The Daily Blog Open Mic – 13th February 2023
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Christ on a e-bike! TVNZ really is trying to parade itself in drag as a public service broadcaster!
It currently has a “Breaking News Banner” with public service information relating to the cyclone.
Must be an improvement. Previously they used to rely on the overnight BBC rediffusion. At least they could blame Nik Gowing if the potential for a tsunami turned out to be naught.
Meddy McClown is probably back in the newsroom as I type with a wet spot on his grundies
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/484178/thousands-of-travellers-stranded-by-cyclone-gabrielle
Thousands of travellers stranded by Cyclone Gabrielle
…”It’s just mother nature,” she said….
And what is Mother Nature saying? Something like – You people need to stop thinking and acting like you do. ‘You’re not the Messiah,, you’re just very naughty boys (and girls).’
A questing look at stories about rising food prices, supermarkets etc.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018877026/supermarkets-shaping-the-food-price-story
Neither do they mention the big two supermarket chains have for years kept a tight lid on suppliers’ charges. They enjoy a combined 90 percent share of the market for grocery shopping in New Zealand.
Supermarket suppliers aren’t the only ones getting the blame for rising food costs in the media.
A Newshub story this week featured a startling video of an attempted Countdown theft and claimed “the illegal practice is hitting shoppers in the pocket.”
“There seems to be a lot of people who feel they can load up trolleys and walk out of stores with impunity. It’s costing households hundreds of dollars,” Retail NZ’s Greg Harford told Newshub.
Last year Harford told Stuff that retail crime cost every household $800 a year, and 2017 reports put the cost of retail crime at $1.2 billion a year.
But only a portion of that would affect supermarkets, and the recent story from Newshub contained no hard data on how much theft is really costing those outlets or their customers.