Public Broadcasting has taken another blow this year. Radio NZ have been forced to sell their Auckland Studio and TVNZ have announced huge news room cutbacks.
The National Party have been intent on killing off public broadcasting because the fewer media sources that are trying to hold the Government to account, the better for them.
At a time when we desperately need to be re-investing in our public broadcasting infrastructure, especially in an election year, and here we are killing it off.
National voters seems to think The Batchelor is public broadcasting because TV3 broadcast it to the public.
Meanwhile, this is what TVNZ put up as their answer to holding the Government to account…
- Sponsor Promotion -
RNZ must be saved!…and strengthened…it is the last bastion in the New Zealand mainstream media upholding critical thinking, information to keep power cabals honest and safe guard democracy
It was great to hear John Pilger on RNZ Wallace Chapman’s Sunday Morning today
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/201838020/john-pilger-a-looming-pacific-war
Doesn’t surprise me, although disgusting.
One of the many clues was went TVNZ were forced to sell public land to Sky City. I mean WTF? I bet this isn’t included as an asset sale.
Then the persecution of John Campbell and his team…. one of the nicest people on TV. Couldn’t get his propaganda lines straight in this post truth world for Weldon the Natz poodle in charge.
Now surprise surprise, RNZ are so poorly funded they are selling their own studio.
Journo’s see the writing on the wall and actually get out of shock doctrine reporting and start to actually report real news… real lies…. real issues.
Get the Natz out of power while you still have a job and a news room to go to.
Plus one to the above comments.
This was coming, I heard, as they are earning less advertising revenue. The dollar bill rules, profit rules, the ones who hold the wealth hold the power and can influence.
So more power to Google, Facebook, Twitter and co.
Just a continuation of the on going trend to dumb down the population that I’ve seen happening my entire life. Uninformed people (and debt laden) are much easier to placate and shepherd than those that are properly educated (and independent). Add to that the false choices (i.e. that ensures that no tangible changes are ever made) in our illusory “democracy”, and you have near total control over the “flock”.
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