Comments on: Media ownership entwined with big tech; podcasts filling current affairs gap

By: Guerilla Surgeon

Guerilla Surgeon — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 23:09:01 +0000

It’s not news though is it on the whole. It’s called current affairs and fair enough, but it’s mostly just commentary. Someone else has to find out the actual news – and that’s left to the legacy media while everyone else just comments on it. It’s kinda parasitical.

By: Guerilla Surgeon

Guerilla Surgeon — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 23:06:58 +0000

By: flux 2

flux 2 — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:43:23 +0000

The report brings up an important issue—how do we ensure diverse voices in a media landscape increasingly dominated by tech giants? It’s interesting how podcasts have emerged as a space where different opinions and current affairs are being explored beyond corporate control.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:20:04 +0000

What you say about short clips being popular supports how I feel. I just can’t be bothered sitting through hours of interviews, repeating existing views that are well known, if a short clip on a currently important issue is available. Personally, I think that any amount of Luxon is too much although I can understand why others might have a different view. It’s good that competent people without major financial backing can share their views, although I suspect that the big tech and media players will have plans to restrict what is available if it interferes with their profits.

By: Patrize Garden

Patrize Garden — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:43:00 +0000

New Zealanders have become a bunch of ventriloquist dummies and have completely stopped fighting for, and defending their basic rights! We are being totally programmed, controlled by an entitled, corrupt government and equally bent media. Sadly so many of you don’t seem to notice. It has to stop now! Take back control of your country and your lives while you can still articulate and communicate like adults. Mobile phones, social media, the in inability to communicate verbally, plus apathy, have turned so many into dumb-assed puppets. I feel lucky I am old enough to be able to stay in the “in touch” mode along with others of my era. Sadly so many of you have now totally lost touch with reality and have no idea now how to communicate in a one-on-one way without a device, or how to change what you are allowing to happen every day. Only you can make those changes to your lives! I suggest you do it now before it’s too late.