Barry Soper’s King’s Birthday Honour Is a Media Farce
Barry Soper gets a King’s Birthday gong for journalism. Martyn sees something else: a warning label for what happens when bitterness devours a career.
New Zealand media
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Jim Grenon Media Influence and the Batchelor Case
Jim Grenon tried to keep his role funding Julian Batchelor’s failed TVNZ defamation case out of the news. The judge said no. That matters.
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RNZ Shake-up: Why Brent Impey Could Be Good for Public Radio
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.
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The Bradbury Group Turns 1: Here’s To Election 2026
One year after being pushed out for refusing to shut up, The Bradbury Group is still here, still growing, and still spoiling for Election 2026.
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NZ Corporate Media Awards Itself While Journalism Burns
NZ corporate media gave itself another shiny dinner while the Fourth Estate burns, the BSA gets torched, RNZ gets threatened, and journalism is eaten alive.
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TDB Contributions drive for Election ’26 coverage
Election 2026 is becoming a political knife fight over who gets heard, who gets blamed and who gets protected. Independent media has never mattered more.
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Mike Hosking’s face has been so whitewashed in new ZB advert he looks like a KKK scrotum with botox
The new ZB advert has polished Mike Hosking so aggressively he looks less like a broadcaster and more like a haunted scented candle with opinions.
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Chantelle Baker And The Russian Media Red Flag
When Russian media starts spotlighting your culture-war grift, maybe stop celebrating and start asking who finds you useful.
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No RNZ – Israel illegally kidnapped Kiwis
Were Kiwis “caught up,” or illegally detained at sea? RNZ’s wording is now part of the story.
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You would crucify Maiki Sherman in this manner, if you wanted to privatise TVNZ
Is this really about Maiki Sherman, or part of a wider push to weaken TVNZ ahead of privatisation?
