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Misrepresent

These are the images from the top two Stuff Vote ’08 stories on Sunday 12 October 2007, the day the two major NZ parties launched their election campaigns. Both are from the Dominion Post. Not exactly an impartial portrayal.

Full stories at Labour announces deposit guarantees and National launches campaign on economy.

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Matthew Oliver. Posted in talking | Tagged Helen Clark, John Key, labour, national, politics

State of our nation 2008

More Wordle, this time Helen Clark’s and John Key’s state of the nation speeches from Januray 2008. First up, the prime minister:

Source: Helen Clark: State of the Nation address

And now, the leader of the opposition:

Source: 2008: A Fresh Start for New Zealand

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Matthew Oliver. Posted in talking | Tagged Helen Clark, John Key, labour, national, state of the nation, wordle

Party bandwagon

Here’s what the BBC made of Gordon Brown’s speech to the Labour Party conference, 23 Sept. 2008:

And here, for a prettier version, and to jump on the Wordle bandwagon, is another view:

Full text of the speech available: No time for a novice

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Matthew Oliver. Posted in talking | Tagged gordon brown, labour, wordle

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