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Groups of Woman Is Worst Broadcast Routine Word Mangling Claims NZ Pronunciation Panel

Influx of Esol students is fresh imperative to curb New Zealand-ese A group or collection of females described in the singular as “woman,” has emerged as the most obvious flaw in the diction of professional broadcasters according to a survey by MSC Newswire, the affiliate site of the National Press Club. The other most discernible mangled word was vulnerable which frequently emerges as “vunerable,” according to the panel. Also selected was “summision” for submission. In vowel handling the panel identified as a continuing articulation problem the sounds of the letters “a” and “e” in which for example weeks of time…

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Media Council Upholding of Fairfax-Channel Nine Ban on Climate Dissent Is Modern Book Burning Claims Local Government Official Rick Long

The stated policy of New Zealand’s Fairfax newspaper group to discard all views and data that dissents with the chain’s own collectively-held opinion that climate change is an existential threat and is manmade is a challenge to science according to a local government figure, Rick Long. Even more serious believes Mr Long (pictured) remains the subsequent decision of the nation’s news-content arbitrator, the Media Council, to uphold the Australian-owned chain’s decision. Fairfax is now part of Australia’s Channel Nine Network. Mr Long’s contention is that the decision to outlaw dissenting information by Fairfax, with the support of the Media Council,…

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