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Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Sludge
Report #37 – At Last, A Good Idea From
Iraq
In this edition: Operation Brain Storm
2:
Sludge
Report #36 – Hypocrisy In The Middle
East
IN THIS EDITION: Hikers Under Fire At Nablus - Hypocrisy In The Middle East
3:
Sludge
Report #38: World Suckles Great US
Tit
In this edition: The World Is Different This Time - Whatever Bill Wants Bill Gets – From Everyone!
4:
US
Elections: Dot-com vs Dot-org
Just nine days to go to the election and the talking heads shows are getting in a lather. They - along with the writer of a recent NY Times editorial - seem to be outraged that Ralph Nader is not giving up and going away now that the race is as ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
Common-sense has prevailed over political correctness with a Select Committee recommending changes to the Government's 'relationship neutral' proposals for the Matrimonial Property Amendment Bill, National Women's Affairs spokesperson Anne Tolley said today.
6:
Scoop
Images: The PM Talks To Her
Ministers
PM And Lianne Dalziel - PM and Mark Gosche - PM And Judith Tizard
Wellington's annual Felix Awards for hospitality saw the expected big party at the Overseas Terminal on Sunday night (photos below).
Mark Cubey, the voice of Smartass Wellington, participates – and hacks into – the half-yearly radio survey.
9:
HARD
NEWS 27/10/00 - Family Feuds
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... was it ever a war? More like a feud based on something someone said when they were pissed, perhaps. But everyone ought to be glad that it's over. It is not that, in the wake of this week's business-to-government forum, everything ...
10:
Wilson
Ignores Virtually All
Submissions
The Government has made virtually no changes to the most controversial aspects of the Matrimonial Property Amendment Bill, National Justice spokesman Tony Ryall said today.
11:
Howard’s
End: Kyoto Protocol Loophole
The Kyoto Protocol on global warming is supposed to curb carbon pollution but imposes no emissions limits on countries such as China and India. It is not surprising, then, that international oil giant Shell has just finalised a contract to build a $4 billion ...
12:
Sludge
Report #35 – Let Every Voice Sing
Out
IN THIS EDITION: The Middle East Peace Settlement Needs Our Support – Keeping Hope Alive
13:
Extra
Revenue From Tax Hike Wiped
Out
“The economic downturn has wiped out in a month the extra tax revenue Finance Minister Michael Cullen was expecting for the year from his six-cent hike to the top tax rate,” said ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide today.
14:
ALRANZ:
Don't Promote Male Sexual
Irresponsibility
"ALRANZ shares the concerns of the Quality Public Education Coalition over the imposition of inaccurate religious propaganda masquerading as "sex education" within some state schools," stated Craig Young, ALRANZ Research Officer today.
15:
The
people say Yes! To the People's
Bank
Independent confirmation of public support for a People's Bank doesn't surprise the Deputy Prime Minister.
16:
Sludge
Report #32 – Resolving A Family
Feud
IN THIS EDITION: Middle East Situation Report – A Question – A Couple Of Answers – Sludge’s Answers – Application Of The Theory
17:
IMF
report welcome but reflects familiar mindset
"I particularly welcome the finding, given the current volatility surrounding oil prices, that New Zealand is well-placed to absorb external shocks without undue economic or financial distress," he said.
18:
Upton-on-line
October 27th
The mental space normally reserved for putting upton-on-line to bed was gobbled up this week by a speaking engagement – addressing the curiously named National Press Club. With the exception of Frank Haden, upton-on-line couldn’t see any members of ...
19:
Media
Flash - Australian Media News And Jobs
30/10
Flash Points a.. WHAT NOW FOR KERRY O'BRIEN? After The Budget Is Spent b.. BEWARE: REPORTER-AT-LARGE: Behind The SMH Shake-Out c.. PACHOLLI IS BACK IN TOWN: What Will The Minister Do About It? d.. COMPANY REPUTATIONS: Age and SMH Apply The Acid Test ...
20:
A
late opening, pub lights and
highlights
Report #3 from LOOP correspondent Sarah Hunter, in Noumea with the New Zealand Pacific Island delegation for the Pacific Festival of Arts.
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.
Martin LeFevre - Meditations: The Pervasiveness Of Inward Deadness Is Not The Result Of “The Deadening Effect Of The Super-Rich”
Peter Dunne: Dunne's Weekly - Removing An Incapacitated Leader
Gordon Campbell: On A Textbook Case Of Spending Waste By The Luxon Government
Alison Forrest: Whose Values Do You Mean, Winston And Judith?
Eugene Doyle: It’s Bigger Than NATO And It’s Heading Our Way
Ramzy Baroud: Dear West - Your ‘Age Of Monsters’ Has Begun