Election funding: What’s National up to?
The great weakness of much journalism is a process-worker approach to assembling quotation-based stories….
Category: Politics
Donor cash stays in shadows
MPs have stepped back from proposals that would have lifted secrecy
surrounding party donations….
Propaganda then and now Notes of a lecture by Nicky Hager at Auckland Museum on Wednesday, 2 May 2007
“Propaganda then and now”, notes of a lecture at Auckland Museum on Wednesday, 2 May 2007
I will be talking tonight about the history and characteristics of propaganda, starting with the WWII versions as seen in the “Towards the Precipice” poster exhibition here at the museum and moving on to contemporary examples that together help us to understand the world we live in.
The Baubles of Office, The New Zealand General Election of 2005
The Baubles of Office, The New Zealand General Election of 2005, edited by Stephen Levine and Nigel S. Roberts, Victoria University Press, March 2007, 600pp, $49.95.
reviewed by Nicky Hager
Beyond the spin-doctoring, democracy is at work
I would like to propose a New Year’s resolution for news organisations: sorting out the difference between genuine media commentators and giving regular media space to political party spin doctors….
Coming a cropper, why Helen Clark has only herself to blame
Helen Clark has tried again to present herself as the victim in the contaminated corn crop issue. But, this time, she is partly correct….
Meridian Energy and public relations
It is not surprising if you haven’t heard of Project Aqua. It is the largest power scheme planned in New Zealand since the Clyde Dam 20 years ago and already it is controversial in the local area around Oamaru. But a lot of state resources are going into trying to silence the opponents and avoid the inconvenience of genuine public debate….
Labour: the new House of Lords
Now that three years of Labour Government have passed, it is becoming clear what we can expect during the next three or six years of this government….
Denials and diversions, but deeds remain
Frantic Government damage control followed the release last week of my book Seeds of Distrust. We were told the book was completely untrue and that I was a conspiracy theorist taking part in a Green Party dirty trick.