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Stuff defends publishing police audio amid Phillips manhunt backlash
Legacy mainstream media outlet Stuff is standing by its decision to publish police audio communications from the chase that ended fugitive Tom Phillips’ four-year...
Hosking slammed over ‘disinformation’ remarks following Charlie Kirk assassination
Legacy media Newstalk ZB host Mike Hosking has sparked a wave of criticism following remarks he made about U.S. conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in...
Guy Hatchard: It’s not unusual
An article in today’s Stuff newspaper reports a mass casualty situation at hospital EDs and then sets out to tell us ‘it is not unusual’ (???). Here...
When Ukrainian lives matter and when they don’t: What a shocking murder says about the US media
When does murder get ignored? When the victim is white and the killer black. A black man kills a white woman in an American city,...
Kremlin dismisses NYT ‘hoax’
Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has rejected claims that Russian drones have flown over Germany. A New York Times (NYT) report claiming that Russian surveillance drones have...
Workers at legacy media outlet Stuff walk off the job over pay dispute
Journalists and staff at legacy media outlet Stuff walked off the job on Thursday afternoon, striking in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, and Christchurch over what...
BBC warns about RT’s global influence
Russian news organisations are expanding despite being banned in the West, the UK state broadcaster has reported. Russian media organizations are expanding their reach internationally...
Scathing review urges overhaul of state-funded media outlet RNZ National
An independent review by former RNZ news boss Richard Sutherland has exposed deep-seated cultural and strategic issues at RNZ National, blaming “blame-shifting” and “low...
GB News overtakes BBC to become UK’s most-watched news channel
GB News has become Britain’s most-watched news channel for the first time, overtaking both the BBC News Channel and Sky News in July 2025,...
More Americans watch RT than CNN – former US intel chief
The Russian outlet has been facing censorship and legal hurdles in the country since 2017. RT has a larger American audience than CNN, former US...
Declassified U.S. intelligence report: Trump-Russia collusion was a fabricated political and legacy media attack
A newly declassified report from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) shows that the Trump-Russia collusion narrative, which dominated U.S. political discourse...
Gaza reporters starving to death – journalists’ association
Collaborators with France’s AFP news agency are said to “no longer have the physical capacity” to do their jobs. The last remaining Palestinian collaborators for...
Legal action taken against Western media over Air India crash coverage
The Federation of Indian Pilots has filed a notice against Reuters and the WSJ for allegedly misrepresenting the probe and blaming the crew for...
Trump sues Rupert Murdoch
The US president has accused the Wall Street Journal of libel over its reporting about a supposed letter to Jeffrey Epstein. US President Donald Trump...
Stuff closes 15 community papers amid tense union standoff over pay and health benefits
Legacy mainstream media company Stuff is shutting down around 15 community newspapers—including long-standing Auckland titles under the Auckland Community Newspapers umbrella—and transitioning the Marlborough...
Trump calls for firing of CNN reporter over Iran and Hunter Biden laptop coverage
The US president has called out Natasha Bertrand for a report questioning the effectiveness of America’s recent strikes on Iran. US President Donald Trump has...
Trump tells Republicans to ‘kill’ top US state media outlet
The president has labelled Voice of America a “left-wing disaster”. US President Donald Trump has called on Republicans to support his campaign to dismantle the...
Journalist wins case against Australian state broadcaster over Gaza post sacking
Australian journalist Antoinette Lattouf has won her legal case against the ABC, with a court ruling she was unfairly dismissed after posting Human Rights...
Massive layoffs target bias and bureaucratic bloat in U.S. state-funded legacy media
In a major shake-up of U.S. taxpayer-funded legacy media, the Trump administration has laid off over 85% of Voice of America (VOA) staff as...
Chantelle Baker fights back against legacy media outlet Stuff News in defamation lawsuit
A fundraiser has been launched to support Chantelle Baker’s defamation lawsuit against Stuff News over claims made in its documentary Fire & Fury. Baker alleges...
Social media overtakes TV and legacy media news sites as top news source in the US
Social media and video platforms like Facebook, X, YouTube, and TikTok have become the main source of news for Americans, surpassing traditional TV and...
Media Council upholds Ian Wishart complaint over RNZ “heatwave” headline
The Media Council has upheld a complaint by Ian Wishart and another seperate complainant Catriona Atkinson against state-funded legacy media outlet RNZ regarding a...
Legacy media misquotes Moscow on NATO expansion threat
Newsweek earlier claimed that Russia won’t end the Ukraine conflict until the bloc “pulls out of the Baltics,” citing a top diplomat. A legacy mainstream...
Australian journalist shot with rubber bullet during Los Angeles riots (Video)
The protests and clashes with police broke out in California in response to immigration raids. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi was struck by a rubber bullet...
PM’s Acting Dep. Press Secretary and ex-Stuff journalist resigns over secret recordings of women
Michael Forbes, the acting deputy chief press secretary to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and a former Stuff journalist, has resigned following allegations that he...
Trade Me and legacy media outlet Stuff announce merger in major digital media shakeup
Legacy mainstream media outlet Stuff and auction site Trade Me have agreed to a merger in which Trade Me will take a 50% stake...
Japan rides the censorship bandwagon
The manufacturer of the replicon mRNA Covid “vaccine” in Japan, Meiji Seika Pharma, has brought a lawsuit against a member of the Japanese parliament,...
State-funded RNZ radio audience plummets
State-funded legacy media RNZ’s radio listenership has dropped to its lowest level in over five years, with the latest GFK data showing a cumulative...
Amazon tribe sues NYT over ‘porn addicts’ claim
The Marubo people are challenging allegations that they morally degraded after receiving Starlink internet access. A remote South American tribe has sued the New York...
AI hallucinations: a budding sentience or a global embarrassment?
An article cut and pasted from ChatGPT raises questions over the role of fact-checkers in legacy media. In a farcical yet telling blunder, multiple major...
Government announces more handouts for legacy media
Despite ongoing financial pressures and widespread public skepticism about propping up failing legacy and state-run media outlets, the Government is pressing ahead with yet...
World transformation begins at home with simple steps
An article in the UK Telegraph this morning comments on the cover up of Biden’s cognitive decline saying: “The ability to have some trustworthy sources...
US government to sell propaganda HQ
The main office of CIA cutout Voice of America has been listed for “accelerated disposal,” according to Bloomberg. The administration of US President Donald Trump...
Stuff columnist sparks outrage over use of c-word against female Ministers in pay equity criticism
A fiery column by Stuff journalist Andrea Vance targeting the Government’s halt on pay equity claims has ignited backlash for its use of the...
Stuff guilty of misleading readers with unlabelled sponsored health article
The New Zealand Media Council has unanimously upheld a complaint against Stuff for publishing a sponsored article that misled readers into believing it was...
Outdoors & Freedom Party highlights media silence on Royal Commission submissions
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned Te Tira Ārai Urutā, has had a remarkable level of public engagement in its Phase...
Trump blasts US media as ‘compromised and corrupt’
The New York Times, Washington Post and others are “the enemy of the people,” the US president has said. US President Donald Trump has labeled...
Broadcasting complaints filed after Destiny Church whistleblower’s face shown on 1News
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has received complaints after state-funded legacy media outlet TVNZ aired a 1News segment where the face of a Destiny...
Trump slams ‘dishonest’ CBS after Zelensky interview
The broadcaster “should lose its license” for pushing biased narratives, the US president insists. CBS News must have its broadcasting license revoked, US President Donald...
Trust in mainstream media in NZ falls to new record low
The 2025 Trust in News report reveals trust in legacy mainstream media in New Zealand has continued its sharp decline, falling to just 32%,...
