Archive - Media News You Need - Curated by Peter Bale

Updated: Israel keeps us guessing; Deserts Miss Rain

Netanyahu strings allies along over his next move against Iran and Hamas; floods in Dubai and what it might tell us about geo-engineering the climate

Apr 18 •

Defamation and inflammatory words

Australia proves once again it has some of the most amusing defamation cases; media upheaval in NZ opens an opportunity

Apr 17 •

Updated: Standby for bad things

Predictions are risky in news but the recent record of warnings from intelligence agencies suggests fresh risk of terror. Iran tries to cool the…

Apr 11 •

Like sand through an hourglass* - trust leaks away

Media in New Zealand has a trust problem shared with most of the rest of the world and politicians are ready to exploit that but media needs to get real…

Apr 10 •

Media News You Need - Theoretically

I'm ashamed at the gaps between updates. I appreciate the interest . I have started a new section: Curated World, where I will put my take on the big…

Apr 4 •

Shit happens; China calls out US on spying

Netanyahu adopts a "shit happens" stance on aid worker killings in Gaza; China points finger at US spying

Apr 3 •

March 2024

Curated World-Who to believe on Moscow?

In a world of disinformation (deliberate) and misinformation it's hard to know who and what to believe -- and that's just how the dark actors want it…

Mar 28 •

Curated World - Gaza, Ukraine, climate-March 21

First edition of an experimental assemblage of world news with my topspin: this week, the Gaza real estate opportunity and other cynical ideas. Heavy on…

Mar 21 •

October 2023

Tracking the news and history of Israel-Hamas

Updated: A short but expanding set of sites, podcasts, and books which I find valuable to stay on top of the Israel-Hamas story and the history. It is…

Oct 15, 2023 •

Guest column by Peter Bale: The talkback election

Election 2023’s stale debates about co-governance, public debt and crime bubbled up from the simplistic bogs of talkback radio, writes Hoon co-host…

Published on The Kākā by Bernard Hickey • Oct 12, 2023

You wait for a great book then three turn up

Michael Wolff, Michael Lewis, and Walter Isaacson walk in to a bar...

Oct 7, 2023 •

September 2023

Media News You Need to Know

More on Rupert transition; yet another Twitter alternative, or really an X alternative

Sep 26, 2023 •

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