Hearing no evil
A few days before the November 26 general election, TV3 aired Bryan Bruce’s documentary Inside Child Poverty, and I posted on the depressingly predictable response of the usual right-wing subjects. […]
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The three cities of Christchurch
As local context and in contrast to my recent posts on the media response to the Christchurch earthquake, you must read this arresting report from Christchurch resident Peter Hyde. It […]
What the media is for
There has been a lot of coverage about the coverage of the second Canterbury earthquake, and this is another post on that general topic. However rather than deal with the […]
The television will be revolutionised
Tim Watkin has written a great think-piece on Pundit about the “birth of a new news” in New Zealand. He asks a lot of good questions about the imperatives and […]
Isolated
This brief report from Radio Waatea brings into crispish focus a few issues regarding the mÄori party’s support for the new Marine & Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill, and perceived […]
McVicar: officially reactionary, unqualified, right-wing
The BSA has upheld a complaint against TVNZ’s Breakfast on the grounds of balance after it allowed Garth McVicar the free and unopposed opportunity to rant about sentencing. Complainant Roger […]