MEDIAWATCH: Media Council decision on Fire & Fury Docudrama a sham and whitewash
The appalling decision by the Media Council to whitewash Stuffs Fire and Fury docudrama last year is a disgraceful abuse…
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Waatea News Column: The Kaipara Council Prayer: Western Secularism vs Indigenous Mana
The debate around saying a Māori prayer to open the Kaipara Council has set off angry reactions from both sides…
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Waatea News Column: Let’s do something meaningful to prevent youth crime
We have allowed crime drenched news headlines designed for ratings to dominate the debate over youth crime and ram raiding….
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The Infamous TDB Media Awards 2022
The NZ Media. They were always the voice of corporate interest and neoliberal mythology and when everyone was making money…
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Ram raider clickbait fear mongering mainstream media are feeding the get tough on crime lynch mobs
Police pursuit policy change followed by dramatic increase in fleeing drivers Nearly 10,000 people in vehicles fled from police in…
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MEDIAWATCH: Why right wing corporate media must destroy the RNZ/TVNZ merger
It is important for the right wing corporate media to destroy the RNZ/TVNZ merger because they see it as direct…
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MEDIAWATCH: AM Show attack on Kiri Allan spiteful
The AM Show’s attack on Kiri Allan holding up a crime chart in Parliament yesterday is spiteful! The point Kiri…
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John Campbell’s Journalism on Youth Crime once again saves us from the ‘Get tough on crime’ cheerleaders
Thank the sweet Baby Jesus for the public broadcasting journalism of John Campbell saving us once again from the ‘Get…
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MEDIAWATCH: Melissa Lee + Thomas Coughlan + Glenn McConnell attacking Willie Jackson’s ‘Trainwreck’ Interview
I don’t know what is sadder, Thomas Coughlan’s hysterical rantings at Willie Jackson or Melissa Lee’s hysterical rantings at Willie…
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Waatea News Column: Of course Oranga Tamariki failed. It will fail us again
The latest harrowing report into how so many state agencies failed to ensure Malachi Subecz’s well being is another report…