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		<title>Hollaback girl Fran O&#8217;Sullivan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I generally like business writer Fran O&#8217;Sullivan&#8217;s work, which can be wide-ranging and interesting and often evinces a robust, seen-it-all-before, how-stupid-do-they-think-we-are? tone. Fran doesn&#8217;t often mince words (except for when she does) and she gets points in my book for taking a position, and saying what she thinks — or how the landscape looks from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justifying the dodgy</title>
		<link>http://www.thepaepae.com/justifying-the-dodgy/21255/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney seems to be indulging in the &#8220;I hit him first but it wuz self defence because I could see he was gunna hit me&#8221; justification I expect of a six year old. After reportedly outspending Gingrich five-to-one with ads that were overwhelmingly negative, and explaining his philosophy as &#8220;when you&#8217;re attacked you&#8217;ve got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matthew Hooton and the exquisite agony of being a paid shill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve referred to spin doctor Matthew Hooton before — I positively delight in the shabby transparency of his gums-for-hire faux agitprop and the way he marshals an argument. He&#8217;s almost always accessible, usually very much in control of himself, except when overtaken by passion or appetite of some sort, and well, I find him just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whacking &#8216;da media&#8217; media is a simple formula</title>
		<link>http://www.thepaepae.com/whacking-da-media-media-is-a-simple-formula/21169/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepaepae.com/whacking-da-media-media-is-a-simple-formula/21169/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrinch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the upset win in South Carolina, TIME magazine on Newt Gingrinch&#8217;s strategy: For Gingrich, this was not just a victory but also a validation. When his staff ditched him last summer amid an imbroglio over the campaign’s direction, Gingrich committed to running a lean, nimble operation that relied heavily on free media (he had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mitt Romney: Arranged marriage?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepaepae.com/mitt-romney-arranged-marriage/21160/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepaepae.com/mitt-romney-arranged-marriage/21160/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s some typically solid and insightful analysis of the US Republican race on Politico. A good article on the dual nature of Newt Gingrich&#8217;s relationship with the &#8216;working press&#8217; in Newt&#8217;s secret press pals by Ginger Gibson is worth a read: The same candidate who on Thursday decried “the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attacking Mitt Romney</title>
		<link>http://www.thepaepae.com/attacking-mitt-romney/21047/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hyperbole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look at this attack ad aimed at US Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney (below the fold) with NO mention of who its producers and publishers actually support. It&#8217;s just a smear of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (vomit) ilk. We don&#8217;t have a lot of this type of political advertising in NZ &#8230; do we? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest post: poormastery hearts Ron Paul</title>
		<link>http://www.thepaepae.com/guest-post-poormastery-hearts-ron-paul/20985/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepaepae.com/guest-post-poormastery-hearts-ron-paul/20985/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>poormastery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the subject of US politics, this is who poormastery is supporting to be the next President: I believe that Ron Paul was the only person who voted against the so-called “Patriot Act”. Ha. Love it. Many of his views I disagree with, but he is the best Republican candidate – by miles. “And I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitchens on Clinton</title>
		<link>http://www.thepaepae.com/hitchens-on-clinton/20963/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Encouragement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[authenticity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[He&#8217;ll say anything. He&#8217;ll try anything. He&#8217;s a complete solipsist and completely without scruple. Christopher Hitchens RIP]]></description>
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		<title>Losing the shine? Maybe. We&#8217;ll see.</title>
		<link>http://www.thepaepae.com/losing-the-shine-maybe-well-see/20921/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepaepae.com/losing-the-shine-maybe-well-see/20921/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Key]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post mortems don&#8217;t always render a conclusive or even useful diagnosis, especially when tackling multi-faceted puzzles like an election campaign, but I nodded as I read TV3 political editor Duncan Garner&#8217;s round up of the political year &#8230; in which he shares some of the same conclusions I expressed in my pre-election post Teflon John [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh Patrick Gower!</title>
		<link>http://www.thepaepae.com/oh-patrick-gower/20577/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepaepae.com/oh-patrick-gower/20577/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Aranyi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Encouragement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well worth watching &#8230; 50 seconds of &#8230; well, of &#8230; Patrick Gower. You know, the [allegedly] &#8216;deceitful bastard&#8217; ACT leader-on-the-skids Don Brash wouldn&#8217;t talk to — three times. Good on him. &#160; From TV3&#8242;s Firstline (full clip). Look how he cracks up Rachel Smalley &#8230; who sometimes indulges in a wee bit of humour [...]]]></description>
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