TPM: Damage Control by the Media
The predicted groundswell after hīkoi didn’t materialise.
Media
Left-Wing Media – No Surprise There
Alphabet networks and legacy newspapers can’t seem to make themselves report anything that contradicts the narrative.
What a Murder Says About the Media
When does murder get ignored? When the victim is white and the killer black.
Media Hide What Doesn’t Fit the Narrative
Unprovoked and savage black-on-white murder is ignored by the media.
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[The Good Oil] Stuff Up of the Day
Check out the latest media stuff ups both locally and around the world.
The Recent Shootings in the US
Why is it so hard for many politicians and media commentators to speak openly and honestly in the face of such tragedy?
This Is a Failure in Judgment
I think both Savage and his editors were guilty of a gross failure of editorial judgment for running a story that presented him as someone worthy of our respect.
What’s the Truth About ‘March for Australia’?
Somewhere between the pearl-clutching and the blasé denialism.
The Media Has Only Itself to Blame
Increasingly, New Zealanders are having to get their news from sources other than our newspapers, radio and television. If that ultimately sees papers like the Herald collapse then their staff have nothing else to blame but their own sloppy standards.
Still Relevant After All These Years
Why Family First plays a key role in modern New Zealand.
How Did the Media Lose Our Trust?
They did it to themselves – and they can’t even see it.