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Strypey<p>"[Pattrick Smellie says of future news outlets] they'll be smaller, driven by editorial concerns rather than advertising imperatives. Today's ... news publishers he said, both in Australia and NZ, have in practice now become real estate advertising platforms, with newsrooms attached."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ColinPeacock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColinPeacock</span></a>, 2025</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=a2db3e6a-d412-44ff-880b-c9c90f7a449f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?s</span><span class="invisible">hare=a2db3e6a-d412-44ff-880b-c9c90f7a449f</span></a></p><p>Burn!</p><p>For those who can afford to vault the paywall, Smellie's full piece can be read here;</p><p><a href="https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/opinion/the-future-of-news-yet-another-reckon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">businessdesk.co.nz/article/opi</span><span class="invisible">nion/the-future-of-news-yet-another-reckon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NewsMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewsMedia</span></a></p>
David<p>Tonight's ABC Media Watch 🔥🔥🔥</p><p>ABC chair Kim Williams directly intervened with ABC local radio to get interviews for a comedian promoting his shows. It showed an extraordinary lack of judgement that raises questions about what other editorial matters Williams may have intervened in</p><p>An example of truly fearless journalism on the ABC, too. Well done, Linton Besser </p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/kim/105225646" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes</span><span class="invisible">/kim/105225646</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/ABCnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABCnews</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"Having dedicated health reporters in key newsrooms makes a huge difference, and giving those reporters the time to cultivate their contacts, to dig through documents, to make OIA requests." </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RachelThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RachelThomas</span></a>, 2025</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=61d7c2a9-7bca-435a-b796-b5d87c90ca92" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?s</span><span class="invisible">hare=61d7c2a9-7bca-435a-b796-b5d87c90ca92</span></a></p><p>(1/?)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NewsMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewsMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HealthReporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthReporting</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"NZ has had a housing shortage for so long, it has fostered a cohort of entitled property owners and landlords whose businesses can't survive normal market conditions, in which occupants and tenants have a modicum of choice. We need to weed these businesses out."</p><p>Stu Donovan, quoted by Hayden Donnell, 2025</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=cf3970fc-9508-4412-a6da-c98a0a64a102" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?s</span><span class="invisible">hare=cf3970fc-9508-4412-a6da-c98a0a64a102</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"It's difficult to see your own bias when your bias is shared by your friends and colleagues. Journalists are overwhelmingly left-of-centre and this dominates the lense through which events are [reported] ..."</p><p>"Brendan", correspondent to <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a>, 2025</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=bc382134-d830-4d72-a990-458bca3c81d7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?s</span><span class="invisible">hare=bc382134-d830-4d72-a990-458bca3c81d7</span></a></p><p>For the same reason, if most of your friends and colleagues are hard right or far right, then centrist and even some centre-right journalists are going to look like lefties.</p><p>(1/2)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NewsMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewsMedia</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"I think there's just been a long history of the media not applying sufficient scepticism to claims from tech companies."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HaydenDonnell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaydenDonnell</span></a>, 2025</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=ffac314f-a838-4e16-8fd2-b3d963235474" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?s</span><span class="invisible">hare=ffac314f-a838-4e16-8fd2-b3d963235474</span></a></p><p>Preach.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"Context is key. And something that has been deliberately ignored and twisted, by some incredibly bad faith actors, looking for an excuse to punch down. On someone who represents something they don't agree with."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/BenjaminDoyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminDoyle</span></a>, 2025</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=ffac314f-a838-4e16-8fd2-b3d963235474" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?s</span><span class="invisible">hare=ffac314f-a838-4e16-8fd2-b3d963235474</span></a></p><p>Given the context Hayden Donnell shared on Midweek MediaWatch, I agree with Doyle that this is exactly what happened. This kind of character assassination is always gross, whoever it's directed against.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a></p>
David Marler<p>Bruce Lehrmann was bad news for Ch7. Former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach suffered substantial distress, embarrassment &amp; hurt after Seven breached a non-disparagement clause, he has claimed in a lawsuit. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/mediawatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mediawatch</span></a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/apr/08/taylor-auerbach-says-he-was-shunned-and-vilified-after-sevens-statements-about-his-role-in-securing-thai-massage-for-lehrmann-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/media/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/08/taylor-auerbach-says-he-was-shunned-and-vilified-after-sevens-statements-about-his-role-in-securing-thai-massage-for-lehrmann-ntwnfb</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"... since about 2018, core media ad spend as a proportion of GDP has been below 0.8%. So literally never - going back all the way to the 60s - has ad spending been a smaller proportion of economic activity ... when we hear all of these conversations about how the media should be funded into the future, ad spending doesn't appear to be as viable of a long term solution ..."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/BradOlsen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BradOlsen</span></a>, Chief Economist, <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/InfoMetrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoMetrics</span></a>, 2025</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=ed0c37af-994a-4f32-9b44-a290cb202686" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?s</span><span class="invisible">hare=ed0c37af-994a-4f32-9b44-a290cb202686</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>The NZ Advertising Standards Authority has released its annual report on advertising revenue. I'm hearing about it on RNZ MediaWatch, who referenced this column by Gavin Ellis;</p><p><a href="https://knightlyviews.com/but-waittheres-more-being-sucked-away/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knightlyviews.com/but-waitther</span><span class="invisible">es-more-being-sucked-away/</span></a></p><p>Once again, the stats show that the bulk of ad money spent in NZ is going to the DataFarms. The handful of giant, multinational platforms owned by Silicon Valley oligarchs. Once again, I recommend <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span>'s piece on this;</p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2022/04/10/big-tech-isnt-stealing-news-publishers-content/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2022/04/10/big</span><span class="invisible">-tech-isnt-stealing-news-publishers-content/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NewsMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewsMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NZASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZASA</span></a></p>
Mark<p>The media's decided that the 2025 election is the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CostOfLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CostOfLiving</span></a> election.</p><p>Why? So they can tie Labor to a negative narrative.</p><p>Phil Coorey ignores COL &amp; leads off with the other LNP scare, that Labor &amp; the Greens will form minority govt.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/afternoonbriefing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>afternoonbriefing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>With the Free Speech Onion wading in to support the attempted far right takeover of NZME, it seems it might be at least partially a revenge action against the NZHerald decision not to accept political ads from Hobson's Pledge. Ads their editors considered to be misinformation;</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=cee90500-1829-4e90-bbd8-8eedc76875f0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?s</span><span class="invisible">hare=cee90500-1829-4e90-bbd8-8eedc76875f0</span></a></p><p>(1/?)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/FSU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Labor will refer allegations of violence and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> by members of the CFMEU to the AFP. </p><p>Dutton and his corrupt mob are squawking and the media lets them get away with it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BrittanyHiggins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrittanyHiggins</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/qanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qanda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>Having already been exposed by Jack Tame on Q&amp;A as a quote bot programmed with talking points, our Prime Minister was similarly exposed as mealy-mouthed in a normally friendly interview with Nat-aligned shock jock Mike Hosking;</p><p>"You've made a complete meal of this."</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=c769a40d-a23c-4777-a095-d6ea847bb063" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?s</span><span class="invisible">hare=c769a40d-a23c-4777-a095-d6ea847bb063</span></a></p><p>This is *not* a good sign for the government.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NZPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZPolitics</span></a></p>
Mark<p>2/2. With <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DodgyDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DodgyDutton</span></a> under the pump over dodgy share trades and a massive property portfolio , <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> sycophant David Speers steps in to hump Dutton's leg.</p><p>Warning. Graphic content. 🤮</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Mark<p>1/2. With Dutton under the pump over share trades, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> sycophants like Canberra bubble leader David Speers attack... Labor.</p><p>Albo was bullied over <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Stage3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stage3</span></a> tax cuts.<br>Would Speers ever ask <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TemuTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TemuTrump</span></a>: "Is your word your bond?" No.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DodgyDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DodgyDutton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Mark<p>A subset of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> of Peter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dutton</span></a> from one 15-minute press conference.</p><p>The lazy media throng didn't attempt to fact-check.</p><p>Albo makes one gaffe and it leads the news for weeks.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TemuTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TemuTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/qanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qanda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"Certainly my sense here in Australia is that very few [potential Twitter replacements] are quite getting critical mass beyond those, sort of, terminally online people, who would always try a new thing."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TimBurrowes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimBurrowes</span></a>, 2025</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=1927fe5b-2bee-4b98-86c1-a6c24147109e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?s</span><span class="invisible">hare=1927fe5b-2bee-4b98-86c1-a6c24147109e</span></a></p><p>Hey! : P</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>In the midweek edition of MediaWatch, Colin Peacock talked about the latest changes at NZ Herald owner NZME, including canning the jobs of dozens of journalist - some of them senior - and pivoting to video (again);</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=449d7b63-84b6-4a2c-aeed-1ed310030916" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?s</span><span class="invisible">hare=449d7b63-84b6-4a2c-aeed-1ed310030916</span></a></p><p>As you might have guessed, I have ... thoughts.</p><p>(1/?)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a></p>
Mark<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a> has a new correspondent in the US, Kamin Gock, and unlike the current mob he isn't f'ing around. KUDOS!</p><p>PS. Watch the chyrons. They're written by a Trump apologist.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
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