The bad news for news
News media in this country is getting pulped and it's an absolute goddamn catastrophe.
News media in this country is getting pulped and it's an absolute goddamn catastrophe.
Our system creates unemployment on purpose, while demonising the unemployed. You'd think journalists would ask politicians about it.
Satire Sunday: The nation's economists are calling on ordinary workers to sacrifice their jobs to fight inflation.
Satire Sunday: Gang deaths continue unabated. Isn't it about time society did something?
David Seymour has denied any connection to the Atlas Network in an interview - which is weird, because there are just so many connections!
Let's talk about some of the better climate stories that are already being told.
A lot has happened in the last few days in the world of New Zealand's neoliberal lobby groups and their political wings, and I've been trying to keep up with it all – but instead of writing it up here, as I usually would, I've
Indigenous rights are under attack, for the same reason they always are.
This is an updated copy of the last newsletter I posted to Substack. I'm not writing on that platform any more, for reasons that should become clear once you've finished this article. If you've already read this piece, just skip to the end for the update.
This is The Bad Newsletter, a brand new version of an old site by Joshua Drummond that's just migrated from Substack. Things will be up and running here shortly, but you can subscribe in the meantime if you'd like to stay up to date and receive
You'd think the media would have stopped falling for the Taxpayers' Union's tactics, but no.
How lobbyist and influence groups are preparing for an all-out assault on Te Tiriti o Waitangi
A collective letter to Substack leadership
Substack needs to finally do something about its Nazi problem
Everything is awful. Blame economists.
Things can be better, if we do the work.
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It's the neoliberalism, stupid
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Optics first, truth a distant second in political leaders debate.
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Another political media hit-job on a young, brown, female politician? Must be a day ending in "y".
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Economics continues its unbroken run as the funniest "science."
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I had to leave a lot of good stuff on the cutting room floor of my Webworm article. Here's what you missed.
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He becomes a hero of disinformation spreaders everywhere, of course
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Last time we looked at who the New Zealand merchants of climate doubt are. Now let's see what they've accomplished
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The merchants of doubt and delay should bear an outsize share of the blame for climate catastrophe
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I was tempted to headline this "A Personal Appeal From Bad Newsletter Founder, Josh Drummond" but managed to resist
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A powerful, funny, and very important film
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Why creatives are moving to Mastodon - and why I'm joining them
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Part one of a *really* deep dive into the world of NFTs
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OPINION: Opinion sucks
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Much of the undermining of New Zealand's public health response has come from the media - and it needs to stop.
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A global health emergency has made mass media's addiction to conflict even worse
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Let's not deny it