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Her homes in Christchurch and LA = the house she lived in 20 years before the earthquake and LA one she was thinking about renting

- X level fact checking

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I just read the article and she wasn’t even IN New Zealand during the Christchurch earthquakes and then still made it all about herself, I’m surprised at how mad that made me just now

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It's *fucking unhinged*

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You think there is a hinge?

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Classic Anna.

Nappies and sanitary products. If you didn't already have my heart, you'd have it now.

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And good on you for getting a little treat in the Cookie Bark because whether that's for you or to share with the people at the distribution center we all need to have a little bit of joy in the midst of everything else going on. (I don't know that I've had that specifically, but I've had a number of other similar things "magically appear" in my shopping cart.)

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That cookie bark shit is GOOD.

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Same.

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I mean, this article from the NZ Media Council sums her up...

ANNA WILDING AGAINST THE PRESS

Anna Wilding laid a complaint against The Press because the Editor, Paul Thompson, would not interview her or publish her media releases sent to him in February and March this year. The Press Council did not uphold her complaint.

Anna Wilding had returned to Christchurch from Los Angeles where she is based. She expected The Press to publish her photos and details of her professional career as a local interest story. The Secretary of the Press Council advised Ms Wilding that the Council had consistently stated that editors were responsible for deciding the content of their publications and that such a complaint was unlikely to succeed. However she wished to pursue her complaint on the basis that other media overseas had published a portion of her press release, proving that it was newsworthy.

Paul Thompson responded to Anna Wilding’s complaint that, as editor, he had sole discretion on the content of The Press and was not obliged to publish any news releases or interview her.

The Press Council agreed with Paul Thompson and saw no grounds on which the complaint could be upheld.

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That's one of the first Google results - you'd think that alone would be enough to stop stories being written, or at least looked at with a bit more of a critical eye.

It goes back to my master gripe that people - including journalists? - just don't Google anymore.

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I haven't used google, for searching, in years. T h e results are loaded on a commercial basis. I prefer: duckduckgo, Swiss cows, startpage or dogpile.

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the bloody cheek of it! too long in a Trump Whitehouse (...?!?!..)

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Good on you David, and I understand your passion in this piece, it must be hugely frustrating seeing this person looking to leverage themselves into the story when so many have lost so much and have a long road of getting back to normal ahead.

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It's just been going on for... so long. 25 years now!

And I just hoped by now people would listen to what she is saying and go, "Um maybe this... isn't true?"

Like, it's just so unhinged to read.

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It’s so unhinged to watch!! That 10min segment on Studio10 from years ago… public descent into madness.

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I've never heard of her before this, but what a narcissistic fucker. Surprised Trump and Elon don't have her as vice president. Sounds like she'd fit right in

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She's pretty amazing. Once you unsee her, you can't unsee her!

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Wow, never thought I'd see her name on Webworm again.

"When I started tracking the Wilding stories back in 2020, it was sort of amusing."

Seeing your headline in my inbox, my first reaction was just that — amusement. But this is truly disgusting behavior. Ugh. Just...UGH again.

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I am sort of annoyed that I broke the promise I made in 2021 to not write anything more about her! Damn you Wilding, damn you!

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Sort of like Steve Lehto talking about Hertz rental cars - every time you mention their name you swear it is the last, yet somehow they keep finding new lows.

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I also never thought I'd see her name again, and when I did my immediate reaction was "eeuugghhh!" Honestly, awful.

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Wow, what a coincidence, there is a non-zero possibility that I also might have been going to live in Pacific Palisades, where sadly I have lost my future home. Also have lost future homes in Kyiv, Wairoa, Fukushima ... - my losses are huge.

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You should contact your local news outlet in New Zealand immediately.

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I can't read "future home" without thinking of (and hearing it in my head like) Tommy Wiseau's "but she's my future wife!" lines from 'The Room'

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D e a d.

Such a good scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAnMra1NKN4

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You are TEARING me APART LISA!

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When I saw that headline on Stuff, I immediately thought of you David.

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Same here! I was thinking "here's Anna Wilding back on her bullshit again and the media are just lapping it up" 🙄

That line where she's 'offering' to host displaced people at her place in Yellowstone comes across as particularly narcissistic. It's all about self-promotion and trying to make herself look virtuous 🤮

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I hope one day Stuff employees also think of me! Or, rather, the various stories pointing out that she's full of shit.

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I hadn't heard of her before. That series was a wild(ing) ride.

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Glad you got to revisit an OG piece of Webworm lore!

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Its was a goodie, im going to read it again.

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Good on you for helping while you can. I hope you inspire others to do the same.

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I read this article and thought of you this morning David. Do you ever wonder if the editor is only allowing the article to be published just to annoy you?

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I do.

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"Why is this even being reported? Part of it has to do with New Zealand’s desperation to include New Zealanders when reporting any kind of overseas event."

That, in reality, is the nub of this story. At a time when we are flooded with misinformation, disinformation, political spin, propaganda, the mainstream media is more important than ever.

We rely on msm to verify stories before publicaton.

If they can't, or won't, then what good are they?!

The future does not look good when fact-free social media and sloppy journalsm is all we have to go on to form our view of the world.

More and more, George Orwell's "Nineteeneightyfour" is frighteningly looming over us - but in ways we never angticipated. Instead of MiniTruth, we have "Facebool" and "X/Twitter".

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Fucking grifter 🤬

I really hope SOME NZ news sources pay attention to this and your previous pieces. FFS this really rips my knickers

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I hope it spreads. I really do.

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Lovely. I am a later subscriber so I got to go on this journey for the first time today. Thank you 🙏 😂 I’m glad there are people like you 🥰

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Very pleased you got to go down the Wilding rabbit hole. Vincent D'Onofrio appearing was one of my favourite moments. Did not see that one coming....

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Same here, currently sitting at my hairdresser’s enjoying the full series 🥰

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If they want to connect NZ to the LA wildfires, there are ACTUAL Kiwis ACTUALLY living in LA they could talk to. Or do you and Darbs not count because of tall poppy syndrome? (Note that I'm disparaging the NZ media, not you or your friends.)

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