Episodes

  • Midweek - Hīkoi bias claims, Herald v Bain privacy, mag strife

    Midweek - Hīkoi bias claims, Herald v Bain privacy, mag strife
    Nov 20 2024
    Midweek - Accusations of bias and a lack of impartiatality in coverage of Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti. Also the Herald v David Bain, Facebook scam surge and problems for local magazines.
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    25 mins
  • Reporter's ban from Crown apology; local papers on the block

    Reporter's ban from Crown apology; local papers on the block
    Nov 16 2024
    Why was an award-winning journalist dedicated to reporting abuse in state care briefly banned from the official apology for that this week? Also - NZME plans to close 14 local North Island papers, possibly leaving some towns without coverage.
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    31 mins
  • Hikoi hits the road, news cuts, foreign football flashpoint

    Hikoi hits the road, news cuts, foreign football flashpoint
    Nov 13 2024
    Midweek - Hikoi hits the road; Seymour vs TVNZ; TV news cuts latest and how sketchy reports of a foreign football flashpoint sparked a diplomatic incident.
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    24 mins
  • Trump triumph and the media message, Australia & Malaysia rein in social media

    Trump triumph and the media message, Australia & Malaysia rein in social media
    Nov 9 2024
    “It’s their media world now. We just live in it” - what news media are taking away from the Trump triumph; Media message from Trump’s triumph, how Australia and Malaysia are making social media accountable for the content they carry
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    34 mins
  • Midweek: He's back

    Midweek: He's back
    Nov 6 2024
    Midweek: the epic media coverage of an epic US election that's put Trump back in charge. Also - more grim news from TVNZ; and warnings from Crux and NZ Geographic
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    30 mins
  • Stuff boss joins ginger group, NZ Geographic’s bold survival strategy

    Stuff boss joins ginger group, NZ Geographic’s bold survival strategy
    Nov 2 2024
    Could the boss of the country’s biggest news publisher joining a local ginger group alongside political figures compromise her own company's coverage in the capital? Also: award-winning NZ Geographic adopts maximum transparency to secure its survival
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    43 mins
  • Hitting the ground reckoning in the US, a backtrack and some u-turns

    Hitting the ground reckoning in the US, a backtrack and some u-turns
    Oct 30 2024
    Midweek: Kiwi journalists in the US ramp up election reflections - and some politicians here too. US papers cop it for u-turns on backing Harris; TVNZ backtracks on its 1 News website - and Colin meets football elite (sort of . . . )
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    25 mins
  • A look ahead to the US election & a look back at ours

    A look ahead to the US election & a look back at ours
    Oct 26 2024
    A look at how US media have coped with the controversial campaign for the upcoming election there - and we look back at how our media fared covering the election here one year ago.
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    35 mins