Peter Thompson Associate Professor of Media Studies, Victoria University of Wellington The announcement last week that Newshub would be shut down was not the “canary in the coalmine” some suggested – it was the explosion. If it is not to be the first of many, then New Zealand needs a new
bobmccoskrie.com There have been some sports stories which the media have covered – but they’ve covered them in very different ways. It’s very clear that there’s one rule for some, and another rule for others – depending on who they agree with. TRANSCRIPT: There have been some sports
lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com When news media took a pummeling last week at both TVNZ and TV3, a number of critics said part of the reason ratings are poor is the public don’t trust them. The public believes that the media is biased. The print media is similarly suspect. An
As delightful as the demise of the media has been, there seems to be a narrative building, especially from those same media people who failed to read the room, that somehow democracy is dying in the dark because media companies are failing. It is as histrionic as it is false.
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dailytelegraph.co.nz THE NEW ZEALAND FILM COMMISSION IS ALLOCATING $800,000 TOWARDS A DOCUMENTARY ON THE ‘LEADERSHIP’ OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN, AMIDST THE CONTEXT OF ‘RISING VIOLENT EXTREMISM’ AND ONLINE HATE IN NEW ZEALAND. According to a report in state news outlet RNZ, the documentary is not
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The latest shocking blow comes in the news that Warner Bros Discovery plans to shut down Newshub, a rebranded version of what most of us grew up knowing as “3 News” – leaving our country with just one English-language TV news team, and none that aren’t owned by the state.
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The British capital London seems to be the model for Frankfurt after Mayor Sadiq Khan had Ramadan festival lighting installed in Piccadilly Circus last year. If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to
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Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A weekend Stuff website item read “Police seeks man considered very dangerous”. Under that heading was a photo of the fugitive with the caption, “Bryce Studd-Proctor was wanted by Police”. “Was”? – Presumably, contrary to the heading he was no longer wanted. This practise is not
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Tim Graham Tim Graham is Executive Editor of NewsBusters and host of the NewsBusters Podcast. His career at the MRC began in February 1989 as associate editor of MediaWatch, the monthly newsletter of the MRC before the Internet era. newsbusters.org Scott Pelley is most notorious in recent years as
