GCSB protesters lay TV complaint

GCSB protesters have laid formal complaints with the Broadcasting Standards Authority after an inaccurate television report said rocks and bottles were thrown during a Palmerston North rally. A 3News report on Saturday night claimed Palmerston North people clashed with police and threw bottles and rocks at the city’s protest

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The most controversial book of the year?

The Catcher in the Rye, Doctor Zhivago, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Brave New World, Of Mice and Men, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Handmaid’s Tale and Lolita. It’s a not just a list of entries in the modern literary canon – they’re also books that have been banned.

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Polanksi: No to equality, yes to skimpy dresses

Famed French director Roman Polanski complained that the fight for female equality is a “great pity” as his wife showed off some eye-popping cleavage at the Cannes Film Festival. Polanski, who is at the festival with his new film Venus in Fur, said that “trying to level the genders is purely idiotic”

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Daniel Tosh Has Been Making Rape Jokes For Years… This Time Did He Cross The Line?

      Tosh.0 host Daniel Tosh thought a good way to deal with a female heckler was with a rape joke, during a recent Laugh Factory set. The story went viral last night, shortly after being posted to Tumblr. The story alleges that Tosh suggested it would be hilarious if this audience member got gang-raped. By […]

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Israel: Are Gay Rights Used to Hide Palestinian Conflicts?

Next month is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride month, an international season of parades, cultural festivals and street parties celebrating gay rights. But amid all the good cheer, tensions are rising over a controversial issue that is splintering LGBT communities

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