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Scoop: Long Weekend Ratings - June 4-6 2005

Published: Mon 6 Jun 2005 03:12 PM
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The long weekend’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Japanese actions outrage Pacific community
The Japanese government's announcement to increase its annual minke kill and include humpback and fin whales in its "scientific research whaling programme" has outraged many of Auckland's Pacific leaders.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0506/S00034.htm
2: Does This Mean Everyone Gets To Fake Up A Nat. Ad?
What with the poorly-mocked up pre-publicity from Bhatnagar via Farrar , and jamming suggestions coming thick and/or fast , looks like it's open season on annoying, simplistic, disingenuous billboards.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00053.htm
3: Steve Weissman: The Ayatollah of Holy Rollers
Death by stoning for atheists, adulterers, and practicing male homosexuals. And, oh yes, death to witches, Satanists, and those who commit blasphemy. Does this sound like a radical Islamist nightmare, a replay of Afghanistan under the Taliban?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00043.htm
4: Triple Bombing In Burma Leads To CIA Intrigue
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand said it will pursue terrorists described by Burma as CIA-trained, because "maybe someone did something along the border," resulting in a synchronized triple-bombing in Burma which killed 19 people.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00219.htm
5: Culture Jamming: More Amended National Billboards
Revising National's new billboards is proving a popular pastime in the blogosphere. A Scoop reader kicked off the fun yesterday with a group of eight amended versions , they have proved popular and are the top rating item on Scoop today. A quick look ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00052.htm
6: Culture Jamming: Nat's New Billboards Amended
A Scoop reader writes... "I think the Nats have done graffiti artists a great service with their cutting edge series of billboards. This is my take on the 'real' messages underneath all the c**p."
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00037.htm
7: Bill Moyers Address: “Take Back America”
CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE “TAKE BACK AMERICA” SPEAKER: BILL MOYERS, PRESIDENT, SCHUMAN CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2005
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0506/S00063.htm
8: The Meningococcal Gold Rush - Second Edition
Scoop Editors' Note: Following publication on Scoop.co.nz of Barbara Sumner Burstyn and Ron Law’s report, Investigation: The Meningococcal Gold Rush [1] - a report into the flawed science and bad policy of the MeNZB™ vaccine - the Ministry of Health ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00352.htm
9: A Week Of It: Key, K(iwi)s & Coddington
In This Edition: - John Key – From State House to Lucky, Lucky, Lucky Man - ‘Classically Liberal’ Media Dream Team Not To Be - TV3 Distance Themselves From News-Generating Perk-Busting Internet Political Diarist - What Do Georgina Te Heu Heu and Tau Henare ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00051.htm
10: Time Runs Out On South Pacific HIV/AIDS Crisis
Scoop Investigation: HIV is threatening the Pacific's isolated communities with an infection rate that destroys cultural, economic, and community stability. For example: HIV/AIDS, not global warming, is the number one problem threatening Tuvalu's survival. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00001.htm
11: When Is Someone Going To Toss Rumsfeld In A Cage?
At the end of the day Friday, the Pentagon confirmed a pattern of widespread abuse of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, by military personnel dating back two and a half years. Releasing the report when most beat reporters have left for the weekend was ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00057.htm
12: Upton-On-Line 2/6/05: French Referendum Aftermath
In this issue: The aftermath of the French referendum on the European Constitution ; and Stuart McMillan explores the NZ/Australia security relationship in an address to the NZ Institute of International Affairs.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00047.htm
13: Mediacom Digest 2 June 2005 - Focus on Females
A.G. Lafley, chief executive of Procter & Gamble Co., was in Venezuela recently and shared some advice with a group of laundry executives: "The simple principle in life is to find out what she wants and give it to her. It's worked in my marriage for ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0506/S00069.htm
14: Harvey Norman fined for misleading customers
National retailer Harvey Norman was fined $16,000 in the Manukau District Court yesterday for making misleading representations to consumers that resulted in customers paying higher instalments than they expected.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0506/S00034.htm
15: Greens and NGOs distort NZ approach
The Green Party and NGO observers continue to distort New Zealand's approach at the current Montreal conference on the Cartagena Protocol, Environment Minister Marian Hobbs said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00100.htm
16: Response to the C4 Popetown press release
It was with disappointment that Catholic organisation Family Life International learnt this afternoon that C4 television plans to proceed with the broadcasting of the offensive Popetown cartoon.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0506/S00040.htm
17: Sheila Samples: Who Will Save The Children?
As if we needed yet one more shudderingly repulsive account of a Republican who is virulently anti-gay by day and an abusive pedophile by night...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00054.htm
18: Research shows breast cancer reoccurrence halved
Local research shows breast cancer reoccurrence rates halved New Zealand women and local researchers contribute to landmark study
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0506/S00017.htm
19: Julie Webb-Pullman: Party Games For Terrorists
A terrorist’s life is tough. None of this nine to five, have a nice day at the office dear. Oh no, it really is gruelling. Take the October 1997 assassination plot against Fidel Castro, when the crew of ‘La Esperanza’ cabin cruiser had to sail 900 miles ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00046.htm
20: Goff Speech In Canada: Facing global challenges
Phil Goff Speech In Canada: Facing global challenges: NZ's foreign policy Address to the National Press Club Ottawa, Canada 2 June 2005
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00070.htm
21: AOS Callout Sees Shot Fired Outside Scoop Auckland
Three people were taken hostage and their car hijacked on Sunday morning during an armed offender squad alert beginning in St Lukes, Auckland. A gunshot was fired outside Scoop Media’s Auckland Sandringham Road office as the car travelled at high speed ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00056.htm
22: Macpherson Intimates Presents “Intimate” Evolution
Elle Macpherson Intimates continues to challenge perceptions of the word “intimate” with a third evocative and leading-edge advertising campaign shot in New York in late April.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0506/S00030.htm
23: Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
LEAD STORY: NZ Chile Singapore Brunei Strike Zero Tariff P4 Deal - Lyndon Hood's Alternative National Party Billboards - C4 Set To Rile Worlds Largest Religion - Tests Offer Positive Outlook For Breast Cancer Treatments - United Nations Calls ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00055.htm
24: Japan - New Zealand joint press statement
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan and Prime Minister Helen Clark of New Zealand met in Tokyo on 2 June, 2005 and discussed a wide range of issues.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00091.htm
25: Dick Hubbard’s Meddling; Rodney on Property Rights
This week, Mediocrity and Meddling in Auckland, and ACTing against property rights
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00049.htm
26: Sharples Slams ‘Mischievous And Wrong’ Nat's Ad
Maori Party Co Leader Pita Sharples told Scoop this afternoon that he was sick of Maori being used as a political football in election year. Mr Sharples was angry at the latest National Party billboard, which he considered ‘degrading’.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00039.htm
27: GOP Swept from Power in 2006 - Impeachment Looms
(Associated Press, Nov. 8, 2006) The Democrats didn't waste any time after their landslide victory in Tuesday's midterm election that put them in charge, with huge margins in both the House and Senate.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00022.htm
28: National Party Releases Eight Billboards
The National Party Election 2005 Campaign yesterday released the following eight billboards. ENDS
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00043.htm
29: In Defense Of Narco News Journalist Bill Conroy
The campaign of harassment and intimidation from agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security towards Narco News correspondent Bill Conroy continues to draw outrage from journalists and others who value press freedom. Journalists in the United ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00040.htm
30: Articles Of Impeachment For President G.W. Bush
Resolved, that George Walker Bush, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and the following articles be exhibited to the Senate:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00100.htm
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