The above Tremain cartoon illustrates why, by a country mile, he’s currently our most outstanding political cartoonist and probably our best ever.
New Zealand cartoon historian Ian Grant, despite his soft left negativity, would be hard pressed to argue any New Zealand cartoonist in history could match Tremain’s brilliance, albeit some abroad have achieved greater fame.
This “His Master’s Voice” effort aptly sums up the disgraceful sell-out by our print media to tow the government line.
The dying Stuff fleet of newspapers, purchased for the excessive price of one dollar and now fighting for survival, willingly prostituted itself to the government bribe in return for the taxpayer’s unwitting subsidy in numerous different forms, but mainly ridiculously unnecessary full-page government Department advertising and bogus news stories reflecting government policy. The government did this on the pretence of helping sustain the print media but in fact solely to sustain their own political support. Thus the Herald’s competent cartoonists during the disgraceful bribery time were pretty much confined to non-political topics, albeit no longer. Stuff on the other hand, couldn’t afford cartoonists and run ridiculously pointless humourless efforts that have absolutely nothing to say.
The buying of the print media, so cleverly summed up by Garrick’s cartoon, was nothing less than political corruption of a scale hitherto unknown in New Zealand.
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It hasn’t died away Bob. Where’s the analysis or debate on NZTA’s mantra ‘lower speeds will save lives’. The frustration generated will see the road toll spiral. Increasingly the victims will be the innocents. That’s not the case now with a large percentage of our toll being suicides; homo degeneratis who kill themselves and save us a lifetime of welfare and ‘deeply loved’ who chose not to wear a seatbelt in a vehicle without full airbags.
Ask NZTA for the % of the 21 holiday road deaths not wearing seatbelts? Fat chance of them telling you. It would reveal the stupidity of their lower speed mantra.
Totally and absolutely correct – the most disgraceful act ever by any New Zealand government.
The false teeth.
So clever!!
A writer with The Atlantic, (I subscribe), wrote “scientific knowledge has been in clear secular decline since the early 1970s”, – referring to developed countries. I thought, well, he doesn’t have any information about New Zealand, and it wouldn’t surprise me if NZ is no longer included on any global map, such is our general decline in all matters of intellect and knowledge and design not to mention infrastructure.
I’ve been back here for 11 years, witnessing growing animosity, division and a lack of civility. Plus high-jacking by Maori representation in broadcasting, resulting in enforcement of a changed nation in language, culture and control of information within the whole country.
We are no longer a destination because of excessive living costs, crime and gangs. A Global Investment research shows New Zealand’s significant house price rise in the last decade, and mostly in the last 3 years, has topped the global chart by a long stretch. Comparison of Japan at, say 0%, NZ is at 280% – this is in developed economies. Price of house to income, we still top the chart on cost.
We are told and read there’s a shortage of housing, but many silly buggers in NZ insist it’s a human right to own a house, – forget getting a job . No shortage now, though, population is diminishing, kiwis are leaving in droves from NZ. My international family, expressed their opinion at Xmas visiting – that New Zealand has regressed and is considered globally, a backwater, lacking education and oblivious of what is happening globally.
The sell-out of Stuff is unsurprising. Remember there is an election this year and don’t forget, what goes up must come down including property prices – and the real estate people that are selling don’t read.
Garrick was the best part of the old Otago Daily Times until they ridiculously sacked him because he was too funny. Now the ODT has fallen into the same horrible trap as the other MSM – woke leftist rubbish! I stopped my daily delivery over 12 mths ago. When I do catch a glimpse of their headlines (usually when I get my fish n chips!) I despair at what has become of what was once a decent read.
Couldna said it better. ODT *used* to be readable, slightly left but printed both sides. Not now.
Stuffed is more accurate. No regurgitated Sonny Fai story so far Bob! But I did note some wet lefty has already done the math on how to get half a year off using only 15 days annual leave. Straight out of a Govt handbook (actually “wrong” a Civil servant doesn’t use any leave)
The cartoons by Tremain are like a breath of fresh air I have stopped my subscription to NZ Herald until such time as we get honest reporters to write without fear or favour. The present journalists are all a B………….. disgrace the same as the politician’s non of them can lie in bed straight .
Totally agree.
I find the most irritating part is the hypocritical virtue signalling whilst simultaneously engaged in this type of scurrilous, egregious and dishonest behaviour. Disgraceful.
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[…] The dying Stuff fleet of newspapers, purchased for the excessive price of one dollar and now fighting for survival, willingly prostituted itself to the government bribe in return for the taxpayer’s unwitting subsidy in numerous different forms, but mainly ridiculously unnecessary full-page government Department advertising and bogus news stories reflecting government policy. The government did this on the pretence of helping sustain the print media but in fact solely to sustain their own political support. Thus the Herald’s competent cartoonists during the disgraceful bribery time were pretty much confined to non-political topics, albeit no longer. Stuff on the other hand, couldn’t afford cartoonists and run ridiculously pointless humourless efforts that have absolutely nothing to say. – Sir Bob Jones […]