MEDIAWATCH: TVNZ Breakfast Political Panel
Now John Campbell has left, I like to be the first to put the boot into TVNZ Breakfast, but the political panel on TVNZ Breakfast with Matthew Hooton and Shane Te Pou is the smartest political debate on any TV network in NZ.
It’s the weirdest joy to discover something this genuinely insightful and clever on TV any longer.
Thank you so much to which ever producer managed to get this past the TVNZ gatekeepers because it really is light years ahead of any other political commentary on TV.
To have just 10 minutes of intelligent debate is enough to justify your Fourth Estate cred.
Hooton and Te Pou did more to calm the baying mob down over Uffindell and provide actual insight and oversight on the issue than the entire breathless media press gallery reporting combined.
It is must watch weekly political commentary.
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Might have to give it a watch if I can get past the TVNZ pidgin.
Yes I always watch Hooten and Te Pou they are both good in this area and they were exceptional this morning. Shane Te Pou always tells it how it is plus he is also a very good advocate for Maori.
Right so the “left wing media” are so biased they have Matthew Hooton spouting forth.
Askhully Wheel both commentators were positive about undenfill they don’t blame him they blamed the process and the selection panels poor handling of the issue.
And the interviewer..?
Damned by faint praise…