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Tag Archives: George Orwell
Media – Branch of the Corporate State ?
“We all more or less hate the media as countless polls about the trustworthiness of various professions show. Journalists always rank at the bottom between politicians and used cars salesmen. But we as a democratic society cannot function without news … Continue reading
Posted in Media Grabs, politics, Society
Tagged BBC, Bernie Sanders, CNN, George Orwell, Jeremy Corbyn, John Key, Rupert Murdoch, TPPA
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Media: Neoliberal corporate propaganda or just sloppy journalism ?
One of the features of the Reagan/Thatcher neoliberal revolution over the last 30 plus years – in New Zealand called Rogernomics – is growing inequality. The rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor getting poorer. This is expressed in … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Media Grabs, Society
Tagged CEO salaries vs performance, corporate media, Fonterra, George Orwell, inequality, Liam Dann, neoliberal propaganda, NZ Herald, Rod Emmerson, Rogernomics, Russel brand, sloppy journalism, Theo Spierings, trickle down, velor scrotum of the thumb-twiddling plutocrat
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