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'Straya media strays from mainstream reporting NZ
One Australian news outlet seized on a Kiwi commentator's claim this week that our media is 'fully controlled' by the PM - while a big name broadcaster here seized on fake news from another Aussie… Read more Audio
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The case for cutting the coverage of anti-vaxxers
7:32 PM.Analysis: Anti-vaxxers have been in the news a lot recently, and all the coverage is putting the media in danger of becoming a vector for misleading or false messages. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: Anti-vax messages in the media
8:28 PM.In this week's episode of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about anti-vax messages finding a media platform, some outstanding local investigative reporting this week - and… Read more Audio
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Media mull mental health amid lingering lockdowns
9:12 AM.As the Covid crisis deepens and lockdown levels give way to traffic lights, the mental health effects of it all are being aired more than ever in the media - sometimes along with assumptions that… Read more Audio
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Wrapping up the vaxathon
9:10 AM.Last weekend’s hastily-organised eight-hour Vaxathon TV extravaganza silenced most critics after a record number of jabs last weekend - but not all. We ask the brains behind the broadcast - Bailey… Read more Audio
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Reflecting on a revolution-MMP in the rear-view mirror
9:08 AM.The media marked a quarter of a century of MMP with a lot of mixed reviews on how it has changed our politics - and our country. Mediawatch talks to a documentary-maker who created one of the most… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 24 October 2021
9:06 AM.Media mull mental health impact of lingering lockdowns; wrapping up the Vaxathon, MMP in the rear view mirror. Audio
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A pundit backlash against actual experts
1:30 PM.Analysis: Our epidemiologists and Covid modellers have faced an increasingly bitter series of barbs from commentators and columnists over the last month, and it's making their often thankless task… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: Epidemiologists under attack
6:12 PM.In this week's episode of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about an escalating series of media attacks on epidemiologists and layoffs at Newshub. Read more Audio
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Thank you very much for your kind injection
9:13 AM.Super Saturday’s vaxathon was the biggest and longest local live TV broadcast we’ve seen for years. While some critics carped about the entertainment value, all that mattered in the end was pumping up… Read more Audio
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Pressure piling up on tech titans - Australia leading the charge
9:10 AM.Big tech platforms have failed to tackle the misinformation and toxicity they spread - and their dominance of the market for digital media revenue is becoming increasingly obvious. Australia's… Read more Video, Audio
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Patients pressure group’s startling survey claims
9:07 AM.Nine out of ten people think funding expensive new medical treatments is more important than Covid vaccines, according to news reports this week. That's pretty surprising when you consider how… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 17 October 2021
9:05 AM.Vaxathon rolls back the years to roll up our sleeves; tech titans under pressure as Australia squeezes them from the top; Patients pressure group's starling survey claims. Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: The blame game
10:29 PM.Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Karyn Hay on Nights. This week Hayden Donnell talked to Karyn about the media blame game as the country moves away from elimination - and an explosive live on-air… Read more Audio
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Anger management and roadmaps to nowhere
9:12 AM.This week's call that Auckland must linger longer in Level 3 - but with picnics and double bubbles - upset those who wanted more freedom, those who saw it as waving the white flag and those demanding… Read more Audio
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Anthonie Tonnon: singing the news
9:08 AM.Many songwriters turn inward for inspiration. Anthonie Tonnon turns to the newspapers, writing about toxic waste in the Mataura Paper Mill, the housing crisis, the decline of regional rail and even an… Read more Audio
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Biggest leak ever: the Pandora Papers shed light on deals done in darkness
Five years ago, hundreds of reporters turned The Panama Papers into stories spotlighted the corruption and tax-dodging of some rich and powerful people all over the world. It eventually led to changes… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 10 October 2021
9:06 AM.Anger management, rumours and roadmaps to nowhere; Pandora Papers highlight deals done in darkness; Anthonie Tonnon: singing the news. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: A good 1pm press briefing gotcha
10:21 PM.In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Bryan Crump about an incisive question at the daily 1pm press briefing, a backlash against NZME's premium product; Hilary Barry's sweet treat… Read more Audio
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Home by Christmas? Political Covid plans overpromise
9:12 AM.Opposition parties’ plans for lockdown-free Covid management and re-opening our borders made headlines this week - kicked off former PM John Key last weekend. All of them dangled the prospect of free… Read more Audio
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Huge journalism jobs boost from public purse
9:10 AM.110 new journalism jobs have been bankrolled by the Public Interest Journalism Fund - the biggest investment yet from this recent government initiative. News media companies welcomed this big boost… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 3 October 2021
9:08 AM.Political Covid plans overpromise: huge journalist jobs boost from public purse; moving on from fast-food frenzy Audio
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Moving on from lockdown fast food frenzies
9:07 AM.History repeated recently when our media joined the fast food frenzy when Auckland switched to Level 3 recently. But some in the media are getting sick of it and others say the real story should be… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: John Key's media takeover
9:41 PM.In this week's Midweek Mediawatch Hayden Donnell talks to Bryan Crump about John Key's media blitz, dueling Covid recovery plans - and some change-making stories from Metro and RNZ. Read more Audio
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Commercial radio urges MPs to rein in RNZ
4:11 PM.This week the big commercial radio broadcasters boasted of record-breaking audiences for their big brands when the latest audience figures came out. But at the same their bosses were also urging our… Read more Audio