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Depiction of Africans in some books is not great. And they haven't been "banned". The estate of the author has withdrawn 6 of the books from sale. Their initiative, their choice.

Yes, lets have a thread for the most boring, humourless boat names.

Yeah, well, they can't be held responsible for the limited range of your outlook I guess.

No self respecting chip would allow itself to be wrapped in the Herald, shocking !

BBC. Stiff upper lip, but straight up. New York Times (partially paywalled, but worth it) The Guardian. Telegraph for balance. The Atlantic (paywalled, but worth it) for its long-form journalism Al Jazeera, with provisos Stuff - distinctly improved on its earlier incarnations Newsroom has interesting mix of opinions and has added to local investigative journalism The Spinoff. Its miles from balanced, but open about it and doesn't keep trying to sell me a house

Ah, the thought police are back.

Odd, cos us radical leftie woke socialist sychophants think Granny Herald is a capitalist clickbait property developer advertising flyer with the additional downside of having self-promoting opinion pieces by centre-right hacks and lurid talkback hosts flanking every advert for a DGZ Des Res house. Potentially, we are both correct - the paper and its website are a mess of bullshit that would be an embarrassment if it was produced by a first-year journalism student let alone from what was once one of the leading publicaitons in the country.