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Mainstream media ‘deceitfully and ignorantly’ lied about Nazi Germany comment – Peters

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has hit back at the legacy mainstream media for their headlines and reporting about his speech in Palmerston North...

Film Commission gives $800K to help fund Ardern documentary

The New Zealand Film Commission is allocating $800,000 towards a documentary on the 'leadership' of former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, amidst the context of...

Legacy media important for ‘democracy’ and ‘vibrancy of our society’, says Jack Tame

In an opinion piece by 1News reporter Jack Tame the recent announcement of significant cuts to newsgathering operations by TVNZ and Warner Brothers Discovery...

Fair Go, Sunday, and news bulletins to go in TVNZ shake-up

The sweeping changes come as the network grapples with an operational model that's proving more costly than its generated revenue, despite a hefty $40...

Technology: The weapon of the people

In an essay titled 'Looking forward, looking backward,’ philosopher of technology, Andrew Feenberg writes (in Between Reason and Experience: Essays in Technology and Modernity,...

State broadcaster TVNZ expected to cut 10% of its workforce

State broadcaster TVNZ expected to cut jobs as part of an effort to remain sustainable amidst tough economic conditions and structural challenges in the...

State broadcaster TVNZ rejected Newshub collaborative newsgathering proposal

Newshub bosses proposed a collaborative newsgathering service with TVNZ and RNZ to cut costs and save the news organization, but TVNZ rejected the idea,...

Senior journalists working on proposal to save Newshub ‘in some form’

In a 'bombshell' announcement this week, Newshub's foreign owners told staff they intend to shut down the ailing legacy media organisation in June. Newshub senior...

Newshub downfall – government intervention unlikely says Luxon

The proposed shutdown of Newshub by owner Warner Brothers Discovery will lead to the loss of hundreds of jobs. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told State-funded...

Newshub staff ‘blindsided’ by closure proposal, boss knew weeks in advance

The proposal to make lay off newsroom staff working for legacy media outlet Newshub was known to its bosses and communicated to their PR...

Newshub owners looking to shut down newsroom production by 30 June

The Newshub newsroom faces potential closure due to a proposal by its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). This proposal comes in response to a...

Operation Moscow: Counterspin invited to attend conference in Russia

Kelvyn Alp will travel to Moscow at the invitation of the International Russophile Movement. Speaking outside the Russian Embassy in Wellington, Alp said the International...

VICE stops publishing new content and lays off ‘hundreds’ of staff

Once valued at $5.7 billion, the outlet has since descended into irrelevance. Vice.com has stopped publishing new content and laid off several hundred employees, its...

‘Conspiracy theorists’ threaten mainstream media, says Trudeau

Justin Trudeau wants “massive changes” in the news landscape. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday blamed social media for preventing major news outlets from...

Legacy media boss says generative AI is an ‘extinction-level event’

Legacy media bosses are making submissions on the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill, as they 'cling on by their fingernails' claiming the industry is...

Fake News: BBC ‘misrepresented’ COVID risk to drive lockdown agenda – expert

Professor Mark Woolhouse, a prominent epidemiologist and advisor to the UK government during the COVID-19 pandemic, criticised the BBC for misrepresenting the risk of...

Reporters without shame: Top ‘media rights’ organisation ignores rampant killings of Gaza journalists

Reporters Without Borders’ annual report downplays dozens of deaths of media professionals in Israeli attacks. At the end of 2023, Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans...

Musk responds to WSJ ‘hit piece’

The US news outlet claimed influential figures at the billionaire’s companies were concerned about his illegal drug use. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hit back at...

Bryce Edwards: The Liberal Vs Conservative anguish over the direction of NZ politics

With the new conservative government well into its first 100 days, there’s been rising anguish from liberals about what all this means. As they come...

The courage to admit mistakes in public

Dear friends, A few weeks ago I was invited to give a speech at the fourth International Crisis Summit in the Romanian parliament – you...

New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI

AI chatbots threaten “independent journalism,” the US paper of record has said. The New York Times filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Microsoft and OpenAI...

Politico announces ‘Borat award’ for diplomacy winner

The gaffe-prone Josep Borrell has repeatedly embarrassed the EU, according to the outlet. The European Union’s foreign policy head, Josep Borrell, was “honored” on Tuesday...

Prince Harry wins phone-hacking case

Piers Morgan and other Mirror editors knew they were breaking the law by tapping the British royal’s phone, a judge has ruled. Britain’s Prince Harry...

BBC accused of bias by own reporters – Al Jazeera

Employees have reportedly complained that the British state broadcaster is downplaying the suffering of Palestinian civilians. BBC journalists have accused the British state broadcaster of...

‘Putin has died of a heart attack’: Inside the Western legacy media’s ‘intelligence sources’ and their fake news about Russia

Where does the Anglo-American propaganda machine get its nonsense stories about the president’s health? Western media is again spreading rumors about a sudden deterioration in...

Confidence in US news media hits record low – poll

Less than a third of Americans say they trust the press to report the news fully and accurately. Only 32% of Americans trust the media...

Guardian ‘fires’ veteran cartoonist over Netanyahu sketch

Steve Bell’s work was reportedly deemed to be perpetuating an anti-Semitic trope. British newspaper The Guardian has ended its four-decade working relationship with cartoonist Steve...

Don’t read American media – Putin

The Russian president insisted that US news outlets often distort reality. Russian President Vladimir Putin has encouraged reporters to read the American media less. The...

Stuff leave Twitter (X)

The legacy media outlet will stop posting and sharing its content on Twitter (X) with immediate effect, the group announced yesterday. The company claimed Twitter...

Tara Reade: Russell Brand rape allegations are the return of the MeToo political zombie

If crimes were committed, they must be investigated and brought before court – but not the biased court of establishment media. Recently, actor and comedian...

NYT exposes Zelensky lie about Donbass missile strike

An investigation contradicts the Ukrainian president’s claim that a Russian attack killed civilians the same day as a visit by the US secretary of...

Russell Brand accused of rape

The British actor and comedian has claimed allegations against him are part of a wider ‘agenda at play’. The British actor and comedian Russell Brand...

How ‘Fact Checking’ Obliterates Truth

Truth is beauty and beauty is truth and it’s really beautiful when you can manipulate the truth to suit your own ends. Welcome to the...

‘MSM is the mirror image of the political establishment’ – New Conservatives

'The battle of the two Chris' would assume that NZ is still in a First Past The Post electoral system - that's all the...

Released: The Most Explosive New Zealand Investigative Documentary in recent times is launched

Episode One Red Carpet Event in Auckland this Sunday September 3. Press Release - Billy Te Kahika After a year’s work and filming 1800 minutes of...

MSM climate change content was government paid ‘propaganda’

Minister Megan Woods acknowledged in questioning that the government had paid money in exchange for mass media editorial content on 'climate change'. The story broke...

Guy Hatchard: If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck

The UK Daily Mail leads today with a story about the heart attack suffered by Bronny James on the basketball court. According to two UK doctors described...

Guy Hatchard: Something is happening, but what? RNZ wants us to fantasize about it

On Saturday, the UK Daily Express headlined a story “Experts call for urgent investigation as excess deaths spark ‘dangerous’ theories". UK excess deaths in 2023 have...

Google testing journalism AI – NYT

The tech giant’s AI chatbot Bard is already notorious for serving up false information as factual. Google is testing an AI-powered journalism product and pitching...

How to create a fake news cycle

Despite the best efforts of the mainstream media to pillory him as an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is having a moment. A...

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