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Scoop Ratings – Weekend Top 20
The top 20 rating stories at the Weekend were...
1: Rankin's
Thursday Column Whither the
Bourgeoisie?
We frequently hear these days about the plight of the middle class, or the middle classes. But who are the middle classes? Are they simply those people (or households?) who earn between the median income and the 90th or 95th percentile? Can we really ...
2:
The
Tragedy Of James Whakaruru
The death of four year old James Whakaruru is a grim reminder of the dangers facing children who grow up in s severely dysfunctional families. In most of these families, education achievement is minimal, violence is rife, drug and alcohol dependency is ...
3:
THE
DAVISON WINEBOX REPORT--- SCOOP FULL
COVERAGE
Scoop formed an early view on Sir Ron's “Smart” transaction on the day he reported back in August 1997.
4:
Scoop
Archive: Sir Ron's "Smart" Transaction -
Magnum
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5:
Scoop
Archive: Winebox Report Will Miss The
Point
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6:
Scoop
Ratings – Rankin File And Bad Weather Top
The Top 20 rating items on Scoop today were…
There is a new media revolution under way. You may not notice it if you are still getting the bulk of your information from Richard or Judy or Carol and John - or even the daily newspapers. John Howard reports.
8:
Mad
Max wants to axe four
universities
The Alliance said that Max Bradford's suggestions that only three universities should undertake research means New Zealand would lose the other four.
9:
Weather
Workshop: 5 day forecast for
NZ
The long range forecast from Weather Workshop for all of New Zealand to midnight Tuesday:
10:
SCP
Interactive: Edge Theory: An All Black
Plane?
"The 747 I'd like to fly the world in [with the All Blacks]" - Kevin Roberts"
11:
Shipley
Speech - Looking Ahead
Make no mistake, Election '99 is about making the right choice. A choice about leadership, about ideas, about the New Zealand we want to be and about who can deliver.
12:
It's
Human Rights Jim, But Not As You Know
It
Libertarianz have offered to put one of their own spokesmen into the position of Human Rights Commissioner. Jim Anderton was worried yesterday that National might replace the Human Rights Commissioner with one of their flunkies, so this should ...
13:
The
Winebox - Who's Responsible? -
Peters
But – as we now know – key elements of the two old parties in Parliament didn’t want an inquiry and had everything at their disposal to stop it, including the support of some elitist members of the business world and significant elements of the media, ...
14:
Lord
Of The Rings: Hawke, Thurman In, Winslet
Out
Hollywood couple Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke are tipped to be part of the Lord of The Rings when filming begins on October 11.
15:
Winebox
Decision Victory For New Zealand
Taxpayers
The Winebox decision announced in the High Court in Auckland today represents a victory for all New Zealand taxpayers, said the New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters.
16:
Formal
complaint about Timberlands PR
campaign
FORMAL COMPLAINT TO BE MADE TO PUBLIC RELATIONS INSTITUTE OVER TIMBERLANDS' PR CAMPAIGN ON FRIDAY MORNING
17:
Fitzsimons
not in Coromandel race
“I agree with Ms Fitzsimons. The fight for the Coromandel seat is going to be a two-way race, but it involves the Labour candidate and myself, not her,” said Coromandel MP Murray McLean today
18:
APEC
Opponents Slam "Shoddy Govt. Info
Campaign"
The APEC Monitoring Group which has organised a programme of education and action throughout 1999 to expose and oppose APEC and its free trade and investment, free market agenda is fielding numerous calls and visits to its Auckland office by Aucklanders ...
19:
Sweetwaters
Promoter Charged With Fraud
The promoter of this year’s Sweetwaters Concert in Manukau City has been charged with fraud.
20:
Poll
Shows Fitzsimons Ahead In
Coromandel
A poll of the Coromandel electorate, a seat held at present by National MP Murray McLean, shows Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons ahead.
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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.
Ramzy Baroud: The World Owes Palestine This Much - Please Stop Censoring Palestinian Voices
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Martin LeFevre - Meditations: Meditation Without A Method
Ramzy Baroud: Israel To Annex The West Bank – Why Now? And What Are The Likely Scenarios?
Binoy Kampmark: The Strawman Of Antisemitism - Banning Protests Against Israel Down Under
Gordon Campbell: On The Coalition’s Empty Gestures, And Abortion Refusal As The New Slavery