Waning trust in media alongside a failure to uphold standards and whitewashed investigations has NZ outlets in a bad spot. We discuss the examples of negative framing for Tamatha Paul’s comments about police, and the direct engagement between media leadership and far-right astro-turf groups. When will NZ political and media leadership pull in line with the electorate and reject the accelerating fascism in the US under Trump?

This episode’s co-hosts
Simone, Oliver, Kyle, Ginny

Timestamps

0:00 Opening

1:30 On Gaza 

9:14 RNZ Investigation

14:18 Media Trust

17:20 Prison Systems

26:56 Discourse Machine 

38:00 The Free Speech Union and NZME

43:00 Bail Act

48:13 Americanizing NZ

53:18 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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