Tag: news
Be Like Mike
In continuing my trend of writing about things days after everyone else has pretty much covered it, I’d like to wade in on the Mike Hosking thing.
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Opaque transparency
It takes a lot to make me write about current events. Usually because I’m not a creative thinker
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The media, they’re our friends
Hello New Zealand, you seem a touch angry. We at the Ruminator tried to cheer you up by reminding you that New Zealand is pretty amazing
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This post will not restore your faith in humanity: Redux
Right back at the beginning of 2014 I wrote an angry post on how Buzzfeed, Cracked and Upworthy were destroying us with ridiculous headlines.
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Me and Ms Collins
We’re a big fan of Minister Collins. She was the first MP to support us. She wrote the first MP’s guest post for us (get one, get them all!) and though we don’t agree with her politically, she’s always been ready to engage online.
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Unheralded Stuff: 28 February 2014
Let’s not talk about incest any more aye? It was fun while it lasted but we’re moving on. Here’s some world news you may not have known about.
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Much of the world has been in a flap about flappy bird. I have it on my phone. It’s not that good. More just frustrating.
Read MoreUnheralded Stuff: 10 February
Goodness, between wildfires in Australia, the Sochi Olympics and Danish Zoos feeding dead giraffes to lions it’s a wonder anything else was reported. Fortunately I’ve gone looking so you don’t have to.
Read MoreUnheralded Stuff: 27 January 2014
As New Zealanders have their eyes on either Lorde’s state of the nation speech or David Cunliffe’s performance at the grammys we take a look around the rest of the world and see what’s going on.
Read MoreUnheralded Stuff: 23 January 2014
Once more the world sections of Stuff.co.nz and the Herald have been fairly comprehensive. Good job guys. This has also been a learning curve for me, I’ve learned a lot of things that are going on in the world. And they’re quite shit for the most part. Lucky I am able to laugh at the worst we have to offer.
Read MoreUnheralded Stuff: 21 January 2014
I’ve noticed an improvement in the calibre of the world news on both Stuff.co.nz and the Herald. So well done. Long may it continue.
Read MoreUnheralded stuff: 15 January 2014
So there’s been some pretty massive news overnight about the war on drugs. And I’ve done a site search on both Stuff.co.nz and nzherald.co.nz and neither outfit is covering it.
Read MoreUnheralded stuff: 14 January
A day after Hollywood started its annual circle-jerk season, and Tina Fey casually got super racist (was no-one else uncomfortable with her ‘blacklist’ gag?) we’re back to other things that I’ve found.
Read MoreUnheralded stuff: 13 January
As New Zealand news media salivate over the wedding of David Bain and the convicted killer in his bridal party, other things happened in the world. Here’s a snapshot of the things I’ve noticed.
Read MoreUnheralded stuff: 8 January 2014
Here’s a collection of links to stories I haven’t noticed on Stuff or the Herald. Most of it is depressing because hey, we live in a depressing world. But there we go.
Read MoreUnHeralded Stuff: 7 January 2014
Here’s a collection of links to stories I haven’t noticed on Stuff or the Herald. Most of it is depressing because hey, we live in a depressing world. But there we go.
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Here is the future of online news
Warren Ellis, the one who writes comics and stuff not the one who is a musician, linked today to this Fast Company feature on the new way it is handling news content.
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