Mediawatch takes a look at the pride and prejudice on display in some of the coverage of the LGBTQ community since the announcement that the police had been banned from wearing their uniforms in next year's Auckland Pride Parade.

The reporting - or lack of it - of democratic organisations from the Hutt Valley to the UN in New York, and pride and prejudice in the coverage of the LGBTQ community.

Mediawatch Midweek is our weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Jeremy chats to Karyn about Nine's plans to hock off STUFF; a major new journalistic investigation involving 250 journalists in 36 countries, and; a Facebook post from a picket line that attracted nearly 11,000 views.

"You'll never beat the Irish" is a favourite chant for Ireland fans. It seems to be coming true for the All Blacks. How did the media respond to another defeat to the team in green?

International journalists were startled when Chinese officials prevented them from reporting some events at the APEC summit in Papua New Guinea this week. It was a taste of the tactics China employs to shape media coverage of the country overseas.

China keeps media in line; 'radical changes' for Maori TV news; All Blacks in sudden slump.

Māori Television is replacing news and current affairs shows next year with a 'Māori Media Hub' to deliver news online and on TV. Mediawatch asks its chief editor why - and how that will be done.

Mediawatch Midweek is our weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin chats to Karyn about why the Irish are our rugby frenemies; how Beyonce stumped a radio host, the death of Radio Live, radio for one and . . . . another ZB Pacific Islands slur.

How we get around our cities has suddenly flared up in our news. Even media colleagues are calling each other haters and zealots, and calling each other out for fake news. But is this just background noise or does it have a real impact?

Pioneering media watcher Brian Priestley has died, aged 92. It’s 30 years since he last lashed the media on Fourth Estate, the TVNZ show that made him a household name. But he still had lots to say about the media after that.