11 Aug 2021

Midweek Mediawatch: Olympic overload and conference crankiness

From Mediawatch, 10:00 pm on 11 August 2021

Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about what the media made of an Olympics that turned out better than many expected in Tokyo - or did it? National Party members overlooked in coverage of the conference; reports of an MP's social media slip-up that prompted criticism  - and a student lifts the lid on the far-right.  

Tom Walsh's near disqualification in the shot final caused TVNZ's stressed Scotty Stevenson to slump on screen.

Tom Walsh's near disqualification in the shot final caused TVNZ's stressed Scotty Stevenson to slump on screen. Photo: screenshot / TVNZ