UPDATE – MEDIA WATCH: Oh it’s ‘1984’ now is it Dunne, you sanctimonious Bow tied scumbag
I’m sorry, what the actual???
Media Watch
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What should the Government do with NZ media? A ‘Read Between The Flags’ Blueprint for Kiwi Journalism
The NZ population has always been too small for advertiser funded journalism, it has ALWAYS needed State support, add a broken market where vulture capitalists use media profits to pay the interest on their debt and you have a hollowed out Fourth Estate that can’t be a watchdog to anything other than their self interest.
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MEDIA WATCH: Why Paul Henry is the future of MediaWorks
Expect lots more talking heads as TV for the foreseeable future.
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MEDIA WATCH: Critiquing the Fairfax opinion columns attacking Jacinda – where they are wrong and where they are right
Fairfax/Stuff has provided some of the loudest criticism against the Government alongside some of the best insights.
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Waatea News Column: Maori taking pandemic matters into their own Tino rangatiratanga hands
I salute those Māori who have taken matters into their own hands to police pandemic checkpoints and screen those entering their lands.
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Te Ao with MOANA – Dr Te Huirangi Waikerepuru
Reporter Kereama Wright was the only reporter at the Tangihanga – he explores the pain facing whanau, hapu, Iwi burying a treasured leader during lockdown.
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Why we should call it the Wuhan Virus
Bill Maher is one of my favourite social critics and his show on Sky soho is the best weekly current affairs show on the planet.
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Police Minister Kramer blasts two journalists in virus reporting row
Police Minister Bryan Kramer made a reputation for transparency and use of online media communication when an opposition MP for Madang. Since being part of the government led by Prime Minister James Marape, he has enhanced his reputation for straight talking and making information available on the internet.
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Te Ao with MOANA – It is up to communities to police themselves during the pandemic
It is up to communities to police themselves during the pandemic
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Waatea News Column: It’s not good enough that our spies are tracking the pandemic – when were they told it was serious?
Over the weekend, Fairfax NZ officially asked our spy agencies, the GCSB and SIS, if they were monitoring Covid19 intelligence globally to know how bad the pandemic might get.