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Alastair Thompson
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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 25 November 2004, 5:06 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Ahmed Zaoui Granted Right To Apply For Bail - Inquiry Convened Into SIS Allegations Raised On Scoop - Fallujah Focus Of Crisis Meeting Between UN And al-Yawar - STORY OF THE WEEK: Herald’s ‘Mystery Man’ Not Scoop Contact On Leaf - ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 5:27 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Inquiry Convened Into SIS Allegations Raised On Scoop - Herald’s ‘Mystery Man’ Not Scoop Contact On Leaf - Waikato Gears Up For Zaoui Event Tonight - Chaos Flares In Iraq Around Ramadi Refugee Camp - US Officials Take Exception To Alleged ... More >>
Inspector General To Inquire Into SIS Allegations
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 5:09 pm | Alastair Thompson
Prime Minister Helen Clark has given the Inspector General of Security and Intelligence a green light to inquire into allegations made by Scoop.co.nz and in the Sunday Star Times concerning the propriety of SIS investigations into the Maori Party and Iwi ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 23 November 2004, 4:07 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Senior Intelligence Contact Says Operation Leaf Broader Than Just Politics - David Miller On The New APEC - Colin Powell's Farewell Visit To The Holy Land - American Coup II: Dr. Freeman Updates Paper On Exit Polls - American Coup II: Truthout's ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 22 November 2004, 4:48 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: SIS Bugs Maori: Sunday Star Times Confirms Scoop Investigation - APEC: NZ & China Issue Joint Statement on FTA - ... But The Opposition Wants A Deal With The US - Powell Heads To Holy Land For A Final Push For Peace - STORY OF THE WEEK: ... More >>
2004 Exit Poll "Red Shift" As Seen In Vote Numbers
Saturday, 20 November 2004, 6:47 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Images: 2004 Exit Poll "Red Shift" As Seen In Vote Numbers By Alastair Thompson with Ed Shalom More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 19 November 2004, 5:53 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Foreshore & Seabed Act Becomes Law - PM Confronted Face To Face Over Zaoui - Darfur Sudan: Help To Curb Human Catastrophe Blocked - STORY OF THE WEEK: The Message That Accompanied The PM's Office Axe Attack - COMMENT: The Foreshore ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 18 November 2004, 6:34 pm | Alastair Thompson
Titiwhai Harawira Leads Maori Party Picket Of PM’s Office - ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata Loses Fight To Stay In Parliament - Green Left Weekly On War Crimes In Fallujah - SPECIAL REPORT: American Coup II: - First Full Set Of US Exit Poll Data In The ... More >>
NEWSFLASH: Former ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata Loses
Thursday, 18 November 2004, 2:25 pm | Alastair Thompson
ACT MP Donna Awatere-Huata appears to have lost her bid to stay in Parliament till the next election. Ms Awatere was booted out of the ACT Party after she was charged by the Serious Fraud Office over payments made by her Pipi Foundation educational ... More >>
Complete US Exit Poll Data Confirms Net Suspicions
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 10:45 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop.co.nz is delighted to be able today to publish a full set of 4pm exit poll data for the first time on the Internet since the US election. The data emerged this evening NZT in a post on the Democratic Underground website under the forum name ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 4:48 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: Foreshore & Seabed Bill Passed 2nd Reading This Morning - Reserve Bank Dep. Governor Concerned Over Foreign Debt - Bush Appoints Rice To Replace Powell - SCOOP SPECIAL REPORT: American Coup II: Explaining It All ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 16 November 2004, 4:55 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: Foreshore & Seabed Bill To Be Passed This Week - PM's Presser: PM On CPAG & Foreshore & Seabed - Iwi CEO Mystified By SIS Investigation Claim - Colin Powell Resigns As US Secretary of State - William Rivers Pitt On The ... More >>
Sludge Report #165 – US M3 Growth Stops (Again)
Tuesday, 16 November 2004, 4:29 pm | C.D. Sludge
IN THIS EDITION: No US M3 Growth Since June 2004 - Is There A Vulnerability In The US Mortgage Market? More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 15 November 2004, 4:53 pm | Alastair Thompson
Haste To Fix The Seabed & Foreshore Plays Kiwis For Suckers - Brownlee - Helen Clark Delivers Leader's Speech To Party Conference - Young Men & Children Die As Bush Spends His Political Capital - Amnesty Concerned USA Committing War Crimes In Falluja - ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics (From Friday)
Monday, 15 November 2004, 1:08 am | Alastair Thompson
- LEAD STORY: Working For Families Leaves Out The Children – CPAG - Scoop Exclusive: SIS Launched Covert Operation Investigating Maori Party and Associated Networks - Nigerian Govt Enforces Haves And Have-Nots Rule On Oil Wealth - STORY OF THE WEEK: ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 12 November 2004, 7:06 am | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Was In The House - LEAD STORY: Scoop Exclusive: SIS Launched Covert Operation Investigating Maori Party and Associated Networks - BREAKING NEWS: SIS Asked To Produce Zaoui Evidence - MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES: - Yasser Arafat Is Dead - U.S. President ... More >>
47 State Exit Poll Analysis Confirms Swing Anomaly
Thursday, 11 November 2004, 1:45 pm | Alastair Thompson
" In the 12 critical states (CO,FL,MI,MN,NE,NV,NH,NM,OH,PA,WI,IA) the average discrepancy was a 2.5% red shift (= total movement of 5.0%), nearly twice that in the safe states. " - Jonathan Simon More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 11 November 2004, 2:50 am | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: American Coup II: - C.D. Sludge - Auckland University To Return $100,000 In Overcharged Fees - USA Announces Details Of Phantom Fury - American Coup II: Ernest Partridge - American Coup II: Jim Shultz (FEATURING ESSAY ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 10 November 2004, 9:00 am | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: American Coup II: - C.D. Sludge - More Young Teens In Hospital For Alcohol Ills - USA Announces Details Of Phantom Fury - American Coup II: - Susan Johann - American Coup II: - Top Dog - American Coup II: - Freepressed.Com ... More >>
Sludge Report #164 - Vote Fraud 2004 - WTF!!!
Tuesday, 9 November 2004, 8:38 pm | C.D. Sludge
In This Edition: Today Was Stolen Election Action Day : Show Me The Votes or Where Did George Suddenly Get 11 Million New Friends : Thinking The Unthinkable – If We Vote Fraud Theorists Are Correct : & Much More More >>
