The Cynics

New GB Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that he intends to put solving the housing crisis at the top of his political agenda.Forgive my cynicism, but isn’t this the same Gordon Brown that spent the last decade as finance minister overseeing economic policies that have seen huge housing inflation far exceeding wage growth that […]

The NZ Herald cynically reports on a few comments made by Foreign Minister Winston Peters in Samoa. The last line of the story "His outburst came as he was praising Samoa for its good governance and transparency" is disgraceful and blatantly biased.It seems to me the article itself proves Mr Peters comments as being entirely true and fair.

After all my time here at C&L, I admit to being a little jaded when it comes to media coverage. I expect things to be partisan and tend to look at it as post fodder more often than not. But every once in a while, some moment will seep past my cynical shell and frankly, make me want to throw something at my TV.