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Podcast: The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Episode: Mike's Minute: Invented stories and the media
Description: How long can you pedal an invention? On Friday March 6th the poll is out. It's bad for National and the media has concocted the idea that as a result of these numbers and the previous Monday's press conference about the war, that things have got so bad for the Prime Minister he is “considering his position over the weekend”. They have also concluded numbers are being crunched, pressure is mounting and pressure is building for him to resign. By the Monday, on this programme, March 9th it is clear no such thing has hap...