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Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
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
Friday, 13 December 2002, 3:16 pm | Alastair Thompson
Antiwar Protest This Saturday! - The PM Talks To The Big Apple - Eco-Economy: The Necessary End Of The Greenback - CIA Linked To Venezuela’s Latest Coup Attempts - Streets Of London: Cherie Blair Must Try Harder - Naked In Nuhaka - Howard’s End: ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 3:44 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - United Future Backs DebateAirNZ.Org - The Bad Breath is Back - ACC Claimants Do Not Share Minister’s Confidence - Jason Leopold: Nixon Would Be Proud - Aziz Choudry Is Supporting His Comrades - Stateside With Rosalea - Upton-On-Line: ... More >>
Scoop Images: Debate Air NZ Press Conference
Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 4:13 pm | Alastair Thompson
Images of today’s press conference to launch the group Debate Air New Zealand . From left the representatives of the new lobby group are financier Andrew McDouall, physician Ian Prior, former Wellington Mayor Mark Blumsky and economist Brian Easton. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 3:59 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - Talking & Thinking About Air New Zealand - Jason Leopold: Nixon Would Be Proud - Upton-On-Line: Race Relations And Poetic Theology - Cartoon: Which One Of These Is Not Like The Other? - Letter From Elsewhere: Joris de Bres’s ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 10 December 2002, 3:49 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - Howard’s End: Remembering NZ’s Role On Human Rights Day - Today's Kyoto Ratification Brings Mixed Reactions - UQ Wire: Deporting The Evidence Of 911 Complicity - ZZZZZzzzzt Scoop Has Feedback - Big News: Children, Smacking ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 9 December 2002, 4:57 pm | Alastair Thompson
Bill Introduced To Remove The Privy Council - Fiji - Treason Trial Suppression Bid Fails - War Crime Warning Given To Israeli Government - Air New Zealand Discusses Economics Of Air Travel - Proud To Be Called A New Zealand Geek - Bush Sacks His ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 6 December 2002, 3:46 pm | Alastair Thompson
TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS Howard’s End: Resolving The ACC Injustices Will It Be Deflation Or Inflation – The Jury Is Out The Young And The Write-shuss (With The Latest Hot Goss!) The Photos Kissinger Doesn't Want You to See More Kissinger Outrage Scoop ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 5 December 2002, 4:50 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - Keith Abbott Not Guilty - Politicians Welcome Abbott Verdict - Sludge Report: This Mad Bad World - Homeland Insecurity & The Rise Of American Fascism - Tube Talk: Abortion - Kenya Bombing: Where Was New Zealand’s Warning? More >>
NEWSFLASH: Constable Abbot Not Guilty
Wednesday, 4 December 2002, 5:35 pm | Alastair Thompson
A jury took just three hours this aftenoon to find Senior Constable Keith Abbott not guilty of the murder of Waitara resident Steven Wallace. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 4 December 2002, 5:17 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - Sludge Report: This Mad Bad World - ZZZZzzzzzt Scoop Has Feedback - Chuckman: Reaganism Returning From The Dead - Jim Hightower: Eating Wisely - Stateside: Thanksgiving - Hard News Is There! - The Howard Doctrine: Mahathir Is ... More >>
Sludge Report #145 - The Awakening
Wednesday, 4 December 2002, 4:29 pm | C.D. Sludge
In This Edition.... This Mad, Bad World - A New News Environment - But Does It Scan? - The Zeitgeist Is In Motion - The “Flooding” Of Global Consciousness More >>
Malaysian PM Mahathir On Pre-Emptive Strikes
Wednesday, 4 December 2002, 10:04 am | Alastair Thompson
Quotes from Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad regarding in response to recent remarks from Australian PM John Howard on a new policy of pre-emptive strikes against terrorism. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 3 December 2002, 3:05 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - Govt. Silence On “Howard Doctrine” Insults Asia - Sludge Report: The Root Of All Evil - Howard’s End: Time To Look For The Truth About ACC - Another Victory To The Corporadoes - ... Like Finding Maggots In A Sandwich - Homeland ... More >>
US Criminalises POS Consumer Awareness Campaigns
Tuesday, 3 December 2002, 1:16 pm | Alastair Thompson
On Monday the following law was signed into effect in the United States by President George W. Bush. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 2 December 2002, 5:18 pm | Alastair Thompson
TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS Wellingtonians Choose Proportional Representation The Kissinger Controversy – Scoop Full Coverage Green Light To Lawsuit Alleging US Created AIDs Virus Eco-Economy: A World Addicted To Genocide Big News: ACC Chief Misleads Select ... More >>
Sludge Report #144 - Re: The Morality Of Money
Monday, 2 December 2002, 4:46 pm | C.D. Sludge
In This Edition.... Fed. Governor Ben Bernanke: Is He Barking? - Discussions Re: The Morality Of Money - Eco-Economy: A World Addicted To Genocide – Correspondence With Dr Don Brash More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 29 November 2002, 3:51 pm | Alastair Thompson
Steven Wallace’s Final Sixty Four Seconds - Halt Taniwha! You Shall Not Pass - Howard’s End: Let’s Have A Proper ACC Inquiry - Naked In Nuhaka: Is Anything Now Possible - UQ Wire: In Defence Of Gore Vidal - Henry Kissinger To Inquire Into [Cover-up] ... More >>
Abbott Murder Trial: Sixty Four Seconds
Friday, 29 November 2002, 12:33 pm | Alastair Thompson
At the conclusion of yesterday’s evidence in the trial of Senior Constable Keith Abbott for the murder of Steven Wallace the difficulty of the jury’s task was shown in sharp relief through the eyes and ears of almost-eye-witness Todd Wilson. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 28 November 2002, 4:32 pm | Alastair Thompson
BIA Releases Leaky Buildings Report - Steven Wallace Shooting Trial: How Many Shots Fired, From Where? - English Accuses Officials of Leaky Buildings Cover-up - American Coup: Federal Observers & Voting Machines - Haere Ra Te Kaha - Wairarapa & Merepeka ... More >>
Abbott Murder Trial: Constable Abbott Takes The Stand
Thursday, 28 November 2002, 2:07 pm | Alastair Thompson
Constable Keith Abbott turned from the jury and wiped away tears while giving evidence in his defence on charges of murder in the High Court in Wellington this morning. More >>
