MEDIAWATCH: When the NZ Political Right demand ‘neutrality’ in media they mean ‘don’t tell the truth about us’
Madeline Chapman over at The Spinoff has written. damning critique of whose bias the new Right Wing Government won’t accept any longer.
It’s fascinating who gets to decide, rational people or ZB Trolls…
Who gets to have an opinion on the hīkoi and who must remain ‘impartial’?
Last week, the Herald’s Media Insider (AKA editor-at-large Shayne Currie) reported on some shocking news. Top TVNZ executive Nevak Rogers had taken annual leave from her job as chief content officer to join her whānau on the hīkoi heading for parliament. It was scandalous and worth reporting for two reasons, apparently. One was that Rogers might soon take over the TVNZ newsroom and work in a news role. This hasn’t happened yet, and may never happen, but the fact that she is being considered for the role makes her choice of activity last week newsworthy, according to Currie.
And the second reason: “Just three months ago, the state broadcaster was championing the importance of the impartiality of its newsroom, releasing an editorial policy to enhance its ‘transparency’ and ‘inspiring trust in news’.”
The fact that Rogers is not currently part of the newsroom didn’t seem to matter. Two anonymous TVNZ sources voiced their disapproval of Rogers’ decision, with one saying they mostly disagreed with her posting on her personal Instagram about it.
At the same time, RNZ confirmed that a photo of Mihingarangi Forbes smiling with a hīkoi leader would be removed from Instagram following complaints of bias directed at the national broadcaster. Forbes is a co-host of the Saturday show but was reporting from the hīkoi in her capacity as host of Mata Reports, a series of longform investigations on Māori topics, platformed by RNZ. Mata Reports had posted the photo of Forbes with the caption “TOITŪ TE TIRITI”.
…Mihi is Māori Journalist, the Hikoi was a huge story, as a Māori Journalist she went to where the story was – The Hikoi, yet ACT saw it as bias…
…attacking Māori Journalists for telling the truth about the Right is so on brand for ACT isn’t it?
That’s the same Todd Stephenson who watches TV but can’t name a NZ Book he likes so that makes him a Culture Spokesperson.
Who gives a fuck what Todd Stephenson thinks on any issue of culture? It’s like asking Trump about empowering feminism.
The double standard of lies spewed by the right wing media against the Hikoi shows how frightened they are.
Heather du Plessis-Allan is claiming that the NZ Left have misread the room and that middle New Zealand are horrified by the anger Māori have expressed over a piece of legislation that 40 Kings council, the Crowns own lawyers and almost every single credible voice has been devastatingly critical of…
Parliament must be a place where law and order – not unlawful disorder – is on display – Shane Jones
Treaty Principles Bill: National and Labour have failed to read the room on hīkoi and Middle NZ reaction – Heather du Plessis-Allan
…no, no, no!
That Haka has been watched 700 million times!
An unprecedented 55 000 turned to protest at Wellington!
It’s you Heather who has misread the room!
Blaming Māori for reacting to an appalling piece of legislation is nothing short of victim blaming.
The Political Right have tossed a hand grenade into our Race Relations and are now running around complaining that everyone is angry at them for throwing. hand grenade into our race relations!
When the NZ Political Right demand ‘neutrality’ in media they mean ‘don’t tell the truth about us’
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Heather do please me alan and her old man are the ones who are out of touch. I read an article Soper wrote about his triple heart bypass and how he was upset he had to spend months in hospital recovering. Wow! all this moaning at a time when many NZers are dying prematurely by not getting timely medical treatment like scan, blood tests, MRIs or even a GPs appointment. And then I heard Mr sugar daddy soapaa talking about the hate and anger in parliament displayed by our Māori politicians when really all they are doing is expressing our tikanga and our culture. So, who is really out of touch
Nearly everyone is biased to say otherwise is dishonest.
Barry! Bazza! In the 80’s living in the Eastern burbs, I’d never seen misogyny from a bullshitting soak like that before either.
Count yourself lucky you’ve discovered a dip-head with a daddy-complex to spend the rest of your pathetic life with.
“Parliament must be a place where law and order – not unlawful disorder – is on display – Shane Jones”
What is the bet against Jones being right behind farm tractors climbing the steps to protest methane taxes?
One was on the steps the other in the house.
One was in the bedroom watching porn. Actually it was Shane Jones and you were paying for it Daniel.
Soper was in the house when the stork arrived with Heather Du plus 3.
We only have a couple of decent journalists left in NZ an soapy and his barbie are not on the list as they are way to low grade to even be considered .
The COC no longer just swear out on the job they have added swearing in Parliament (Standford) our MOE has resorted to swearing at her opposition when frustrated, not exactly leading by example or good for our kids.
What does neutrality even mean, when every party but one opposes the bill?
Who is supposed to be the arbiter of any expected “neutrality”? A lone party.
It seems that the debate ACT and Auckland ZB+ wants involves attacking TVNZ and RNZ media (and targeted for removal personnel) not conforming to their agenda. It is also a sly attack on Maori broadcasting.
It is interesting to note how ZB+ is working with people like Jones and NZF fan boys like Soper and co to assist ACT, presumably as a path to their attack on WT (which is a National Party concept).
Daniel you are right wing selective, we get it. Jacinda wasn’t filtered, this Government MPs use sarcasm to hide the most foul abusive language imaginable.
Currie needs to be asked why she is supporting Jeffrey Epstein associates like Blackrock’s Larry Fink taking over New Zealand, which is the purpose of their puppet Seymour’s so-called ‘Treaty Principles Bill’.
Damn right MK ,,, Sleazy Seymour is a important cog in the machinations to see the “company towns” from the past to be re-established ,,, A society of low wages, high rents and expensive food for workers….. expressed in the lyrics of a coal miners song ….
“shovel 16 tons and what do you get?,
another day older and deeper in debt” Johnny cash did a cover of it.
The company’s are called corporations nowadays …. Their rich Davos club motto for workers is ,,,,,”You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy” , happy because workers will be the rock-stars in all the “gig’s” they are doing.
The reality and translation for a “gig” is a job that does not pay a wage you can live on ,,, so workers will be exploited into doing two or three jobs to just get by ,,,and Seymours special class of people, the rich and wealthy,,, will make more from the bigger share they will get.
The NActs also believe in and pass loop-hole legislation so their elevated special class of wealthy citizens and corporations ( who are also give LARGE donations/bribes to the NActs) can skip out of paying their fair share of tax,,, so workers and the poor pay more but get less…
He’s a sleazy little con artist with the only thing in Parliament he’s been any good at was being John Keys lunch-time piss drinking buddy….
I’ll just finish by saying The famous hardcore Maori battalion if awakened could be the very thing to defend THE WORLD from the Axis of Atlas …..
N8V Child … “Leave us with fuck all and let corperations take it all
Nah FUCK THAT….” https://youtu.be/vZHoz0IRAyU
Are you comparing this blog to the Houses of Parliament? I can’t see them as the same thing