Mediawatch: NZ election poll analysis unhitches itself from reality
RNZ Mediawatch
Nothing much changed in a 1News Verian poll released last Monday. However, some commentators treated the boring results as a blank canvas on...
Israel’s arms and spyware: Used on Palestinians, sold to the world
Journalist and critic of Israeli apartheid Antony Loewenstein wrapped up his New Zealand tour with another damning address in Auckland last night but was...
Yes, Oppenheimer isn’t opening in Japan this week – but the country has a long history of cinema about the war
ANALYSIS: By Peter C. Pugsley
While Christopher Nolan’s new film Oppenheimer is opening in much of the world this week, a Japanese release date has...
Papua Governor Lukas Enembe gravely ill – KPK trial delayed again
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
Suspended Papua Governor Lukas Enembe, who is detained in Indonesia on corruption charges, was supposed to go on trial yesterday...
The French Revolution executed royals and nobles, yes – but most people killed were commoners
ANALYSIS: By Claire Rioult and Romain Fathi
For a lot of people, mention of the French Revolution conjures up images of wealthy nobles being led...
Gordon Campbell: Double standard Israeli news narratives about Palestine
By Gordon Campbell
So far, the coverage of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) assault on the Jenin refugee camp has followed a familiar pattern. Images...