In which a former confidant of Cameron Slater's claims he was paid to commit a hack of The Standard blogsite; police are investigating
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The politics of vilification
The specifics in the Hagar book are devastating. To focus on them, the left should take Nicky Hager’s advice and avoid the politics of vilification.
Read MoreThe left must stand up to abuse
It’s time for the tolerant, open and compassionate left to stand up to vilification and abuse when it is practised by sections of the left.
Read MoreBloggers v Journalists: Why can't we all get along?
In which I get things some off my chest about relations between bloggers and journalists and the coverage of the Labour Party conference
Read MoreFarrar and Cactus appoint themselves taste police
How soon is too soon to ask the government how it intends to pay for rebuilding Christchurch? A spat has broken out on the blogs about where politics starts and stops, but who's kidding whom?
Read MoreOfficial information exposes Carter on whaling
Chris Carter’s excoriation of the Key government on whaling is rubbished by official MFAT papers showing similar negotiations when Labour was the government and Carter whaling Minister
Read MoreThe anti-whaling ship of fools
Shame on Labour spokesperson Chris Carter and partisan blog The Standard for using anti-whaling diplomacy for short-term political gain
Read MoreJust say no to the Small Poppy Syndrome
The real concern in this country isn't our jealousy of wealth and success, it's our knee-jerk meanness towards those at the bottom of life's heap
Read MoreThe wise blogs vs. the woeful newspapers
The print media has let down its readers today with poor coverage of the last polls. At odds with their reputation, it's the blogs which are offering the superior journalism on the last day of the campaign
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