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Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Editorial:
Democracy, Faith And A People
Betrayed
Russia has had a terrible century. In fact Russia - and certainly the Russian peasantry - have arguably had a bum deal for as long as anyone can remember.
2:
Rankin:
Sharing Responsibility Negotiating
Custody
Whangarei List MP Muriel Newman should be congratulated for her shared parenting bill, presented to Parliament last week. An Act MP, she is entering into a minefield of family and gender politics, which means that the bill will probably fail.
3:
The
Threat Of The Anglo Word E-mail
Non, Non, public servants cannot use the Anglo word e-mail says the French Ministry of Finance when it announced the ban earlier this week. John Howard reports.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Queer
As Folk Should Be Removed
Quickly
Party Leader Graham Capill has moved quickly to condemn last night’s screening on TV4 of the first episode of Queer as Folk.
5:
Suicide
Is Painless? - The Craccum
Articles
Craccum Magazine makes no apologies for this article. We know that suicide is one of the few taboo subjects still left in society. We know that New Zealand has the highest youth suicide rate in the world.
6:
Keeping
Cannabis Out Of Schools - Nandor
Tanczos
Several commentators and MPs from other parties have misrepresented the stance taken by MP Nandor Tanczos over the cannabis issue. This article, written by Nandor, aims at trying to make his position clear.
7:
Cullen's
BPS Similar In Scope To Winston's
First
The 2000 Budget Policy Statement - the first of new Finance Minister Michael Cullen - appears to be calculated to please, both the markets and the Labour/Alliance's caucus.
8:
City
Voice: ‘Why not rob a bank?’ – Cr.
Morrison
REBEL Wellington City Councillor John Morrison says the council may as well “rob a bank” if it is willing to break the law on how it funds the cost of the city’s new sewerage plant.
9:
Pokemon
is Worse Than Queer as Frocks
The Corrective Party, New Zealand's only corporal punishment party, wants to take issue with the Right Reverend Graham Capill's call to ban Queer as Flock, a gay programme on TV4.
10:
Scoop
Opinion - Judge Me Not
11:
Look
To The Government To Lead From The
Front
Before Christmas the government's Speech from the Throne somewhat set the pace for the new Government. Forty-five minutes long and packed to the gills with ideas and plans the speech left many of those listening to it with a sense of surprise at just ...
Jamie Oliver, arguably the world's hottest young chef, will tour New Zealand from May 6th-14th to promote his internationally best selling book `The Naked Chef'.
13:
World’s
Highest Performance PC Processor
Available
Intel Corporation today introduced the Intel Pentium® III processor 1 GHz (gigahertz or 1,000 megahertz), the world’s highest performance microprocessor for PCs.
14:
NZ On Air - Point Of
Clarification
This memo seeks to clarify any possible confusion regarding the 6pm news item on TV ONE, 8 March 2000 about NZ On Air and the Public Broadcasting Fee.
15:
Scoop
Images: What Leroy Crook Saw
A scene from a short play by Jacque Ruston, What Leroy Crook Saw. - Photo Tori Buttle.
16:
Scoop
Images: Kupe Returns To
Capital
SIXTY years after the historic Kupe statue was completed, two of the original sculptors turned out to see a $450,000 bronze replica unveiled on Taranaki Wharf last Saturday (4 March). Phyll Thomas, a daughter of the leading sculptor William Trethewey, came ...
17:
Craccum
Editors May Be Forced To Fall On
Swords
The co-editors of a student magazine who published a controversial feature on youth suicide may end up being kicked out by their student association. Scoop's Chris Holm reports.
18:
Scoop
Opinion: Wheelbarrows Of
Hypocrisy
When considering the role of the British baby-killers of the Balkans, the totally overwhelming feature of hypocrisy-on-a-grand-scale comes through loud and clear. This historian has been attempting to determine which of the mass-murderers of the ...
19:
Cullen
abusing power to push personal hobby
horse
Parties from across the political spectrum are urging Labour to stop in its tracks and address the superannuation issue properly, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today.
20:
The
murderer returned to the Scene of the
Crime
The murderer returned to the scene of the crime walking, even though he was too sick to face trial according to the British authorities. He arrived home on a sunny summer morning smiling and saluting his supporters unaided, although he was released ...
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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Gordon Campbell: On The Public Sector Carnage, And Misogyny As Terrorism
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