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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.
Alastair Thompson - Latest News [Page 71]
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 4:54 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - PR Campaign Launched To Hijack The Question Mark - Stateside: A Grim Talk At Berkeley - Air New Zealand And Qantas Try Harder - Jason Leopold: Halliburton War Profits Stitched Up Months Before The War - Floatable Quotables - ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 13 May 2003, 5:00 pm | Alastair Thompson
Osama's Back! - Dennis Hans: How Made Up News Makes The Front Page - George W. Bush In A Silly Hat Captions - Chris Sanders: War Every Way You Like It - Stephen Knight Introduces Sustainable New Zealand - William Rivers Pitt: What We Are Up Against ... More >>
NewsFlash: Car Bomb In Riyadh Targets Americans
Tuesday, 13 May 2003, 11:00 am | Alastair Thompson
Three car bomb explosions in an American compound in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh are already being attributed to the terrorist group Al Qaeda. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 12 May 2003, 4:35 pm | Alastair Thompson
Stateside With Rosalea: The Plumber From Des Moines - Not - Greg Palast Explains Why He Is A Bestselling Author - Shallow Throat Advises The Democrats On How To Take Down GWB - The Profits Of Terror – Halliburton Shows How - Cartoon: A Roadmap To ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 9 May 2003, 4:21 pm | Alastair Thompson
Mark Gosche Resigns From Cabinet Due To Family Reasons - Scoop Interactive: A Caption For A Kook - First Time On Scoop - Your Letters To The Editor - More War Coverage Letters - New Generation Plans Announced - Asian Crisis: King Cites Critical Mental ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 8 May 2003, 4:36 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House-Upton Online Reviews The PM's Visit To France -Tube Talk: All Good Things Come To An End - Media Critics Blast Mainstream War Coverage- A Pentagon Insider Talks About Depleted Uranium- Palestinian Peace Makers Under Fire - Thomas ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 7 May 2003, 5:14 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - A Long Night On The Booze In The House - Scoop Satire: Dr Ruth Goes To The Beehive - Stateside With Rosalea - Senator Byrd On The Top-Gun President - Eco-Economy: Colonisation By Currency - James Addis Reports From Inside Iraq More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 6 May 2003, 4:20 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - Curious George The Deserter Visits A Carrier, Meets The Tellytubbies, ... - ... and Equates Himself With God!!! - Hard News Is There! - The Iraqis Will Have To Learn Democracy Someplace Else - Between The Lines: Opposition ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 5 May 2003, 4:33 pm | Alastair Thompson
Curious George Visits A Carrier And Meets The Tellytubbies - Stateside: Rosalea Sets Out On The 2004 Campaign Trail - Why The NYT's Thomas Friedman Is Like A Hamster - Hard News Is Here! - Homefront: Rumsfeld's Bid For Absolute Power And Zero Accountability ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 2 May 2003, 4:27 pm | Alastair Thompson
United Nations: Israel Has Violated International Law - NZ Music Awards: Hard News Was There! - Iraqi Nuclear Scientist On The Search For Iraqi Nukes - Caption Competition: The Mother Of All Photo Opportunities - TranzRail Says Declares It Is NOT A Basket ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops(Economy Special) + Just Politics
Thursday, 1 May 2003, 4:37 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - Supercomputer Weather: Rain At Last In Hydro Catchments - ComCom Extension On Qantas/Air NZ Merger Raises Ire - A Roadmap To A Peaceful Palestine Is Published -SCOOP ECONOMIC SPECIAL... - EDITOR'S NOTE – It's The Economy Stupid! ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 5:20 pm | Alastair Thompson
Possum Bourne Passed Away Last Night - Scoop Is In The House - The Real Deal: America's Parasite is Let Loose On Iraq - Hard News Is There! (With Dennis Dutton Rebuttal) - Powell Finds Time To Check In On The Crackdown In Belgrade - Firas Al-Atraqchi: ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 29 April 2003, 8:08 pm | Alastair Thompson
Hard News Is There! - Scoop's War - An Address By Alastair Thompson - NZ Reports It's First SARS Case To WHO - Scoop Was In The House - Eco-Economy: Earth's Eldorado - The Natives Of Iraq Are Getting Restless - David Miller: Regarding The Privy Council More >>
The Role Of Media In The Second Gulf War
Tuesday, 29 April 2003, 3:00 pm | Alastair Thompson
While preparing this morning for this talk I was listening to the latest radio news bulletins and reading this morning's paper, and I think we can now say with some confidence that the New Zealand media's focus on Iraq has come to an end. However ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 28 April 2003, 4:24 pm | Alastair Thompson
Enron-Doer and U.S. Army Sec. Thomas E. White Resigns – The Full Story - A Better Class Of Playing Cards Released - Judith Miller Super-Reporter Scoops Again - Ministry Of Health Warns Re: Taiwan And Toronto Travel - Scoop Cartoon: G.I. Joe Millionaire ... More >>
A Bush Administration Enron-doer Bites The Dust
Saturday, 26 April 2003, 8:18 pm | Alastair Thompson
Today Army Secretary Thomas E. White submitted his resignation as Secretary of the Army. The effective date of his resignation is to be determined, and the announcement was made with a minimum of fanfare. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 24 April 2003, 3:58 pm | Alastair Thompson
Reserve Bank Drops Cash Rate! - Were Al Gore And Helen Clark On The Same Page Afterall? - Someone Show This Article To Ken Shirley - And Bill English… English Says PM’s Iraq Stance Hurts Business - Hard News Is There - Anzac Day: Howard's End On Service ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 23 April 2003, 4:00 pm | Alastair Thompson
George Monbiot: Countering Dollar Hegemony - Tube Talk: Easter On The Telly - Stateside With Rosalea: Why No More War Diary - How Bush And Rumsfeld Traded American $, Citizenship And Residency In The US For The Capitulation Of Baghdad. - Waco Misinformation Decried ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 22 April 2003, 1:47 pm | Alastair Thompson
Whose Over The Hill Then? - Zzzzzzzzzzzzzztttt… Here’s More War Coverage Feedback - Has Bill English Gone Too Far? - Hey Look Spud’s Chairing WAF - Exploring The New Millennium’s Thieves - Fear-Em Scare-Em In the US-of-A - Of Those Who Dared To Hope More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 17 April 2003, 2:44 pm | Alastair Thompson
Reports Say GMOs Are Not Harmful To The Economy or Organics - Environmentalist Reaction – Yeah Right! - Comment & Links: The Massacre In Mosul - Who is Zalmay Khalilzad? - Stated Objectives Of US Troops Are Immense - "There's No Business Like War Business, ... More >>
