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Mediawatch: Poll analysis unhitches itself from reality
23 Jul 2023Nothing much changed in a 1News Verian poll released on Monday, but some commentators managed to treat the boring results as a blank canvas on which to express their creativity. Audio
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A triumph - after a day of tragedy
Mediawatch: On a day when Auckland was the focus of world sport and the Football Ferns ended up making history, deadly shootings a stone's throw from the fan zone confronted media primed for a good… Audio
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Australia puts big tech under more pressure
16 Jul 2023Big tech companies have done deals with publishers to give them a return on sharing content from them. But the Australian government now also wants big fines for platforms publishing falsehoods. Audio
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BBC sex photo claims are 'rubbish', young person's lawyer tells broadcaster
A lawyer acting for the young person at the centre of allegations against a presenter has dismissed the claims, in a letter to the BBC.
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BBC suspends presenter over alleged teenager photos scandal
The BBC has suspended the man over a newspaper allegation that thousands of pounds have been paid for sexually explicit photos of the teen.
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Twitter threatens legal action over Threads app
7 Jul 2023Twitter is considering legal action against Meta over its fast-growing rival app Threads.
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Meta to launch Threads app to rival Twitter
5 Jul 2023The move is the latest in a rivalry between Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter owner Elon Musk.
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BSA upholds complaint over dolphin mating scene in TV documentary
29 Jun 2023The scene, which showed a female dolphin being trapped and mated with by a group of unknown male dolphins upset children, a viewer said.
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RNZ journalist resigns over changes to international stories
21 Jun 2023An RNZ digital journalist at the centre of an investigation into pro-Russian edits inserted into international wire stories has resigned.
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Most complained about ads for 2022 revealed
30 May 2023A misleading Covid-19 vaccine slogan, a health campaign that flipped TV viewers the bird, and two sports stars in their underwear were among last year's top advertisements to provoke the ire of…
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'We've got one year to make it work' - Patrick Gower's news gamble
28 May 2023Mediawatch takes a look at Three's new current affairs show Paddy Gower Has Issues, which tries to balance comedic heckling and light-hearted investigations with in-depth reporting on the big issues. Audio
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Government rejected Spark's offer to invest millions in disaster-proofing networks
26 May 2023Spark's offer to swap $24 million it planned to spend on a 5G rollout came after towns were completely cut off following Cyclone Gabrielle. Audio
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A little local political difficulty pulls national media focus
Mediawatch: When a 'showdown' council meeting in Gore was livestreamed on major websites this week, peace broke out instead. Was that because of the media attention? Audio
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RNZ announces presenters for Midday Report and Pacific Waves
17 May 2023Charlotte Cook has been appointed presenter of Midday Report - Te Pūrongo o te Poutūtanga on RNZ National and Susana Suisuiki will host Pacific Waves on RNZ Pacific.
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'There are sites in NZ that publish misinformation' - Fighting fake news
Mediawatch - US-based NewsGuard is rating New Zealand's major news sites for reliability - and even preparing 'nutrition labels' to warn users to treat some of them with caution. Audio
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ChatGPT boss urges US Congress to regulate AI
17 May 2023The creator of advanced chatbot ChatGPT has called on US lawmakers to regulate artificial intelligence.
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Radio legend Murray 'Muzza' Inglis dies after cancer battle
14 May 2023One of the country's best-known radio personalities, Murray "Muzza" Inglis, has died aged 80, after a battle with cancer. New Plymouth-born Inglis had a career that spanned five decades. He...
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Jerry Springer, US talk show host, dies aged 79
28 Apr 2023Jerry Springer, the TV personality known for his long-running raucous talk show,has died aged 79.
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UK blocks Microsoft's deal to buy Call of Duty maker
Britain's decision to block Microsoft's bid to buy Activision Blizzard is a major blow to the biggest ever gaming deal.
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Fox settles Dominion defamation lawsuit for US$787.5m
Fox Corp and Fox News have resolved a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems averting a high-profile trial over its coverage of false vote-rigging claims in the 2020 US election.
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How phones can detect earthquakes
7 Apr 2023Fifty years since the first mobile phone call, the technology we carry around in our pocket is helping to create the world's biggest earthquake detection system.
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RNZ to receive $25m a year in funding boost
6 Apr 2023RNZ is to receive a funding increase of $25 million per year to maintain public media services, for "digital transformation" and supporting AM transmission. Audio
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Explained: Twitter is removing a basic safety feature - here's how not to get hacked
13 Mar 2023From next week many Twitter accounts will be less secure. Here's what you can use instead.
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White House backs Senate bill to boost US ability to ban TikTok
8 Mar 2023The White House backed legislation introduced by a dozen senators to give new powers to ban TikTok and other foreign-based technologies if they pose national security threats.
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