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Live Midday Today: Buchanan and Manning on Trumpism Beyond Trump – Brazil, USA, Israel

November 3, 2022

LIVE@MIDDAY NZ Time – 6pm USEST – In this, the 21st episode of A View from Afar for 2022 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning will analyse the notion, and perhaps the reality, of Trumpism beyond Trump. In earlier episodes, Paul and Selwyn have examined how Trumpism, and even Bannonism, has been ... <a title="Live Midday Today: Buchanan and Manning on Trumpism Beyond Trump – Brazil, USA, Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/live-midday-today-buchanan-and-manning-on-trumpism-beyond-trump-brazil-usa-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Live Midday Today: Buchanan and Manning on Trumpism Beyond Trump – Brazil, USA, Israel">Read more</a>

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Gavin Ellis: Latter-day anarchists throw digital bombs at NZ journalists

August 31, 2022

ANALYSIS: By Gavin Ellis, publisher of Knightly Views Every journalist that “outs” a conspiracy theorist or extremist paints a target on their own back. The anti-truth brigade thrives in dark places and shining a light on it and its associates is doing a public service. Yet it comes at a cost. The tone of abuse ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Latter-day anarchists throw digital bombs at NZ journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/31/gavin-ellis-latter-day-anarchists-throw-digital-bombs-at-nz-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Latter-day anarchists throw digital bombs at NZ journalists">Read more</a>

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PODCAST: Why Bannonism-Trumpism Has Set Its Sights on Aotearoa New Zealand – Buchanan and Manning

November 25, 2021

Bannonism-Trumpism, a cultural ideological export - Political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning deep-dive into how Aotearoa New Zealand is in the cross-hairs of two distinct political powers - one has been around for awhile and applies influence operations aimed at elites; and the other is new to this part of the world and uses cultural and ideological diffusion that is aimed at civil society. Can countries like New Zealand resist the slide into US-styled political chaos?

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LIVE@MIDDAY: Why Bannonism-Trumpism Has Set Its Sights on Aotearoa New Zealand – Buchanan and Manning

November 24, 2021

A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will deep-dive into how Aotearoa New Zealand is in the cross-hairs of two distinct political powers – one has been around for awhile and applies influence operations aimed at elites; and the other uses cultural and ideological diffusion that is ... <a title="LIVE@MIDDAY: Why Bannonism-Trumpism Has Set Its Sights on Aotearoa New Zealand – Buchanan and Manning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/livemidday-why-bannonism-trumpism-has-set-its-sights-on-aotearoa-new-zealand-buchanan-and-manning/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE@MIDDAY: Why Bannonism-Trumpism Has Set Its Sights on Aotearoa New Zealand – Buchanan and Manning">Read more</a>

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NZ Corrections found attacker ‘increasingly hostile and abusive’

September 7, 2021

By Charlotte Cook, RNZ News reporter New Zealand’s Department of Corrections has revealed more details about the LynnMall terrorist’s violent behaviour while he was remanded in prison. Thirty-two-year-old Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen was shot dead by police after stabbing six people inside Countdown LynnMall in West Auckland. He had spent almost three years on remand ... <a title="NZ Corrections found attacker ‘increasingly hostile and abusive’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/nz-corrections-found-attacker-increasingly-hostile-and-abusive/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Corrections found attacker ‘increasingly hostile and abusive’">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Progressive opposition will help kill off hate speech proposals

August 6, 2021

Analysis by Bryce Edwards. When significant voices on the political left start speaking out against Labour’s proposed hate speech laws it’s a sign that they’re in big trouble. With criticisms now coming from across the political spectrum, it’s much more likely that the Government will ditch the botched speech regulation reforms. The latest leftwing activist ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Progressive opposition will help kill off hate speech proposals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-progressive-opposition-will-help-kill-off-hate-speech-proposals/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Progressive opposition will help kill off hate speech proposals">Read more</a>

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NZ police had no dedicated team to scan internet before mosque attacks

April 27, 2021

By Phil Pennington, RNZ News reporter It took seven months for the New Zealand police to set up their first team for scanning the internet after the mosque attacks – but it was almost immediately in danger of being shut down. An internal report released under the Official Information Act (OIA) said this was despite ... <a title="NZ police had no dedicated team to scan internet before mosque attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/nz-police-had-no-dedicated-team-to-scan-internet-before-mosque-attacks/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police had no dedicated team to scan internet before mosque attacks">Read more</a>

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To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism

January 22, 2021

ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, University of Melbourne Terrorism, political extremism, Donald Trump, social media and the phenomenon of “cancel culture” are confronting journalists with a range of agonising free-speech dilemmas to which there are no easy answers. Do they allow a president of the United States to use their platforms to falsely and provocatively claim ... <a title="To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/22/to-publish-or-not-to-publish-the-medias-free-speech-dilemmas-in-a-world-of-division-violence-and-extremism/" aria-label="Read more about To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism">Read more</a>

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As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences of ‘alternative facts’

January 20, 2021

ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University Every four years on January 20, the US exercises a key tenant of democratic government: the peaceful transfer of power. This year, the scene looks a bit different. If the last US presidential inauguration in 2017 debuted the phrase “alternative facts”, the 2021 inauguration represents their deadly ... <a title="As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences of ‘alternative facts’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/as-joe-biden-becomes-president-us-still-reels-from-deadly-consequences-of-alternative-facts/" aria-label="Read more about As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences of ‘alternative facts’">Read more</a>

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Selwyn Manning: The sentencing of a ‘human shell’ over NZ mosque atrocity

August 29, 2020

SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. At what point in time does an atrocity have a beginning? Is it when the first gunshot is fired? When the first victim is killed? When a killer first submits to thoughts of hatred, alienation, blame and ... <a title="Selwyn Manning: The sentencing of a ‘human shell’ over NZ mosque atrocity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/29/selwyn-manning-the-sentencing-of-a-human-shell-over-nz-mosque-atrocity/" aria-label="Read more about Selwyn Manning: The sentencing of a ‘human shell’ over NZ mosque atrocity">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Simon Bridges and National go populist

August 23, 2019

Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Is Simon Bridges really trying to channel Donald Trump? Or is he taking his cue from Scott Morrison? Or is he looking to emulate Boris Johnson? Whatever the inspiration, there’s been a clear change in the National Party leaders’ political positioning and tactics in recent months that suggests he’s ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Simon Bridges and National go populist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/23/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-simon-bridges-and-national-go-populist/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Simon Bridges and National go populist">Read more</a>