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Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘garbage’
9:10 AM.External experts are poring over the ‘inappropriate editing’ of international news published online by RNZ. It has already tightened editorial checks and stood down an online journalist. Will this… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 18 June 2023
9:08 AM.Mediawatch looks at the response to the revelation of 'inappropriate editing' of online world news at RNZ - and asks two experts what may come out of the investigation into how it happened. Also… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - RNZ's Russiagate; 'rinky-dink' politics & forecast fatigue
10:05 PM.In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Anna Thomas about RNZ's 'pro-Russia edits' saga now extending stories about other countries - and a newspaper's feature story that fell short… Read more Audio
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Digging out the facts on crime and punishment
9:09 AM.Crime is set to be a big election year issue, with polls showing the public feels unsafe and the opposition claiming the government is 'soft' on offending. A pair of Herald journalists have tried to… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 11 June 2023
9:08 AM.How stories about the war in Ukraine ended up with a pro-Russian slant on RNZ's website; reports of crime are on the up but does the story change when reporters run the numbers before running a story?
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RNZ investigating Kremlin-friendly story edits
7:55 PM.RNZ is investigating how online stories about the war in Ukraine, supplied by an international news agency, were edited to align with the Russian view of events. A staff member has been stood down… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - on the outside looking in
10:00 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Tod Zaner about Auckland mayor Wayne Brown antagonising the media . . . again; a shake-up of Stuff's top brass; TVNZ boosting free-to-air sport; a dead… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 4 June 2023
9:08 AM.Mediawatch talks to the radio industry's top spokesperson who called on commercial companies to curb their rivalry - and the brains behind a small music radio network spreading around the country -… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - a potentially toxic election season
7:59 PM.In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about racist abuse of journalists and the potential for more of it in a toxic election campaign. Also: an eyebrow-raising Media… Read more Audio
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The long game of investigating Loafers Lodge disaster
9:12 AM.Years before the Grenfell Tower fire killed 72 residents, it was foreshadowed by another fatal fire in London which wasn't adequately investigated. A journalist who has worked on that story for six… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 28 May 2023
9:08 AM.Lessons for Loafers Lodge investigation in the long game of the UK's Grenfell saga; new fund backing business and economics coverage; an hour of Gower (and friends . . . and his issues). Audio
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An hour of Gower
9:07 AM.Three's new current affairs show Paddy Gower Has Issues walks a tonal tightrope - balancing comedic heckling and faux-serious investigations with in-depth reporting on important issues of the day. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: Miami not nice
10:00 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about the outrage over Paora that sparked escalating apologies from Zoo Miami - and how the media reacted to a Budget which wasn't quite what… Read more Audio
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A little local political difficulty pulls national media focus
9:12 AM.The nation’s news outlets aren’t usually interested in local government ructions in the south, but deep rifts in one dysfunctional council have made many headlines lately. When a ‘showdown’ meeting in… Read more Video, Audio
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Politicians seeking platforms for political reveals
9:10 AM.Brian Tamaki couldn't get on TV last weekend to announce the launch of a new umbrella movement to contest the next election. But other political leaders had better luck recently week getting a media… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 21 May 2023
9:08 AM.Gore blimey - a little local political difficulty pulls national media focus; Politicians seeking platforms for political reveals. Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - putting a disaster in context
9:36 PM.In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about coverage putting the Loafers Lodge disaster in context - even in the midst of chaos and confusion, some impressive… Read more Audio
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Some broadcasters still shrugging off storm warnings
9:12 AM.Some in the media learned the lessons of Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods, just as the emergency management authorities have done - and they made a concerted effort to… Read more Audio
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Offshore outfit rating the reliability of our media
9:09 AM.US-based NewsGuard is rating New Zealand's significant news sites for reliability - and even preparing ‘nutrition labels’ to warn users to treat them with caution. NewsGuard is also using human… Read more Video, Audio
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Mediawatch for 14 May 2023
9:08 AM.Safe or sorry? Some still shrugging off storm warnings; an offshore outfit rating reliability of our news - and trying to train the AI chatbots; angst over not-so-Super Rugby on screen. Audio
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Angst over not-so-Super Rugby on screen
9:07 AM.Midweek sports bulletins and commentaries declared that a former All Blacks coach had "slammed" modern rugby and declared it "unwatchable," prompting push-back from current All Blacks about changing… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - out with the old, in with the new
10:00 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about criticism of the Coronation coverage - and the PM grilled by the BBC on republicanism and… Read more Audio
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A constitutional conundrum - or simply a king-size spectacle?
9:10 AM.The Coronation this weekend was an historic event that anointed a new head of state for us for the first time in 70 years - and also a made-for-media spectacle that captivated broadcasters. After the… Read more Video, Audio
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Mediawatch for 7 May 2023
9:08 AM.The Coronation - constitutional conundrum or just a king-size media spectacle?; political defection takes media by surprise. Audio
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Political defection takes media by surprise
9:07 AM.Te Pāti Māori livestreams from local marae don’t usually attract much mainstream media interest. But the defection of government minister Meka Whaitiri on Wednesday was carried by every major outlet… Read more Audio