6. But there is no answer for "it was OK" or "it was fine", and answers 3-6 all seem to be similar to me, saying the show was awesome (the 5th option is nearly an oxymoron). Absolutely worthless poll.

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#1719445 13-Feb-2017 15:19

Tomorrow stuff will report that 80% of the people who watched the show thought it was fantastic. Based on the idiots who bothered to click on the above poll.

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#1719621 13-Feb-2017 20:03

If the feedback is in favour of the show then they won't publish the results. Media companies in NZ love bagging each other's product.

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#1720016 14-Feb-2017 13:50

From HB Today (part of the Herald stable):

"Our sceptic tank, which is actually 10 metres from the house, that's all gone. And then it [the fire] whipped round to the back of the house and started burning there; some grass and some trees."

That tank really needs to change its attitude.

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#1720022 14-Feb-2017 14:00

"Hillary Barry and Amanda Gillies Make Another Mistake". A thrilling piece how two news readers on rival networks almost wear the same colour at the same time! - NZ Herald (shabby little tabloid) 14 Feb 2017.

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#1720025 14-Feb-2017 14:03

Rikkitic:

From HB Today (part of the Herald stable):

"Our sceptic tank, which is actually 10 metres from the house, that's all gone. And then it [the fire] whipped round to the back of the house and started burning there; some grass and some trees."

That tank really needs to change its attitude.

Since when were sceptic tanks flammable?

They are underground concrete containers full of nasty wet stuff.

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#1720027 14-Feb-2017 14:06

I'm pretty sure that some of them are made of the same material as plastic water tanks now. It's best not to confuse one with the other.

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#1725666 24-Feb-2017 13:26

link to article

The Queen has done no such thing as extend an "invitation to the US to join Commonwealth.

Extraordinary Fake News by Stuff - Breitbart published essentially the same story, but even they didn't headline the story with something so implausible.

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#1725677 24-Feb-2017 13:45

This is just bizarre. The whole point of the American revolution was to avoid being part of the Commonwealth. I guess the positive side is that if the Queen becomes the American head of state, there will no longer be any need for a president.

p.s.: The source of this appears to be the Telegraph. It is exactly the kind of grovelling Royal backside-kissing empire-nostalgic nonsense that might be expected of this atavistic obsequious rag.

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#1725701 24-Feb-2017 15:10

Lake's portal to another dimension

Ok, here's proof that the media thinks we're all as dumb as Homer Simpson.

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#1725713 24-Feb-2017 15:47

DarthKermit:

Lake's portal to another dimension

Ok, here's proof that the media thinks we're all as dumb as Homer Simpson.

But it just says it looks like a portal to another dimension, they aren't claim is actually is one.

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#1725719 24-Feb-2017 15:59

From the article: "... called a morning glory, plug hole or a glory hole, as the locals refer to it."

I think some editor has been trolled, hard. All these "names" aren't so innocent as they think.

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#1725741 24-Feb-2017 16:23

freitasm:

From the article: "... called a morning glory, plug hole or a glory hole, as the locals refer to it."

I think some editor has been trolled, hard. All these "names" aren't so innocent as they think.

Really??? How do you know? Are you absolutely sure? Have you used one yourself?

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#1725946 24-Feb-2017 21:42

freitasm:

From the article: "... called a morning glory, plug hole or a glory hole, as the locals refer to it."

I think some editor has been trolled, hard. All these "names" aren't so innocent as they think.

Probably the other way around. It's a mining term originally; and for example:

It has many innocent senses in everyday American speech.

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