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A week of media meltdowns
9:10 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's decision to dump her weekly interview with Mike Hosking and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah sparked a series of media meltdowns this week. Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 14 March 2021
9:00 AM.Claims of cancel culture and media bias get political; National's broadcasting spokesperson Melissa Lee; media meltdowns and overreactions over the PM's media policy - and Oprah's chat with the rogue… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - PM drops Mike Hosking
9:48 PM.Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the PM upsetting Newstalk ZB by giving a longstanding Monday slot a swerve and further fallout from NZME's… Read more Audio
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Scramble to cover tsunami and earthquake emergency
9:13 AM.The scramble to cover the tsunami alerts and evacuations on Friday - after the much of the nation was shaken awake by a swarm of hefty quakes - was seat-of-the-pants stuff. But it threw up some… Read more Audio
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Covid-19 blame game and comms strategy questioned
9:12 AM.Mediawatch looks at how the blame game played out in the media over the latest Covid cluster and the rulebreakers - while the previously-praised Covid communications strategy was called into question… Read more Audio
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Broadcast bosses quizzed about bias - but not the big picture
9:08 AM.The bosses of state-owned RNZ and TVNZ fronted up to MPs for their annual review at Parliament this week. The government’s proposal to replace both of them by 2023 is the big issue for both of them -… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 7 March 2021
9:06 AM.Scramble to cover tsunami and earthquake emergency; Covid blame game and comms strategy questioned; Broadcast bosses quizzed about bias - but not the big picture. Audio
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NZME pulls racist article and bans Bassett
2:37 PM.An article published in the Northland Age newspaper on Tuesday and on the New Zealand Herald website has been withdrawn after it was condemned as racist - and publisher NZME says it won't publish Dr… Read more
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Midweek Mediawatch: Broadcast bosses grilled on balance and bias
8:49 AM.In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about RNZ and TVNZ's bosses getting grilled by MPs about balance, bias and biting the hand that feeds (but not much about the… Read more Audio
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Ten years after: Marking a major milestone in Christchurch
5:32 PM.Commemorating the anniversary of the deadly Canterbury quake was a huge undertaking for the media this week. Read more Video, Audio
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Covid cases spark Saturday night scramble for media
9:14 AM.Saturday night is usually quiet time for the news media. Not under the new normal of Covid-19. Read more
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Coverage of MIQ martyr raises red flags
9:11 AM.Lucinda Baulch became an MIQ martyr and a cause celebre for Covid sceptics when she refused a Covid test and was held for a second stint in MIQ. The media reported her reasons for refusal in detail… Read more Audio
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Facebook refriends Australia after face-off over news
9:10 AM.Last week Facebook turned off Australian users’ access to news over a looming law change to make them pay to distribute it. This week news is back in their feeds after a face-off with the government… Read more Audio
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It's newsworthy, I swear
9:07 AM.When Simon Bridges called the Speaker "a twat" in Parliament, media pondered whether this unparliamentary insult was fit to print - and broadcast. They all decided it was - with one surprising… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 28 February 2021
9:07 AM.Covid cases spark Saturday night scramble for media; MIQ martyr raises red flags10 years after - marking a major milestone in Christchurch; Facebook re-friends Australia after face-off over news… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - curious case of the MIQ martyr
7:43 PM.Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn Hay about a Covid campaigner getting the oxygen of publicity. Also: 'Novax' Djokovic being a sore winner, a mindblowing radio… Read more Video, Audio
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Taking it up a level (and down again)
9:12 AM.How did the media break last Sunday’s sudden news of a change to Covid-19 alert levels? And how did they cover the response, the science behind it and the decision to shift back down again - just as… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 21 February 2021
9:10 AM.Taking it up a level - and down again; Facebook backs away from news across the Tasman; private correspondence vs public interest. Audio
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Is it ever OK to publish people’s private messages in the news without their consent?
9:08 AM.The New York Times revealed texts telling the truth about Ted Cruz’s trip to Mexico this week to widespread acclaim. But Meghan Markle had a big win in court against a paper that published one of her… Read more Audio
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Facebook backs away from news across the Tasman
12:53 PM.News editors in Australia woke up to shock news that Facebook is effectively cutting itself off as an avenue for sharing their stories - after years of building a pre-eminent position as a digital… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - Framing Britney
8:48 AM.Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about Google cutting deals with Australian news media which will mean millions more dollars for journalism, more… Read more Audio
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Telco unveils ethical advertising policy amid talkback turmoil
2:08 PM.Vodafone was quick to pull advertising from Magic Talk after a recent racist outburst sparked outrage. Now it’s gone further, launching an Ethical Advertising Policy, described by one media outlet as… Read more Audio
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Turbulent times for travel - and Air New Zealand
9:10 AM.Some positive press for our national airline and its boss last week was overwhelmed this week by harsh headlines about a controversy it should have seen coming. Meanwhile, the push to kickstart… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 14 February 2021
9:06 AM.Turbulent times for travel - and Air New Zealand; public purse to bankroll more news; telco rolls out ethical ad policy amid talkback turmoil Audio
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Public purse to bankroll more of our news
2:39 PM.The government has pledged $55 million for a new fund for public interest news and journalism - the biggest single boost in media funding for many years. Media companies countrywide will compete for… Read more Audio