MEDIAWATCH – BSA right of reply highlights what we are losing by scrapping it
I think this is a very good rebuttal by the BSA to their execution and the genuine need in an…
I think this is a very good rebuttal by the BSA to their execution and the genuine need in an…

Jim Grenon says this is about free speech. TDB says it looks far more like culture war money buying media influence.

RNZ gets Brent Impey, Paul Thompson heads for the exit and Maiki Sherman’s fall still says plenty about political journalism. Martyn is not pretending to be neutral.

Maiki Sherman’s real mistake wasn’t what she said. It was letting the Government hold leverage over TVNZ’s political editor for a year.

Is this really about Maiki Sherman, or part of a wider push to weaken TVNZ ahead of privatisation?

If the Government had leverage over TVNZ’s political editor for a year, this isn’t a scandal; it’s a warning. And now the timing raises even bigger questions.

Supporting rights is one thing. Navigating the political fallout is another. The Greens are now stuck between the two.

It starts as gossip. It ends as political warfare. The Chris Hipkins controversy shows how fast outrage turns into weaponised narrative.

The smear campaign against Chris Hipkins shows how allegation politics has been weaponised by the NZ alt-right in a toxic media environment.

The media pile-on over Chris Hipkins shows how social media allegations are reshaping politics, journalism and public cruelty in New Zealand.