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Online misinformation, real world damage
11 Aug 2024A rancorous debate over an Olympic boxer and violent riots in the UK both trace back to rampant misinformation online - and one social media platform in particular.
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Media in the middle of angst over race
The week began with a former PM warning we need to take the heat out of race relations in politics - but it ended with a lot more of that. The media were right in the middle of it - and Māori…
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Midweek Mediawatch - AI, the IOC & an AGM
7 Aug 2024Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. This week Colin Peacock talked to Todd Zaner about reactions to the revelation the Herald used artificial intelligence to write…
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AI editorial puts spotlight on disclosure
A New Zealand Herald editorial written with the help of artificial intelligence has raised questions about how our media should use the technology for journalism - and how much their consumers should…
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Midweek Mediawatch - punching below our weight
31 Jul 2024In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the Herald using AI to write an editorial - and delves into the media's disappointment over our lacklustre Olympic medal…
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Herald deploys AI for editorial, admits lack of rigour
31 Jul 2024The New Zealand Herald’s publisher NZME says it should have employed more “journalistic rigour” when it used artificial intelligence tools to create an editorial that appeared in the Weekend Herald…
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Lifting the lid - or turning a blind eye?
Abuse and neglect that went on for decades under the radar was front-and-centre in the headlines this week after the royal commission's report on abuse in state care came out. Mediawatch asks one…
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A jarring return to media Earth for Air NZ
26 Jul 2024Air NZ has often had an easy ride from our media. But with domestic airfares spiking, that's starting to change.
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Mediawatch for 28 July 2024
28 Jul 2024Mediawatch looks at how the media reacted to the Abuse in State Care report - and the role the media played in bringing the issue to light.
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Midweek Mediawatch - Biden's bolt blindsides media
24 Jul 2024Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about how the media handled the news that Joe Biden had thrown in the towel - and the final report…
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Mediawatch for 21 July 2024
21 Jul 2024Mediawatch looks at what our media made of the government's new emissions plan - and how best to cover global climate change without pumping up people's despair.
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Midweek Mediawatch - Breakfast gets cooked
17 Jul 2024Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights: Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about TVNZ Breakfast getting dragged into the Trump shooting debate, some NZME criticism from NZME…
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Mediawatch for 14 July 2024 - Trump shot shock
14 Jul 2024Mediawatch looks at how our media reacted to the shocking news of the attempt on Donald Trump's life in Pennsylvania. And shortly before that news broke, Colin Peacock a look at the week's news and…
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Mediawatch for 14 July -Trump shot shock & Mediawatch live
14 Jul 2024Mediawatch looks at how our media reacted to the shocking news of the attempt on Donald Trump's life in Pennsylvania. And shortly before that news broke, Colin Peacock a look at the week's news and…
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Midweek Mediawatch - false gods of sport
10 Jul 2024Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan Stuff making a solid start with ThreeNews on TV; the British media making a meal of their landslide election and local democracy reporting's…
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Mediawatch - TV3's phoenix from the ashes
7 Jul 2024Last Friday the curtain came down on Newshub at 6 - and more than 30 years of nightly news made at the TV channel Three. But the next day the new 6pm bulletin by Stuff launched in its place…
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Newshub at 6 signs off with a bang - and a whimper
Ever since TV3 launched back in 1989, the channel’s staff have brought viewers a 6pm bulletin every single day - up until today. Did Newshub at 6 go out with a bang - or a whimper? Was there…
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Midweek Mediawatch - Suprise bill backing & more concerning closures
3 Jul 2024Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights.
Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the government backing a law change - which they once slated in opposition - to help the…
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Digital news Bill backing a big shift by government
The government has confirmed it will back legislation it had opposed in opposition which will compel tech giants to pay for local news content on their platforms. There will be amendments to the Bill…
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Mediawatch for 30 June 2024 - the great distribution dilemma
30 Jun 2024While our government ponders policy to help news media companies cope with their crumbling business models, millions of us get our news first from Facebook, Google and even TikTok. It’s the same in…
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Midweek Mediawatch - a PM forced to dish his own plaudits
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the prime minister becoming his own hype man, a strange malfunction in RNZ's push notifications, and a grab…
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Mediawatch
23 Jun 2024Pundits have predicted the death of old-fashioned newspapers for years - but they're still here.
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Pressing On - papers past and future
Pundits have predicted the death of old-fashioned newspapers for years - but they’re still here. This week Mediawatch looks at a new history of New Zealand newspapers from one hundred years ago up…
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Midweek Mediawatch - Plaintive plane complaints
19 Jun 2024In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about an emerging media consensus over our malfunctioning Defence Force aircraft, how rude words slipped though in music on…
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