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<description>There's never a shortage of opinions on the media - but Mediawatch looks at it all in detail twice a week, accompanied by to-the-point interviews and analysis. Mediawatch is a must-listen each week for those keen to know more about the news - and each edition must also stand up to the scrutiny of those who work in our media.</description>
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  <title>Infrastructure anxiety, AI feeds fake news flood</title>
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    <![CDATA[Solid and liquid sewage is streaming into the sea in the capital, as the government says we need to import gas to ease energy shortages. Flaky infrastructure is an election year issue again - but are the media seeing the big picture as well as the political one? Also: the battle to stop AI ripping off real New Zealand news and flooding Facebook.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <title>Infrastructure anxiety, AI feeds fake news flood</title>
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    <![CDATA[Solid and liquid sewage is streaming into the sea in the capital, as the government says we need to import gas to ease energy shortages. Flaky infrastructure is an election year issue again - but are the media seeing the big picture as well as the political one? Also: the battle to stop AI ripping off real New Zealand news and flooding Facebook.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <title>Midweek - WaPocalypse now, FLOTUS film flop</title>
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    <![CDATA[Turmoil at one of the great names of US media - The Washington Post. Also: the FLOTUS film flop, the sweary hero of our Winter Olympics, an outburst of 'enshitification'
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:36:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <title>Bad language on the air &amp; AI in our newsrooms</title>
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    <![CDATA[Surveys say we don't yet trust AI in our news, but a new report shows our newsrooms are all using it - even if they're not telling us. Another report says we're more bothered by bad language on air than we have been in the past. But what kind of stuff really offends us?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019021894/bad-language-on-the-air-and-ai-in-our-newsrooms</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Epstein overdrive, Mauao fallout, Luxon on camera</title>
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    <![CDATA[Epstein Files hog headlines worldwide as local angles emerge here. Also: more commentary on the tragedy at Mount Maunganui, the PM copping unfair criticism for his visits to the disaster zones, NZ radio stations under new Aussie ownership - and roadcone nonsense.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:30:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019021771/midweek-epstein-overdrive-mauao-fallout-luxon-on-camera</link>
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  <title>Death and extreme weather test media, NBR copyright crusade</title>
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    <![CDATA[The death and devastation in the north was sparked by weather which was extreme - but no longer unexpected. While media mapped out how it happened and lapses in the response, they copped criticism reporting the role of politics and climate change. Also: NBR confronting its own customers to force them to pay more, challenges for business news in 2026 - and great sporting headlines.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <title>Death and extreme weather test media, NBR copyright crusade</title>
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    <![CDATA[The death and devastation in the north was sparked by weather which was extreme - but no longer unexpected. While media mapped out how it happened and lapses in the response, they copped criticism reporting the role of politics and climate change. Also: NBR confronting its own customers to force them to pay more, challenges for business news in 2026 - and great sporting headlines.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019021209/death-and-extreme-weather-test-media-nbr-copyright-crusade</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Mauao tragedy, morning news shake-up, solo promos</title>
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    <![CDATA[How media reported the Mauao disaster and devatation elsewhere - and political counter-claims at a time of tragedy. Also morning news shake-up ahead, netball's media problems, and the art of the solo promo.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:20:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019020811/midweek-mauao-tragedy-morning-news-shake-up-solo-promos</link>
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  <title>Midweek - the good, bad and weird of 2025</title>
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    <![CDATA[Colin Peacock and Emile Donovan hand out Mediawatch's not-very-prestigious and not-at-all coveted annual awards - such as best leading of the media by the nose; worst live media event, and the Billy Connolly Trophy for breaking news about a single animal.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:19:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019017397/midweek-the-good-bad-and-weird-of-2025</link>
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  <title>'Mother of all debates’ &amp; right v left polarisation of news</title>
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    <![CDATA[The finance minister's pushed back hard at a lobby group's PR campaign which made headlines even before it began. The impact of online advocacy on our politics and news was also aired at two conferences this week. A visiting media veteran from the US talks to Mediawatch about the impact of polarisation on trust in the news.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019016684/mother-of-all-debates-and-right-v-left-polarisation-of-news</link>
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  <title>Midweek- PMs hog the screen, Coster at length, WBD</title>
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    <![CDATA[Presidents and Prime Ministers happily hogged the screen in TV specials this week - but not our PM. Ex-top cop Andrew Coster broke his silence at length - and big deals are being done in overseas media.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:33:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019016404/midweek-pms-hog-the-screen-coster-at-length-wbd</link>
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  <title>The political push for a social media ban, flatpack fever</title>
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    <![CDATA[Australia's banning social media for teens, and there's a slick media campaign for the same here. The PM's onside, but will the government follow? And why is a social media pioneer resisting this? Also: the media's fever for foreign flatpack furnishings.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019015835/the-political-push-for-a-social-media-ban-flatpack-fever</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Luxon rolls on, Dallow goes, intimate image exposure</title>
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    <![CDATA[PM pushes back the rumours of a rolling, but Dallow leaves TVNZ. Also: the ethics of intimate image exposure, RNZ's numbers boost - and when is it too soon to wrap up 2025?
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  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:55:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019015389/midweek-luxon-rolls-on-dallow-goes-intimate-image-exposure</link>
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  <title>The economy stupid, chatter rolls the PM, covid flip-flops</title>
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    <![CDATA[The government pledged to 'build the future' with its first election policy this week - and TVNZ aired a special show about our economic problems and possibilities. Do the media give us big picture with our politics and economy? Also: fact-free stories about rolling the PM - and Covid-19 hindsight flip-flops.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019014708/the-economy-stupid-chatter-rolls-the-pm-covid-flip-flops</link>
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  <title>The economy stupid, chatter rolls the PM, covid flip-flops</title>
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    <![CDATA[The government pledged to 'build the future' with its first election policy this week - and TVNZ aired a special show about our economic problems and possibilities. Do the media give us big picture with our politics and economy? Also: fact-free stories about rolling the PM - and Covid-19 hindsight flip-flops.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019014714/the-economy-stupid-chatter-rolls-the-pm-covid-flip-flops</link>
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  <title>The economy stupid, chatter rolls the PM, covid flip-flops</title>
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    <![CDATA[The government pledged to 'build the future' with its first election policy this week - and TVNZ aired a special show about our economic problems and possibilities. Do the media give us big picture with our politics and economy? Also: fact-free stories about rolling the PM - and Covid-19 hindsight flip-flops.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20251130-0900-the_economy_stupid_chatter_rolls_the_pm_covid_flip-flops-05.ogg" length="43791622" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019014844/the-economy-stupid-chatter-rolls-the-pm-covid-flip-flops</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Field family funeral, highway chickens</title>
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    <![CDATA[The Field family's funeral livestreamed, newspaper readership rebound, Press shines a light on who owns Christchurch, but Stuff slips up on the story of a jobless man. Also: why did the chickens cross the road in Tamaki?
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  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 21:21:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019014420/midweek-field-family-funeral-highway-chickens</link>
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  <title>EV angst, NZ Geo confront financial fragility</title>
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    <![CDATA[EVs were a booming business here - but now incentives have been stripped back, and lately they've been in the news for burning up. Is media coverage of isolated incidents beating up the danger? Also: A year ago a NZ Geographic revealed its own flaky finances - and bluntly told fans: back us or we fold. One year on - how did that work out?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019013733/ev-angst-nz-geo-confront-financial-fragility</link>
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  <title>EV angst, NZ Geo confront financial fragility</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[EVs were a booming business here - but now incentives have been stripped back, and lately they've been in the news for burning up. Is media coverage of isolated incidents beating up the danger? Also: A year ago a NZ Geographic revealed its own flaky finances - and bluntly told fans: back us or we fold. One year on - how did that work out?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019013763/ev-angst-nz-geo-confront-financial-fragility</link>
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  <title>Midweek - more Trump v BBC, Tararua tavern tensions</title>
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    <![CDATA[Trump vs BBC escalates, Irish and Scottish footballers - and Ronaldo - make epic media moments, Emile's Irish podcast slapdown. Also - Tararua tavern tension, Mercep rocks out at Metallica for 1News.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:54:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019013406/midweek-more-trump-v-bbc-tararua-tavern-tensions</link>
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  <title>BBC under political pressure from outside - and within</title>
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    <![CDATA[One edit in one episode ended up at the epicentre of major crisis for the world's biggest public broadcaster. Trump might take the BBC to the cleaners over it while media rivals crank up the damage to its reputation. But is the BBC's real impartiality problem internal?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019012834/bbc-under-political-pressure-from-outside-and-within</link>
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  <title>BBC under political pressure from outside - and within</title>
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    <![CDATA[One edit in one episode ended up at the epicentre of major crisis for the world's biggest public broadcaster. Trump might take the BBC to the cleaners over it while media rivals crank up the damage to its reputation. But is the BBC's real impartiality problem internal?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019012842/bbc-under-political-pressure-from-outside-and-within</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Shocker coppers, BBC bloodbath, Te Pati Maori</title>
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    <![CDATA[Two top BBC bosses quit in wake of Trump editing scandal, Police top brass blasted by damning IPCA report, Te Pati Maori meltdown prompts more media criticism.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:25:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019012434/midweek-shocker-coppers-bbc-bloodbath-te-pati-maori</link>
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  <title>Saving the marriage between journalism and the people</title>
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    <![CDATA[Surveys say our trust in the news is slipping seriously, but the latest one asks Kiwis why and what might get it back, and an RNZ editor's new book zeroes in on how to repair the relationship. Also: the downfall of the 'Duke of Yuck' yields unexpected local angle.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019011806/saving-the-marriage-between-journalism-and-the-people</link>
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  <title>Saving the marriage between journalism and the people</title>
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    <![CDATA[Surveys say our trust in the news is slipping seriously, but the latest one asks Kiwis why and what might get it back, and an RNZ editor's new book zeroes in on how to repair the relationship. Also: the downfall of the 'Duke of Yuck' yields unexpected local angle.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019011809/saving-the-marriage-between-journalism-and-the-people</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Police v Stuff, Dame Noeline's media blitz, NBR</title>
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    <![CDATA[Police back away from taking Stuff to court - but issue a warning. Also: Dame Noeline Taurua blows the Silver Ferns saga open again with a media blitz on Monday, and NBR goes legal on its own subscribers.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 21:22:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019011464/midweek-police-v-stuff-dame-noeline-s-media-blitz-nbr</link>
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  <title>OTT on CGT, punching below our weight on media freedom</title>
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    <![CDATA[Labour biting the bullet on capital gains tax this week got approval from media pundits and editors, but coverage of the political pointscoring was a bit of a zero-sum game. Also: a big rejig of Maori news and current affairs funding - and while NZ's leaders have been on the world stage this week, we've been accused of punching below our weight on global media freedom.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019010911/ott-on-cgt-punching-below-our-weight-on-media-freedom</link>
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  <title>Midweek - severe storms test media, netball keeps media at bay</title>
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    <![CDATA[Severe storms bring the best out of media - but climate change mentions raise hackles. Also: netball's top-brass keep exasperated media out of their internal business - while the Silver Ferns do the business on the court, and RNZ 'Nark' uses AI to give voice to the dead.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 21:41:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019010496/midweek-severe-storms-test-media-netball-keeps-media-at-bay</link>
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  <title>Hearts and minds battle on mega-strike, Talleys v TVNZ in court</title>
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    <![CDATA[Lawyers went toe-to-toe in court for weeks over a series of TVNZ news scoops about health and safety - and the broadcaster's own newsgathering. What can we learn from this high-stakes defamation case? Also - the government fired up a confrontational PR campaign to tell the public this week's 'mega-strike' was about politics, not pay. Did the media get the memo?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019009900/hearts-and-minds-battle-on-mega-strike-talleys-v-tvnz-in-court</link>
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  <title>Midweek - loud calls to call off the broadcasting watchdog</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[One complaint to the BSA has the PM claiming 'overreach' and his minister pledging reform - while politicians and lobby groups call for the watchdog to be put down. Paula Penfold ponders personal impact of reputation-ruining scoops.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 21:17:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019009605/midweek-loud-calls-to-call-off-the-broadcasting-watchdog</link>
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  <title>Pati-political rift plays out in media, what is broadcasting</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The broadcasting watchdog has told alternative online outlet The Platform it can consider complaints about it - just like TV and radio. Part of the problem is out-of-date media laws. Mediawatch asks the media minister and his opposition counterpart: what counts as broadcasting these days? And how should it be accountable? Also: how Te Pati Maori's tensions played out very differently in different media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20251019-0900-pati-political_rift_plays_out_in_media_what_is_broadcasting-05.ogg" length="47430540" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019009019/pati-political-rift-plays-out-in-media-what-is-broadcasting</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Gaza ceasefire, Platform v BSA, self-selected polls</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media coverage of the Gaza ceasefire, Platform's Plunket pushes back on broadcast watchdog, Metro magazine 'restructures' its full-time staff - and should self-selected polls be allowed in news?
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  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:34:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20251015-2234-midweek_-_gaza_ceasefire_platform_v_bsa_self-selected_polls-05.ogg" length="24514443" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019008596/midweek-gaza-ceasefire-platform-v-bsa-self-selected-polls</link>
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  <title>Netball’s PR nightmare, online harm examined again</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Netball's a national sport - and it's natural the media want to know if something's going wrong at the top. But have media made the game's current coaching drama worse- at the worst possible time? Also - what to do about online harm was aired in a Parliamentary inquiry this week. But was the purpose of this to prevent regulation that could make it safer?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20251012-0900-netballs_pr_nightmare_online_harm_examined_again-05.ogg" length="45667851" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019007905/netball-s-pr-nightmare-online-harm-examined-again</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Winston's window stoush, Maori news funding,</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Row over Gaza protest targeting foreign minister's house gets political - and an actress is cut from an ad. Also: RNZ picks new audio chief as two stalwarts depart, Police Ten-7 star Graham Bell, quake clarification for Emile.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 21:25:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20251008-2125-midweek_-_winstons_window_stoush_maori_news_funding-05.ogg" length="24622045" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019007641/midweek-winston-s-window-stoush-maori-news-funding</link>
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  <title>Seismic shift on quake-prone properties Palestinian statehood</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The rules are changing for earthquake-prone buildings - and many in the media are praising the savings. But the devil is in the details. Also: how the media responded to our position on Palestinian statehood - and a year and a half after huge cuts to TV current affairs, what's left - and what next?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019006906/seismic-shift-on-quake-prone-properties-palestinian-statehood</link>
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<item>
  <title>Seismic shift on quake-prone properties Palestinian statehood</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The rules are changing for earthquake-prone buildings - and many in the media are praising the savings. But the devil is in the details. Also: how the media responded to our position on Palestinian statehood - and a year and a half after huge cuts to TV current affairs, what's left - and what next?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20251005-0900-seismic_shift_on_quake-prone_properties_palestinian_statehood-05.ogg" length="41239728" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019007055/seismic-shift-on-quake-prone-properties-palestinian-statehood</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Watchdog rules on teen tragedy</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Media Council rules RNZ lacked balance reporting the tragic tale of a transgender teen. Also - RNZ cuts arts and culture programming on air, more blowback on Black Ferns coverage claims and US golf fans shame themselves on TV
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 23:31:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20251001-2331-midweek_-_watchdog_rules_on_teen_tragedy-05.ogg" length="26195704" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019006641/midweek-watchdog-rules-on-teen-tragedy</link>
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<item>
  <title>Midweek - Watchdog rules on teen tragedy</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Media Council rules RNZ lacked balance reporting the tragic tale of a transgender teen. Also - RNZ cuts arts and culture programming on air, more blowback on Black Ferns coverage claims and US golf fans shame themselves on TV
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 23:31:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019006651/midweek-watchdog-rules-on-teen-tragedy</link>
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<item>
  <title>Short-term focus on long-term problems, tackling taboo topics</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Bad news about the economy piling up - and piling pressure on the politicians in charge of it. But are the media shining light in the right places? Also - Trump vs Kimmel and free speech, two stalwarts of TV current affairs promising to tackle taboo topics to increase the peace, not polarisation.
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  <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250927-0900-short-term_focus_on_long-term_problems_tackling_taboo_topics-05.ogg" length="43296979" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019006050/short-term-focus-on-long-term-problems-tackling-taboo-topics</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Trump vs comedy and free speech, TVNZ &amp; RNZ's trust</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Trump's aggression puts media on the back foot; good news for RNZ on public trust - and for TVNZ after a spot check for bias; blowback for the Black Ferns after lack of coverage claims; local current affairs and drama back on TV
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  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:32:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250924-2132-midweek_-_trump_vs_comedy_and_free_speech_tvnz_and_rnzs_trust-05.ogg" length="23654576" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019005677/midweek-trump-vs-comedy-and-free-speech-tvnz-and-rnz-s-trust</link>
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  <title>News desert warning, pros and cons of property</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Hardly a news bulletin or newspaper goes by without stuff about houses and property. But what kind of coverage is it? And what effect does it have? Also - a former editor warns news deserts are creeping up on us, the Ferns falter - and media doing the right thing for the Phillips family. Social media? Not so much . . .
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250921-0900-news_desert_warning_pros_and_cons_of_property-05.ogg" length="41923718" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019005134/news-desert-warning-pros-and-cons-of-property</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Kirk's killing, rugby reactions, Phillips fallout</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Charlie Kirk's killing prompts strong reactions - even at this distance; 'historic' beating for All Blacks - and more muted coverage of winning Black Ferns; more media fallout from from sad Marokopa saga.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 21:17:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250917-2117-midweek_-_kirks_killing_rugby_reactions_phillips_fallout-05.ogg" length="20545945" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019004701/midweek-kirk-s-killing-rugby-reactions-phillips-fallout</link>
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  <title>Fugitive family &amp; public interest, Te Pati Maori v MSM, AI news</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[After fugitive father Tom Phillips' violent death, media made judgements about the public interest, the interests of the children - and what interested the public. Also: Te Pati Maori seems to be disengaging from non-Maori media - and an ex-RNZer pioneering automated news to boost newsrooms.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250914-0900-fugitive_family_and_public_interest_te_pati_maori_v_msm_ai_news-05.ogg" length="41296423" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019004045/fugitive-family-and-public-interest-te-pati-maori-v-msm-ai-news</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Fugitive father saga ends, row over doco and access</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media go big on the epic - but tragic - tale of fugitive father Tom Phillips; angst over over exclusive access for doco makers- and a columnist's criticism of Mediawatch.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:17:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250910-2117-midweek_-_fugitive_father_saga_ends_row_over_doco_and_access-05.ogg" length="17791117" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019003729/midweek-fugitive-father-saga-ends-row-over-doco-and-access</link>
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  <title>Exaggerating Amazon, the ‘foreign ban,’ RNZ flags changes</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Amazon investing billions and creating hundreds of jobs in tech here made breathless headlines earlier this week. But it turned out to be old news - and less than previously announced. How did that happen? Also: how the media handled the end of the ban on foreigners buying flash homes here - and more changes flagged at RNZ.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250907-0900-exaggerating_amazon_the_foreign_ban_rnz_flags_changes-05.ogg" length="34573713" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019003044/exaggerating-amazon-the-foreign-ban-rnz-flags-changes</link>
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  <title>Midweek night lights-out bolt from the boot</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Reserve Bank chair's after-hours exit fails to blunt media interest, harsh spotlight on new political candidate, the farmer who survived a bolt from the boot, political reporter returns - and the return of The Mish.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 21:57:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019002779/midweek-night-lights-out-bolt-from-the-boot</link>
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  <title>RNZ’s push to stop the slide on air, rude words OK</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[RNZ's new plan to stop RNZ National losing listeners, partly sparked by a harsh review of the network's capability and culture. Mediawatch asks RNZ's boss how he's handling this - and whether he really knows what listeners want. Also - rude words in the mainstream media that didn't break the rules.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250831-0900-rnzs_push_to_stop_the_slide_on_air_rude_words_ok-05.ogg" length="55433214" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019002028/rnz-s-push-to-stop-the-slide-on-air-rude-words-ok</link>
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  <title>RNZ’s push to stop the slide on air, rude words OK</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[RNZ's new plan to stop RNZ National losing listeners, partly sparked by a harsh review of the network's capability and culture. Mediawatch asks RNZ's boss how he's handling this - and whether he really knows what listeners want. Also - rude words in the mainstream media that didn't break the rules.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019002414/rnz-s-push-to-stop-the-slide-on-air-rude-words-ok</link>
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  <title>Midweek - TVNZ starts charging, RNZ gains listeners</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[TVNZ launches its first paid-for product, NZME announces a $400k loss and the composition of its new editorial board - and RNZ's listenership snakes upward for the first time since 2022.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:43:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250827-2143-midweek_-_tvnz_starts_charging_rnz_gains_listeners-05.ogg" length="34661908" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019001760/midweek-tvnz-starts-charging-rnz-gains-listeners</link>
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  <title>Image problems, clawing back from AI, gentle whispers</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[One woman became the unwilling face of political cause she strongly opposed because her image was for sale online - and one outlet faked photos of a whanau to 'protect its mana.' What are the ethics of stock images? Also - how 'gentle whispers' of political succession failed to fire, and can the media claw back money from AI crawling their content online?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019001194/image-problems-clawing-back-from-ai-gentle-whispers</link>
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  <title>Midweek - RNZ's plan, conflict of interest, insurance ads</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[RNZ's strategy to stop the loss of radio listeners sparks a strong reaction from pundits - and the listeners. Also - a political party proves a point using the official complaints process- and irritating ads for insurance.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 21:45:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250820-2145-midweek_-_rnzs_plan_conflict_of_interest_insurance_ads-05.ogg" length="30155339" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019000788/midweek-rnz-s-plan-conflict-of-interest-insurance-ads</link>
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  <title>Statehood stoush, political polls, RNZ’s listener loss</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[How the media handled controversy over recognising Palestine - two political opinion polls in a day. Also: RNZ prepping out a plan to stop the loss of listeners as a former news chief tells the top brass to make big changes and - do Kiwis believe the media deliver what they promise?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250817-0900-statehood_stoush_political_polls_rnzs_listener_loss-05.ogg" length="49593025" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019000164/statehood-stoush-political-polls-rnz-s-listener-loss</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Assassinations in Gaza, poll chaos, ad backlash</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A crew of Al Jazeera journalists are assassinated in Gaza, two political polls in a day fire up the media, and an ad from Hobson's Pledge prompts a backlash - and a debate about ethical use of photos.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 21:30:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018999819/midweek-assassinations-in-gaza-poll-chaos-ad-backlash</link>
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  <title>NCEA not achieved, Tariff ‘surprise,’ magazines on the block</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at how the media graded NCEA as 'not achieved' after the government proposed dumping it this week. And the headlines said Trump's 15 per cent tariff was 'a surprise.' But was it? Some of our most popular magazines are up for sale across the Tasman - again. Who's buying?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018999129/ncea-not-achieved-tariff-surprise-magazines-on-the-block</link>
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  <title>Midweek- Reality TV, RNZ tweaks, Donnell goneburger</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Public purse picking up part of the bill for local reality TV, RNZ tweaks Morning Report, Hayden Donnell goneburger from Mediawatch, Colin taught a French lesson.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 21:30:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018998848/midweek-reality-tv-rnz-tweaks-donnell-goneburger</link>
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  <title>FBI guy drops in, paywave politics, Gaza dilemma, MEX folds</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The headline-making secret visit of the FBI's top guy, the politics of paywave, and starvation in Gaza hitting home for news outlets. Also: the Marlborough Express folded this week after 160 years in print. What is lost when local news goes online-only? And is it a sign of things to come for others?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250803-0900-fbi_guy_drops_in_paywave_politics_gaza_dilemma_mex_folds-05.ogg" length="41064811" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018998296/fbi-guy-drops-in-paywave-politics-gaza-dilemma-mex-folds</link>
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  <title>Midweek - starvation in Gaza, announcements, polling on a whim</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Pressure goes on The Platform over a tweet from its founder, gaza starvation hits home for media, announcements of an announcement and a polling company chief puts out a question on a whim - with interesting results.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:20:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018997858/midweek-starvation-in-gaza-announcements-polling-on-a-whim</link>
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  <title>Bitter butter battle tops bulletins, Saudi sports cash</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A bitter battle over the price of butter led news bulletins this week, prompting a 'please explain' from the finance minister to Fonterra. But did the media miss the main point? Also: pundits say Sky TV taking over Three strengthens its on-screen sport play, but the cash Saudi Arabia's suddenly splashing could end up changing the picture.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018997151/bitter-butter-battle-tops-bulletins-saudi-sports-cash</link>
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  <title>Midweek - 3 for $1, screen sport shake-up, frenchification</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Sky buys Three for $1. Also - a shake-up sport on screen, some commentary classics, the Frenchification of Emile Donovan - and was Wrexham FC in Welly a real thing?
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 21:30:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018996876/midweek-3-for-1-screen-sport-shake-up-frenchification</link>
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  <title>Politicians targeted by ads, ministers' multimedia handouts</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Campaigns targeting politicians in the media are getting more intense - and politicians are getting more multimedia with their own messages for the press. Are these the same old tactics using new tech? Or a new push to dodge media scrutiny and shape the story?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018996298/politicians-targeted-by-ads-ministers-multimedia-handouts</link>
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  <title>Midweek: Chung scandal, Stuff  story, newsreader's politics</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A media frenzy over Ray Chung's lurid email about Wellington mayor Tory Whanau, Stuff retracts a story about AI blood testing, and a former newsreader enters the Tamaki Makaurau by-election.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 21:40:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018995907/midweek-chung-scandal-stuff-story-newsreader-s-politics</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Chung scandal, Stuff  story, newsreader's politics</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A media frenzy over Ray Chung's lurid email about Wellington mayor Tory Whanau, Stuff retracts a story about AI blood testing, and a former newsreader enters the Tamaki Makaurau by-election.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 21:40:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018995910/midweek-chung-scandal-stuff-story-newsreader-s-politics</link>
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  <title>Covid inquiry 2, fiscal holes set for re-run, TVNZ bias check</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The backers of the second official inquiry into the Covid response say it's crucial for preparing us for the next pandemic - but the media mostly zeroed in on whether big-name politicians would show up. Also: TVNZ checking itself for bias, French vocab slipping into the news, and do we need to brace for more 'fiscal hole' fury in Election 2026?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250713-0900-covid_inquiry_2_fiscal_holes_set_for_re-run_tvnz_bias_check-05.ogg" length="40233100" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018995237/covid-inquiry-2-fiscal-holes-set-for-re-run-tvnz-bias-check</link>
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  <title>Covid inquiry 2, fiscal holes set for re-run, TVNZ bias check</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The backers of the second official inquiry into the Covid response say it's crucial for preparing us for the next pandemic - but the media mostly zeroed in on whether big-name politicians would show up. Also: TVNZ checking itself for bias, French vocab slipping into the news, and do we need to brace for more 'fiscal hole' fury in Election 2026?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250713-0900-covid_inquiry_2_fiscal_holes_set_for_re-run_tvnz_bias_check-05.ogg" length="45855437" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018995273/covid-inquiry-2-fiscal-holes-set-for-re-run-tvnz-bias-check</link>
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  <title>Midweek- local papers fold, BBC &amp; ABC fallout, RNZ exec goes</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The closure of more local newspapers, further fallout for the BBC and the ABC over editorial handling of Gaza, senior RNZ exec resigns - and peacock persecution.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 22:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250709-2212-midweek-_local_papers_fold_bbc_and_abc_fallout_rnz_exec_goes-05.ogg" length="30555889" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018994931/midweek-local-papers-fold-bbc-and-abc-fallout-rnz-exec-goes</link>
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  <title>Awkward opinions test backbone, a picture of health</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at a sudden slew of stuff on screen about life at the coal face in health, hospitals and hospices. Is the up close and personal approach also political? Speaking of political . . . bosses at two big broadcasters have ended up in the gun this week over other peoples' opinions about Israel and Gaza - and political leaders line up the media for more criticism.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250706-0900-awkward_opinions_test_backbone_a_picture_of_health-05.ogg" length="48681514" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018994233/awkward-opinions-test-backbone-a-picture-of-health</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Christchurch 'lone wolf' questioned, Newstalk clash</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A new podcast questions the 'lone wolf' narrative around the Christchurch terror attack, Newsroom asks some hard questions about the state housing sell-off, Stuff's TradeMe deal gets finalised - ZB's Hosking clashes with education minister on 'Maorification'
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 21:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250702-2109-midweek_-_christchurch_lone_wolf_questioned_newstalk_clash-05.ogg" length="33450246" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018993948/midweek-christchurch-lone-wolf-questioned-newstalk-clash</link>
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<item>
  <title>OMG! Is it WW3?, AI telling us what we want to hear</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[It was hard for media all around the world to work out what happened in the Middle East. But claims that WW3 and global recession might be upon us here were rolled back within a day. Also: Chat GPT's been accused of lying, making stuff up and gaslighting a UK journalist while Google's AI seems to be telling us what we want to hear. Is AI human after all?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250629-0900-omg_is_it_ww3_ai_telling_us_what_we_want_to_hear-05.ogg" length="57830182" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018993354/omg-is-it-ww3-ai-telling-us-what-we-want-to-hear</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Fog of war, Seymour vs media, dating start-up hiccups</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The media's difficulties sorting out the fact from fiction in the Middle East fog of war, entrepreneur cites negative coverage selling dating business, David Seymour taking on the media - again - and fundraising.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:30:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250625-2130-midweek_-_fog_of_war_seymour_vs_media_dating_start-up_hiccups-05.ogg" length="27045695" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018992958/midweek-fog-of-war-seymour-vs-media-dating-start-up-hiccups</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sick leave saga, public v private health claims</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at the debate over whether private or public providers should be cutting waiting lists for surgery, or what combo of both will work best - and how sick leave suddenly surged to the top of the news agenda, sparked by an unlikely source.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250622-0900-sick_leave_saga_public_v_private_health_claims-05.ogg" length="34656352" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018992384/sick-leave-saga-public-v-private-health-claims</link>
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  <title>Sick leave saga, public v private health claims</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at the debate over whether private or public providers should be cutting waiting lists for surgery, or what combo of both will work best - and how sick leave suddenly surged to the top of the news agenda, sparked by an unlikely source.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250622-0900-sick_leave_saga_public_v_private_health_claims-05.ogg" length="34708302" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018992586/sick-leave-saga-public-v-private-health-claims</link>
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  <title>Midweek- A troubling story about a troubled trans teen 's death</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[RNZ challenged over a troubling tale of transgender teenager who died alone with anorexia, ZB Ryan Bridge's performs a hot-take talk radio turnaround on the economy, RNZ open up voluntary redundancy after budget cut.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250618-2200-midweek-_a_troubling_story_about_a_troubled_trans_teen_s_death-05.ogg" length="28494293" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018992024/midweek-a-troubling-story-about-a-troubled-trans-teen-s-death</link>
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  <title>Local election promises, Greg Hywood, play about the past</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Some local election hopefuls are already pitching policies publicly. Are media checking them out before putting them in the news? Also: an Aussie once in charge of our papers talks about where the media is heading - and a play about authoritarian over-reach in 1950s America echoes what's happening now.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250615-0900-local_election_promises_greg_hywood_play_about_the_past-05.ogg" length="38909729" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018991320/local-election-promises-greg-hywood-play-about-the-past</link>
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  <title>Midweek - LA aggro, advocacy ads, David v media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Coverage of the aggro in LA; media feel the heat from advocacy ads, why David Seymour snubs Morning Report, the controversy created by dangerous combat-type cash prize contests
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250611-2100-midweek_-_la_aggro_advocacy_ads_david_v_media-05.ogg" length="26766299" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018991046/midweek-la-aggro-advocacy-ads-david-v-media</link>
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  <title>Stuff twins up with Trade Me, NZME top table change</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The same day Stuff twinned up with Trade Me, its big rival NZME overhauled its board and ushered in a self-described 'agitator' from overseas. But both are banking on profitable property platforms at the heart their businesses. A good thing for media that need money - or a plague on both their houses? Also - the backlash against the backlash against dangerous games.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018990399/stuff-twins-up-with-trade-me-nzme-top-table-change</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Stuff &amp; NZME, video hiccups, lost in the edit</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Stuff/Trade me marriage, NZME settles board stoush. Also - teething troubles at the Herald's new show, the pivot to video - and the power of the edit in politics.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 23:03:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250604-2303-midweek_-_stuff_and_nzme_video_hiccups_lost_in_the_edit-05.ogg" length="28700658" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018990078/midweek-stuff-and-nzme-video-hiccups-lost-in-the-edit</link>
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  <title>The climate for climate change coverage, Run It Straight</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The state of climate change reporting in a changed political climate - and a time when the media have their own existential emergency. Also - how the Run It Straight went from social media phenomenon to national news media controversy.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018989592/the-climate-for-climate-change-coverage-run-it-straight</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Herald streaming, RNZ falling, Deputy Dave deepdives</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Herald's new streaming news show, RNZ National listeners tuning out, David Seymour's political past under the spotlight.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 22:40:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018989184/midweek-herald-streaming-rnz-falling-deputy-dave-deepdives</link>
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  <title>The Budget, vanguard v rearguard on AI, social media pushback</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The media make a big deal of the Budget every year, even though the big money's already been announced. But what was in it for the media this year? Also: vanguard vs the rearguard on AI in the media; political push-back on social media and more bad language - and the perils of cold-calling folks live on air.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250525-0900-the_budget_vanguard_v_rearguard_on_ai_social_media_pushback-05.ogg" length="44893804" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018988466/the-budget-vanguard-v-rearguard-on-ai-social-media-pushback</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Vance wins, Winston heckled, Stuff vs Stuff</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[After days being berated for deploying the c-word, Andrea Vance was named political journalist of the year. Meanwhile Stuff took on Stuff, and Winston Peters' pre-Budget announcement went off the rails at a railway station
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  <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 21:28:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250521-2128-midweek_-_vance_wins_winston_heckled_stuff_vs_stuff-05.ogg" length="29045751" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018988174/midweek-vance-wins-winston-heckled-stuff-vs-stuff</link>
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  <title>Dead c-word strategy &amp; c-bomb fallout, AI in BBC news</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Coverage of the outcry sparked by the sudden change to legislation for pay equity claims - and how one rude word in one newspaper column derailed the debate. Also - AI at the BBC: how the world's biggest broadcaster is using AI in its news and programmes.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250518-0900-dead_c-word_strategy_and_c-bomb_fallout_ai_in_bbc_news-05.ogg" length="41246719" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018987599/dead-c-word-strategy-and-c-bomb-fallout-ai-in-bbc-news</link>
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  <title>Midweek - C-bomb rocks the House, NZME truce</title>
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    <![CDATA[Midweek - Sunday Star Times C-bomb rocks the House. Also - the governemnt's social media ban gets big backing, and a possible truce in the NZME boardroom battle.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 22:45:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018987187/midweek-c-bomb-rocks-the-house-nzme-truce</link>
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  <title>Sudden surge of concern about social media, sport on screen</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An entire generation's grown up with little regulation of their digital world. But this week there was a sudden surge of political concern about social media for teens. Also: NZ Rugby's in the red even though its income from TV's topped $100m. But netball's got no broadcaster beyond this year for its top comp. Is it a warning for sports that need TV money to pay players?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018986464/sudden-surge-of-concern-about-social-media-sport-on-screen</link>
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  <title>Sudden surge of concern about social media, sport on screen</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An entire generation's grown up with little regulation of their digital world. But this week there was a sudden surge of political concern about social media for teens. Also: NZ Rugby's in the red even though its income from TV's topped $100m. But netball's got no broadcaster beyond this year for its top comp. Is it a warning for sports that need TV money to pay players?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018986582/sudden-surge-of-concern-about-social-media-sport-on-screen</link>
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  <title>Midweek - NZME compromises, podcast self-destructs, email angst</title>
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    <![CDATA[A new compromise candidate emerges to lead NZME - along with some undisclosed outsourcing. Also: 1News scoop about Erica Stanford's emails draws fire from talk radio, a politics podcast podcast's sudden self-destruction - and NZ climbs media freedom ladder by default.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 21:29:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018986208/midweek-nzme-compromises-podcast-self-destructs-email-angst</link>
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  <title>Midweek - NZME compromises, podcast self-destructs, email angst</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A new compromise candidate emerges to lead NZME - along with some undisclosed outsourcing. Also: 1News scoop about Erica Stanford's emails draws fire from talk radio, a politics podcast podcast's sudden self-destruction - and NZ climbs media freedom ladder by default.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 21:29:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250507-2129-midweek_-_nzme_compromises_podcast_self-destructs_email_angst-05.ogg" length="28427944" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018986317/midweek-nzme-compromises-podcast-self-destructs-email-angst</link>
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  <title>Bootcamps &amp; bad data, elections confound media, NZME battle</title>
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    <![CDATA[Media assumptions about election outcomes were upended in Canberra and Canada this week - and guessing the result of upcoming ones in Wellington and the Vatican suddenly seem risky. Is picking political winners now a fool's game? Also: cranky calls for military service based on bad stats - and the latest on that bitter boardroom battle at NZME.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018985519/bootcamps-and-bad-data-elections-confound-media-nzme-battle</link>
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  <title>Doco lifts lid on Destiny, Pope farewelled, US party falls flat</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A controversial documentary series by TVNZ's John Campbell - which didn't quite kick off like it was meant to. Also: 'Peoples Pope' farewelled, US media's annual White House party falls flat.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:19:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250430-2119-doco_lifts_lid_on_destiny_pope_farewelled_us_party_falls_flat-05.ogg" length="31546505" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018985234/doco-lifts-lid-on-destiny-pope-farewelled-us-party-falls-flat</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Pope coverage, RNZ clash, identical eye-witnesses</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Pope Francis's death prompts breaking news weirdness, Winston Peters butts heads with RNZ, identical Aussie twins go viral with synchronised eye-witness account, a Wellington councilor's on-the-record outburst - and a housing headline excluding renters
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250423-2106-midweek_-_pope_coverage_rnz_clash_identical_eye-witnesses-05.ogg" length="28468333" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018984323/midweek-pope-coverage-rnz-clash-identical-eye-witnesses</link>
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  <title>Jailed journo’s life on screen, Rhema bucks the trend</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Jailed journalist Peter Greste tells Mediawatch about the worst times in his life up on the big screen in 'The Correspondent.' Also - the country's main Christian broadcaster Rhema is bucking the trend of media contraction - even though its target market's shrinking and appealing to a broad church is tough in these polarised times.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018983850/jailed-journo-s-life-on-screen-rhema-bucks-the-trend</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Polk folk, trust feedback, lobbying lid-lifting</title>
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    <![CDATA[Does TV doco Polk live up to the hype - or live down to the claims of tabloid clickbait? Also - further feedback feedback on 'trust in news', new unofficial register lifts the lid on lobbying a little.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018983572/midweek-polk-folk-trust-feedback-lobbying-lid-lifting</link>
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  <title>Trust in news slump stalls, Canada pushes back</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Another year - another drop in trust in the news here, according to the biggest annual survey of it. But the slump seems to have stalled and some outlets have gained trust this time round - though we're still world leaders in 'news avoidance.' Mediawatch looks at all this - and talks to a Canadian confronting the same trends there.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018982993/trust-in-news-slump-stalls-canada-pushes-back</link>
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  <title>Trust in news slump stalls, Canada pushes back</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Another year - another drop in trust in the news here, according to the biggest annual survey of it. But the slump seems to have stalled and some outlets have gained trust this time round - though we're still world leaders in 'news avoidance.' Mediawatch looks at all this - and talks to a Canadian confronting the same trends there.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018982994/trust-in-news-slump-stalls-canada-pushes-back</link>
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  <title>Midweek - MediaWorks bought, Herald positive, Green MP speaks</title>
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    <![CDATA[An outdoor ad company buys the country's largest radio network, NZME launches a positive news campaign - and Hayden launches an unauthorised theme tune. Also - Green MP Benjamin Doyle speaks out about a toxic online campaign against them that garnered widespread media coverage - and dire fake news about wolves.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 20:14:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250409-2014-midweek_-_mediaworks_bought_herald_positive_green_mp_speaks-05.ogg" length="34044310" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018982585/midweek-mediaworks-bought-herald-positive-green-mp-speaks</link>
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  <title>Super-market failure, ad income slump, local paper paper row</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Just two companies have carved up most of our grocery bills for years. The government says change is coming - but many in the media don't seem to believe it;s possible. Also - our media's slumping share of ad income, and local papers' paper dispute.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250406-0900-super-market_failure_ad_income_slump_local_paper_paper_row-05.ogg" length="40145814" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018981985/super-market-failure-ad-income-slump-local-paper-paper-row</link>
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  <title>Green in the gun, NZME update, Stuff falls foul of BSA on ASH</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Green MP's social media spark controversy - and claims the media ran shy of the story. Also: NZME's bitter battle for control rumbles on, and the broadcasting watchdog sanctions Stuff for a ThreeNews scoop that fell short on fairness, balance and accuracy.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:48:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250402-2248-green_in_the_gun_nzme_update_stuff_falls_foul_of_bsa_on_ash-05.ogg" length="25602633" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018981597/green-in-the-gun-nzme-update-stuff-falls-foul-of-bsa-on-ash</link>
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  <title>Green shoots and dire data, NZME angst, easiest scoop ever</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Are our media confusing us with claims about 'green shoots' in the economy at the same time as more dire data in the headlines? Also - the epic security fail at the top of the Trump regime that gave a senior journalist the easiest scoop he will ever get - and the battle for control of NZME ramps up with a flurry of letters.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250330-0900-green_shoots_and_dire_data_nzme_angst_easiest_scoop_ever-05.ogg" length="48669222" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018981027/green-shoots-and-dire-data-nzme-angst-easiest-scoop-ever</link>
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  <title>Midweek- NZME board battle goes postal, Stuff's AI tweak</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Billionaire Jim Grenon's letter-writing spree as he tries to take control of NZME's board & a click-driven incentive scheme at the company. Also - more journalists are killed in Gaza & an Oscar-winning filmmaker assaulted; Stuff quietly drops a disclosure commitment from its AI policy.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:32:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250326-2132-midweek-_nzme_board_battle_goes_postal_stuffs_ai_tweak-05.ogg" length="24733782" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018980589/midweek-nzme-board-battle-goes-postal-stuff-s-ai-tweak</link>
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  <title>Lid-lifting Kiwi gagged over Facebook, lifestyle journalism</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A Kiwi lifting the lid on Facebook's been gagged before she could talk to RNZ. Why? And what did she say before Meta called its lawyers? Also: news publishers' ownership in play & lifestyle journalism's being squeezed by our cash-strapped media, but RNZ's boosting it and the country's oldest magazine is shifting its focus.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250323-0900-lid-lifting_kiwi_gagged_over_facebook_lifestyle_journalism-05.ogg" length="41966321" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018979878/lid-lifting-kiwi-gagged-over-facebook-lifestyle-journalism</link>
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  <title>Ownership angst, lunch fatigue, US podcast bombast</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Rivals appeal to NZME shareholders as Stuff carves its chief's one share into a million. Also: MAGA-powered podcasters control the zone - and have we lost the appetite for school lunch scrutiny?
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 22:40:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018979584/ownership-angst-lunch-fatigue-us-podcast-bombast</link>
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  <title>Media question PM’s position, integrity initiative for media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The PM's got plenty on his plate right now, including media hinting his time is up in the top job. Is that true - or fair? Also: a new move to use the media to improve integrity in public life and push back at vested interests. Sounds good, but are things really that bad?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018978722/media-question-pm-s-position-integrity-initiative-for-media</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Poll angst, NZME upheaval</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A new poll piles pressure on the PM and his party, the billionaire bidding to unseat NZME's board hits back at claims about his intentions, a Paddington clarification
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  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 20:40:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018978607/midweek-poll-angst-nzme-upheaval</link>
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  <title>NZME’s billionaire buy-in, a rash of resignations, water woe</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Concern over a sudden change of editorial direction at NZME as a billionaire bids for control. Also: reporting Wellington's water woes and a sudden rush of top-level resignations.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018978018/nzme-s-billionaire-buy-in-a-rash-of-resignations-water-woe</link>
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  <title>Midweek: Ever-present Pres, billionaire buy-ins, NZ life on TV</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek: The ever-present US President makes the most of set-piece media events. Also -billionaires seeking stakes in our media & rights to air rugby - and TV shows about life in NZ fifty years apart.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 22:30:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250305-2230-midweek-_ever-present_pres_billionaire_buy-ins_nz_life_on_tv-05.ogg" length="25531836" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018977622/midweek-ever-present-pres-billionaire-buy-ins-nz-life-on-tv</link>
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  <title>China crisis, defending defunding, school food fight</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Chinese warships in the Tasman Sea promp big calls to bump up the budget for defence ASAP. Also - the super-heated headlines about factory-to-school lunches and we talk to the international outfit defending public broadcasters from de-funding.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250302-0900-china_crisis_defending_defunding_school_food_fight-05.ogg" length="44403784" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018976779/china-crisis-defending-defunding-school-food-fight</link>
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  <title>China crisis, defending against defunding, school food fight</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Chinese warships in the Tasman Sea promp big calls to bump up the budget for defence ASAP. Also - the super-heated headlines about factory-to-school lunches and we talk to the international outfit defending public broadcasters from de-funding.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250302-0900-china_crisis_defending_against_defunding_school_food_fight-05.ogg" length="44759842" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018977028/china-crisis-defending-against-defunding-school-food-fight</link>
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  <title>Midweek - messy ministerial resignation, NZME numbers.</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media go forensic on Andrew Bayly's ministerial resignation, the PM's ZB stumble, NZME's revealing annual results - & the real story of Golriz at PaknSave
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  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 21:05:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250226-2105-midweek_-_messy_ministerial_resignation_nzme_numbers-05.ogg" length="27618066" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018976616/midweek-messy-ministerial-resignation-nzme-numbers</link>
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  <title>Surviving 2025, decoding Destiny, luring tourists</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Surviving 2025 in the intertwined industries of media and advertising. Should our government follow Australia's media policy - and beware of billionaires? Also: decoding Destiny and the tricky task luring Aussie tourists.
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  <pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20250222-0900-surviving_2025_decoding_destiny_luring_tourists-05.ogg" length="48964800" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018975949/surviving-2025-decoding-destiny-luring-tourists</link>
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  <title>Midweek-NZME exodus &amp; video, capital vision, attracting Aussies</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Big names at the Herald lose their jobs in a major news rejig, a Wellington ginger group getting a helping hand - and attracting Aussies in 1962.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:15:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018975623/midweek-nzme-exodus-and-video-capital-vision-attracting-aussies</link>
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  <title>Golden visas, risky paid content, deep pockets for journalism</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[How plans for wealthy foreign investors hit the headlines this week - and how did paid-for propaganda end up on a major news website? Also: two business journalists want to make the most out of much-needed money for important investigative journalism
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018974908/golden-visas-risky-paid-content-deep-pockets-for-journalism</link>
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  <title>Midweek - D Seymour v Herald, Guy Williams &amp; more</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Comedian Guy Williams' Waitangi run-in with David Seymour - and the Act leader's pushback at the Herald; a new video channel proposal by NZME - and new government plans to help local media.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:32:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018974632/midweek-d-seymour-v-herald-guy-williams-and-more</link>
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  <title>Sudden surge of diplomatic drama &amp; news deserts rolled back</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Trump's alarmed the world with trade tariffs, turning off aid and proposing to take over Gaza. But New Zealand's had its own diplomatic dramas in the news - with the media in the middle of them. Also: new news outlets popping up to push back fear of 'news deserts.'
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018973923/sudden-surge-of-diplomatic-drama-and-news-deserts-rolled-back</link>
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  <title>Midweek - foreign 'fake news,' entertainers (mis)remembered</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The 'fake news' from Israel that strained our relationship with the US - and a long-suppressed offender's name finally comes out. Also: Tributes to the Jonah Lomu and Marianne Faithfull which missed the mark - and two reports on transport which didn't.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 23:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018973716/midweek-foreign-fake-news-entertainers-mis-remembered</link>
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  <title>Summertime - and the living’s uneasy for media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Summertime - and the living is easy, the old Gerschwin song says. But he didn't have to keep Kiwis tuned in during the summer news drought. Meanwhile the outside world has changed a lot since Christmas - and the media industry's problems here haven't taken a holiday either.
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  <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:45:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018972954/summertime-and-the-living-s-uneasy-for-media</link>
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  <title>Midweek - new year, new layoffs</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[NZME's plan to cut nearly 40 staff including some big names, a s spiky editorial response to a reader questioning coverage - and a belated Mediawatch award for misinformation in 2024.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:52:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018972683/midweek-new-year-new-layoffs</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for Sunday 22 December 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week Colin Peacock looks at one part of the media bucking the trend of decline - and Hayden Donnell gives us his Christmas wish.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2024 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018969522/mediawatch-for-sunday-22-december-2024</link>
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  <title>Facing the pressure &amp; bucking the trend in 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at how the media fared against the forces against them in 2024 - and how one part of the media in one part of the country seems to be bucking the trend of decline. Also - Hayden Donnell's Christmas wish for media this year.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018969112/facing-the-pressure-and-bucking-the-trend-in-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek - The Mediawatch Awards for 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's not-very-prestigious and not-at-all coveted annual media awards - including biggest flip-flop; best and worst jingle and nickname; state-of-media analysis of the year, the pushing musical boundaries award - and the Billy Connolly Trophy for a single animal making national news.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018969021/midweek-the-mediawatch-awards-for-2024</link>
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  <title>Media under the sinking lid in 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch talks to two media bosses who've had the media's economic headwinds blowing their hair back in 2024. What's the state of the media now - and how might the state intervene in 2025? Also: how the government stepped in on two other businesses with big problems - racing and the ferries.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018968313/media-under-the-sinking-lid-in-2024</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for Sunday 15th October</title>
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    <![CDATA[Mediawatch talks to two media bosses who've had the media's economic headwinds blowing their hair back in 2024. What's the state of the media now - and how might the state intervene in 2025? Also: how the government stepped in on two other businesses with big problems - racing and the ferries.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018968472/mediawatch-for-sunday-15th-october</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Kiwi Clasico, BoJo v KiHi, Stuff split?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Could Stuff could split itself up; media hype local football fever; Kim Hill vs BoJo; RIP Hutt Valley stalwart Nicholas Boyack.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 23:01:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018968034/midweek-kiwi-clasico-bojo-v-kihi-stuff-split</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for Sunday 8th December</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s was cheered on by many media - including some of ours. But it's also highlighted their own dependency on big tech. Meanwhile one TV broadcaster that went all-in on TikTok has found a huge new audience. But what are the risks?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2024 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018967487/mediawatch-for-sunday-8th-december</link>
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  <title>If you can’t beat social media, join it. Or ban it?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s was cheered on by many media - including some of ours. But it's also highlighted their own dependency on big tech. Meanwhile one TV broadcaster that went all-in on TikTok has found a huge new audience. But what are the risks?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018967333/if-you-can-t-beat-social-media-join-it-or-ban-it</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Luxon appears at last</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[PM's long-awaited appearance on Q+A, Atlas explored, Wellington ginger group's political contacts come to light, RNZ brought to book & Newshub's stuff survives on Stuff 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:32:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018967128/midweek-luxon-appears-at-last</link>
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  <title>Two towns’ news under pressure, copyrights and wrongs</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The tale of two towns - Taupo and Westport - which face losing their only local newspaper. Also: new bid to change the law so parody and satire doesn't run the risk of breaking it - and to clear up who owns digital media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018966874/two-towns-news-under-pressure-copyrights-and-wrongs</link>
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  <title>Tiriti talk, TJ’s haka, funding for factual stuff in 2025</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek - Treaty Principles Bill and TJ Perenara's controversial haka stir debate; the latest public funding for current affairs and journalism and Three's local stuff for 2025.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018966066/tiriti-talk-tj-s-haka-funding-for-factual-stuff-in-2025</link>
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  <title>Hikoi hoha, news deserts, deep-dive deep-pocket podcast</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week's Hikoi mo Te Tiriti harvested heaps of headlines, hours of airtime and piles of print and pixels - media copped plenty of criticism for the coverage. Also: a deep-dive podcast that needed deep pockets - and warnings of 'news deserts' here.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2024 09:01:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018965565/hikoi-hoha-news-deserts-deep-dive-deep-pocket-podcast</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for Sunday 17th November 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Why was an award-winning journalist dedicated to reporting abuse in state care briefly banned from the official apology for that this week? Also - NZME plans to close 14 local North Island papers, possibly leaving some towns without coverage.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2024 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-sun-20241117-0908-mediawatch_for_sunday_24th_november_2024-02.ogg" length="18178730" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018964509/mediawatch-for-sunday-17th-november-2024</link>
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  <title>Aaron Smale’s ban from Crown apology &amp; papers on the block</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Why was an award-winning journalist dedicated to reporting abuse in state care briefly banned from the official apology for that this week? Also - NZME plans to close 14 local North Island papers, possibly leaving some towns without coverage.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20241117-0900-aaron_smales_ban_from_crown_apology_and_papers_on_the_block-05.ogg" length="34703168" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018964319/aaron-smale-s-ban-from-crown-apology-and-papers-on-the-block</link>
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  <title>Hikoi hits the road, news cuts, foreign football flashpoint</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek - Hikoi hits the road; Seymour vs TVNZ; TV news cuts latest and how sketchy reports of a foreign football flashpoint sparked a diplomatic incident.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018964053/hikoi-hits-the-road-news-cuts-foreign-football-flashpoint</link>
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  <title>Trump’s triumph, making social media accountable</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA["It's their media world now. We just live in it" - what news media are taking away from the Trump triumph; how Australia and Malaysia are making social media accountable for the content they carry
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20241110-0900-trumps_triumph_making_social_media_accountable-05.ogg" length="38573779" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018963358/trump-s-triumph-making-social-media-accountable</link>
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  <title>He's back</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek: the epic media coverage of an epic US election that's put Trump back in charge. Also - more grim news from TVNZ; and warnings from Crux and NZ Geographic
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 20:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20241106-2009-hes_back-05.ogg" length="35667552" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018963071/he-s-back</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for Sunday 3rd November 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Could the boss of the country's biggest news publisher joining a local ginger group alongside political figures compromise her own company's coverage in the capital? Also: award-winning NZ Geographic adopts maximum transparency to secure its survival.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Nov 2024 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018962446/mediawatch-for-sunday-3rd-november-2024</link>
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  <title>Stuff boss joins ginger group, NZ Geographic’s bold strategy</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Could the boss of the country's biggest news publisher joining a local ginger group alongside political figures compromise her own company's coverage in the capital? Also: award-winning NZ Geographic adopts maximum transparency to secure its survival
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20241103-0900-stuff_boss_joins_ginger_group_nz_geographics_bold_strategy-05.ogg" length="49573654" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018962395/stuff-boss-joins-ginger-group-nz-geographic-s-bold-strategy</link>
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  <title>Hitting the ground reckoning in the US</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Kiwi journalists in the US ramp up election reflections - and some politicians here too. US papers cop it for u-turns on backing Harris; TVNZ backtracks on its 1 News website - and Colin meets the football elite (sort of . . . )
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 22:50:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018962011/hitting-the-ground-reckoning-in-the-us</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for Sunday 27th Oct 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[How US media have coped with the controversial campaign for the upcoming election there - and how our media fared covering the election here one year ago.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-sun-20241027-0908-mediawatch_for_sunday_27th_oct_2024-02.ogg" length="18164349" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018961557/mediawatch-for-sunday-27th-oct-2024</link>
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  <title>A look ahead to the US election &amp; a look back at ours</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A look at how US media have coped with the controversial campaign for the upcoming election there - and we look back at how our media fared covering the election here one year ago.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20241027-0000-a_look_ahead_to_the_us_election_and_a_look_back_at_ours-05.ogg" length="40973748" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018960248/a-look-ahead-to-the-us-election-and-a-look-back-at-ours</link>
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  <title>WCC frenzy, dodging the news, scam ads scandal</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Coverage of capital's troubled Council - and claims the government could intervene. Also: news publishers respond to a survey showing more Kiwis dodging their news - and surge in social media scam posts co-opting big brands in news media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018960411/wcc-frenzy-dodging-the-news-scam-ads-scandal</link>
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  <title>The govt turns 1, RNZ's web surge, RIP BBC Hardtalk</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek - The government turns 1 (or does it?), a 'Chris-tastrophic' political poll (or was it), TVNZ news not on TV, RIP BBC Hardtalk.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 21:55:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20241016-2155-the_govt_turns_1_rnzs_web_surge_rip_bbc_hardtalk-05.ogg" length="28353738" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018960090/the-govt-turns-1-rnz-s-web-surge-rip-bbc-hardtalk</link>
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  <title>Online NZ news on the outer at TVNZ and Google</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[TVNZ's signaled more cost-saving cuts and started by scrapping its online news site next year. Meanwhile Google's threatening to cut ties with local news altogther. What's going on?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018959388/online-nz-news-on-the-outer-at-tvnz-and-google</link>
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  <title>Midweek - Cuts, checks &amp; a rude front page</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - TVNZ's plans to axe its news website, ministerial fact-checking from Q+A - and a rude front page from The Press.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 20:38:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20241009-2038-midweek_-_cuts_checks_and_a_rude_front_page-05.ogg" length="29580783" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018959197/midweek-cuts-checks-and-a-rude-front-page</link>
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  <title>Hospital ‘blowout’ sparks backlash &amp; feelgood news in bad times</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at coverage of the controversial call to cut back the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital - and how local media helped to drive the backlash. Also: Patrick Gower's kicked off a new 'feel-good' weekly video show for Stuff. But do we really want good news when times are bad?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018958462/hospital-blowout-sparks-backlash-and-feelgood-news-in-bad-times</link>
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  <title>Hospital blowout sparks backlash &amp; feel-good news in bad times</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at coverage of the controversial call to cut back the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital - and how local media helped to drive the backlash. Also: Patrick Gower's kicked off a new 'feel-good' weekly video show for Stuff. But do we really want good news when times are bad?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018958571/hospital-blowout-sparks-backlash-and-feel-good-news-in-bad-times</link>
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  <title>More TV cuts &amp; a crime against broadcasting</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek: What Colin learned watching TV the old-fashioned way, and news of more cuts to come at two TV broadcasters. Also: online changes at Stuff - and a 'crime against broadcasting' on RNZ National.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:58:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018958133/more-tv-cuts-and-a-crime-against-broadcasting</link>
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  <title>Trial trauma &amp; mental health, ABC boss on media pressures</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch talks to the boss of Australia's public broadcaster the ABC - and the producer of a show putting mental health out in the open for the past 15 years. Also: fallout from the murder trial that preoccupied the media for the past two months. (This programme discusses the issue of suicide and how it is covered by the media)
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  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2024 09:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018957549/trial-trauma-and-mental-health-abc-boss-on-media-pressures</link>
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  <title>Turning point for Australia’s ABC</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A year ago our former government torched its plan for a joined-up public broadcaster more like Australia's one. But the ABC is a billion-dollar beast that's also been a political football. Mediawatch asks its outgoing boss where it - and David Anderson himself - is heading.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018957548/turning-point-for-australia-s-abc</link>
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  <title>Midweek- Polkinghorne trial &amp; problem podcasts</title>
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    <![CDATA[The media's Polkinghorne trial preoccupation - and the audience's appetite; problem podcasts offline - but for very different reasons
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  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:03:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018957125/midweek-polkinghorne-trial-and-problem-podcasts</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 22 September 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[22 Sep 2024: Our media put politicians' feet to the fire in the name of accountability - but some won't front up in the first place. Is the way they're doing it part of the problem? Also: local iwi steps in to save the local paper in Wairoa.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2024 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018956542/mediawatch-for-22-september-2024</link>
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  <title>Trump target, Springfield suffers, pushbike pushback</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Another threat to Trump's life as sad Springfield squirms under unwanted media spotlight. Also: pushbike pushback; big-money mistake on a new artwork; a fond farewell for pioneer of political broadcasting - and an MMA quiz fail.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 22:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018956143/trump-target-springfield-suffers-pushbike-pushback</link>
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  <title>Midweek Media Watch with Colin Peacock</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Colin Peacock joins Emile Donovan for Mediawatch's weekly catch-up.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 21:35:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018956142/midweek-media-watch-with-colin-peacock</link>
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  <title>Big city bad vibes &amp; are media harming minorities?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at bad news about bad vibes in our big cities right now - and the woes of Wellington in particular. Do the anecdotes match the facts? Also: new research for the broadcasting watchdog says some minorities say they are harmed by the media - and they're turning off. But why? And - factchecking claims about the legality of peeing in public.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2024 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018955573/big-city-bad-vibes-and-are-media-harming-minorities</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - 'Sanewashing' the debate</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about media 'sanewashing' Trump in the big TV election debate. Also: alarming reports of Elle McPherson beating cancer with positive thinking and natural remedies - and how the watchdog ruled on a boozy ZM broadcast (not OK) and pumped-up TVNZ political poll analysis (OK).
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:30:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018955171/midweek-mediawatch-sanewashing-the-debate</link>
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  <title>Epic show for new epoch in te ao Maori, road rage, toast-gate</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch for 8 September 2024: how the epic broadcast to mark a new epoch in te ao Maori was made, media focus on small stuff in big bucks plan for roads; toast-gate prompts u-turn for maternity wards
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2024 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018954586/epic-show-for-new-epoch-in-te-ao-maori-road-rage-toast-gate</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Sport commentary, hot mics, Kiingi tangi</title>
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    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the art of live sports commentary. Also: coverage of Kiingi Tuheitia's tangi; hot mic makes headlines at the Pacific Islands Leaders' forum again
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018954191/midweek-mediawatch-sport-commentary-hot-mics-kiingi-tangi</link>
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  <title>Big broadcasters under pressure: tide turning for local media?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[For years the most comprehensive annual survey of Kiwis' media habits has shown local media losing ground to offshore invaders like YouTube, Netflix and Spotify. But has the tide turned this year? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018953632/big-broadcasters-under-pressure-tide-turning-for-local-media</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - show me the money</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about some missing context in stories on local government spending and "nice to haves" - and he looks at some bad news for Netflix in a new report on Kiwis' media habits - and rare good news for local outlets.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 18:44:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018953173/midweek-mediawatch-show-me-the-money</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch: Holding to account, holding the line on media freedom</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Holding ministers to account and also amplifying their spending statements without scrutiny; two editors in Asia holding the line on media freedom; update on advocacy ad angst.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018952610/mediawatch-holding-to-account-holding-the-line-on-media-freedom</link>
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  <title>Guns in the gun, Raygun &amp; TV guys' new jobs </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch. Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about a lid-lifting Sunday paper scoop about gun crime - and a minister in the spotlight over gun law reform. Also - Australian media go rogue on Raygun, and more Newshub TV talent scooped up by Stuff.  
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  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 22:18:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018952181/guns-in-the-gun-raygun-and-tv-guys-new-jobs</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch - the good &amp; bad of AI in news, advert aggravation</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at how the news media are using artificial intelligence these days. What is AI technology good for? What is it bad at? And do media need to be ready for the fake AI content that's undermining news? Also: further fallout from a controversial advert run by The New Zealand Herald.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018951651/mediawatch-the-good-and-bad-of-ai-in-news-advert-aggravation</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Herald denies Hobson's Pledge</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the Herald backing away from running another ad from Hobson's Pledge, a question going begging in the coverage of the government's benefit sanctions announcement - and a cynical PR move by the All Blacks.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 19:14:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018951179/midweek-mediawatch-herald-denies-hobson-s-pledge</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 11 August 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks back at the media in the middle of political rows about race relations - and why Maori journalists want an apology over a controversial advocacy ad in the Herald. Also: how social media amplified anger over the riots in the UK - and boxing at the Olympics.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018950642/mediawatch-for-11-august-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - AI, the IOC &amp; an AGM</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek 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 editorials and what was revealed by coverage of the National Party’s AGM last weekend. Also - some standout Olympic media moments - and unexpected acapella jingles. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 22:15:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018950209/midweek-mediawatch-ai-the-ioc-and-an-agm</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 4 August 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at a controversy over the use of AI artificial intellgince the New Zealand Herald - and asks if readers should be told when AI technology creates news content. Also: how the media jumped the gun over our lack of medals at the Olympics - and an unconvincing complaint about the All Blacks spurning our media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018949663/mediawatch-for-4-august-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - punching below our weight</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In 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 count so far. Also - peeling back layers of health bureaucracy and a very personal challenge to a reality TV show. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 21:02:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018949242/midweek-mediawatch-punching-below-our-weight</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 28 July 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch 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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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018948685/mediawatch-for-28-july-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Biden's bolt blindsides media </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek 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 from the Inquiry into Abuse in State Care. Also Colin also looked at a revealing local report about a local high school - and something he got wrong about his own primary school days.   

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  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 22:19:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018948252/midweek-mediawatch-biden-s-bolt-blindsides-media</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 21 July 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch 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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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018947697/mediawatch-for-21-july-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Breakfast gets cooked</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek 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, TVNZ's exclusive interview with isolated Green MP Darleen Tana - and Hayden apologises for mixing up his memes.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:50:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018947245/midweek-mediawatch-breakfast-gets-cooked</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 14 July 2024 - Trump shot shock</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch 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 media live on Sunday Morning with Hayden Donnell - including how it panned out in the first week of Stuff's ThreeNews, a change for TVNZ's Re:News, a significant change in the government's stance on affordable housing - and horoscopes in the news.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2024 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018946727/mediawatch-for-14-july-2024-trump-shot-shock</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - false gods of sport</title>
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    <![CDATA[Midweek 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 financial reprieve. Also: the unhealthy obsession with the world's most famous footballer - and Emile gives Mediawatch the (remixed) gift of music. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 21:14:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018946290/midweek-mediawatch-false-gods-of-sport</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch - TV3's phoenix from the ashes</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Last 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. Mediawatch takes a look at its debut - and asks the question: what do people want from the 6pm TV news these days anyway?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018945752/mediawatch-tv3-s-phoenix-from-the-ashes</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Suprise bill backing &amp; more concerning closures </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek 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 media get more money from Big Tech. Also  - the end of Newshub coming closer - and another round of concerning closures in the media in local newspapers, the once-mighty Sunday News and at Newstalk ZB. 
 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2024 21:14:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018945320/midweek-mediawatch-suprise-bill-backing-and-more-concerning-closures</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 30 June 2024 - the great distribution dilemma</title>
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    <![CDATA[While 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 Australia - and this week our friends at the ABC ask if public interest journalism can survive on these online networks - or without them. And if serious news outlets slip into obscurity, what would that mean for our public life? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2024 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018943597/mediawatch-for-30-june-2024-the-great-distribution-dilemma</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - a PM forced to dish his own plaudits</title>
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    <![CDATA[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 bag of media business news.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:50:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018944422/midweek-mediawatch-a-pm-forced-to-dish-his-own-plaudits</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Pundits have predicted the death of old-fashioned newspapers for years - but they're still here. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018943873/mediawatch</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Plaintive plane complaints</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In 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 RNZ - and a huge few months at Stuff.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 20:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 16 June 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[How the media copped criticism for reporting allegations of personal data misused for political purposes - and the struggle to get meaningful responses from official sources. Also: the popularity of an ultra-long local podcast contradicts assumptions about short attention spans - and how one journalist's trip to his local cafe ended up as national news.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018942882/mediawatch-for-16-june-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - New jobs, more podcasts, fewer post-cabs</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about more moves between broadcasters, more new podcasts - but fewer Prime Ministerial press conferences. Also: TVNZ makes football fans happy.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:30:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018942419/midweek-mediawatch-new-jobs-more-podcasts-fewer-post-cabs</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 9 June 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Regional reporting cut back for NZME's new national focus; sports news that was too late - and too early; the controversy over cancer treatment funding missing from the Budget,can we trust surveys of our media which say we don't trust them?
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  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2024 09:11:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018941869/mediawatch-for-9-june-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - changing stories on cancer drugs</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the government's latest reason for not funding 13 cancer drugs, a mammoth loss expected at TVNZ, AI faking the news and even our contemporary history  - and a slight directed at the Ōtaki Today.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 20:04:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018941428/midweek-mediawatch-changing-stories-on-cancer-drugs</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 2 June 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Long-running bid to make big tech pay for news hits a snag - so what happens next?; stories based on stats sliced from surveys; shock horror over incomplete houses.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018940976/mediawatch-for-2-june-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - new live news &amp; music of the dead</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about Duncan Garner's new live morning show - and an old name for a new 6pm TV news show.  Also - a couple of awkward moments at this year’s national journalism awards and an awkward confrontation between a rugby coach and a reporter; an outlet devoted to the music of the dead - and who gets struck by lightning?
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  <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 21:23:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018940531/midweek-mediawatch-new-live-news-and-music-of-the-dead</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 26 May 2024</title>
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    <![CDATA[New Zealand's big awards for journalists were given out this week at a time when many are losing their jobs. Also - Mediawatch talks to an editor who has secured the future of two important medical magazines in tight times - and looks at coverage of the A-League scandal that's posed some awkward questions with reputations at stake.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Justice for Herbertville </title>
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    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Hayden Donnell and Emile Donovan apologise poetically to a small Tararua seaside settlement inadvertently insulted by RNZ online. Also: Stuff launches crime podcasts you pay for - while another new podcast hit a hitch this week; ScarJo's lawyers 1, Chat GPT nil. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2024 22:11:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018939547/midweek-mediawatch-justice-for-herbertville</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 19 May 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A long-running plan to reform the oversight of our media has come to a sudden halt; how public toilets suddenly became political this week.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018938991/mediawatch-for-19-may-2024</link>
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<item>
  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - TVNZ's cuts hit the screen</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about Fair Go and Sunday coming to a sad but dignified end this week at TVNZ, as the broadcaster itself copped criticism for its handling of the redundancies and closures. Also: a complaint against a newspaper’s controversial coverage of roading and new offerings from RNZ.  
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  <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 21:05:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018938556/midweek-mediawatch-tvnz-s-cuts-hit-the-screen</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch: Sunday May 12</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Pre-budget teasers increase exposure - and scrutiny; Green MP under pressure over conduct; bid to backstop local news; Gaza coverage attract complaints - and prizes.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018938019/mediawatch-sunday-may-12</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - StuffHub takes shape</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about new hires for the upcoming Stuff-Newshub 6pm bulletin. Also - TVNZ and the journalists’ union face off over job cuts while the outgoing boss of TV channel Three took a swipe at its state-owned rival; and a fringe online radio station's set to return after raising money from its listeners. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 19:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018937570/midweek-mediawatch-stuffhub-takes-shape</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 5 May 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[One opinion poll prompts intense political pushback; new report urges sweeping changes to media, law and funding - and fast; Wairoa Star closes after more than a century in print.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018937014/mediawatch-for-5-may-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - polls, papers and a post-match snafu  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about an MP taken to task about his knowledge of the arts  - and a TV producer taking on a funding agency in court. Also: a new political poll causes ructions; a century-old newspaper folds - and a spurned sportsman's great save on camera.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 20:23:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018936584/midweek-mediawatch-polls-papers-and-a-post-match-snafu</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 28 April 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[New media minister rolls in after PM's surprise reshuffle; TV news and current affairs on the way down here, but highly competitive across the Tasman.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018936035/mediawatch-for-28-april-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Another broadcasting minister down</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the departure of broadcasting minister Melissa Lee - and the arrival of the next one Paul Goldsmith. Also: a controversial TV interview with the Israeli ambassador - and some truly startling stuff in a Stuff illustration.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:36:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018935691/midweek-mediawatch-another-broadcasting-minister-down</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 21 April 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Stuff is taking over Newshub's 6pm TV news. A bold move for an outfit that's never been a broadcaster before. Will it work? Also: Mediawatch talks to two editors about the latest survey showing another alarming slump in New Zealanders' trust in the news.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018935148/mediawatch-for-21-april-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Stuff's bold TV play</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about Stuff leaping into uncharted waters by taking on Newshub at 6. Also: TVNZ going 'beyond broadcasting,' NZ Post and NZME add to predictions of print's demise; recognition for a one-man band in Southland - and Colin's mistaken identity mix-up . . .again.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018934705/midweek-mediawatch-stuff-s-bold-tv-play</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 14 April 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[End of TV news as we know it? TVNZ cuts back and Newshub closes down. Newshub's news boss responds; the minister plays for time; a former minister fights back
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018934168/mediawatch-for-14-april-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - little light at the end of the TV news tunnel </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about an historic day - not in a good way. The confirmation of the closure of Newshub and more cuts confirmed at TVNZ means more than 300 journalists' jobs will go by midyear - and TV news and current affairs will shrivel. Also: the latest report on trust in the news media reveals a further decline - and listeners' questions about what it all means. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:45:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018933747/midweek-mediawatch-little-light-at-the-end-of-the-tv-news-tunnel</link>
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  <title>Fair Go and daily news bulletins to close at TVNZ </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[TVNZ has confirmed Fair Go - on air for 47 years - and news shows Midday and Tonight will cease next month. The future of Sunday will be confirmed tomorrow. Meanwhile a decision on alternatives to a proposal to close Newshub in June is expected tomorrow from its owner Warner Brothers Discovery.   
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 09:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018933479/fair-go-and-daily-news-bulletins-to-close-at-tvnz</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 7 April 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[We talk to an editor keeping an eye on where public money for public services ends up and the government’s new political action plan gets the media’s attention.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2024 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018933197/mediawatch-for-7-april-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - chunking out some decision gates</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the government's new chunked-out action plan, a new channel coming to the ThreeNow app - and why media companies chasing online engagement risk alienating their users.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:23:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018932726/midweek-mediawatch-chunking-out-some-decision-gates</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 31 March 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Gabrielle review lessons for media; Dolphin drama fires up media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2024 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018932298/mediawatch-for-31-march-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Kate, Coutts, murder in Moscow</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about the dolphin drama that divided the nation (and the media) last weekend - and royal revelations that overshadowed a terrorist atrocity in Moscow.  Also: the PM and party leaders drop hints about upcoming policy to help cash-strapped news media. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018931799/midweek-mediawatch-kate-coutts-murder-in-moscow</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 24 March 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at the fallout from Winston Peters' criticism of the media in his State of The Nation speech.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2024 09:05:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018931426/mediawatch-for-24-march-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Rod Oram; state of the Winston </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Hayden Donnell talked to Emile Donovan about Winston Peters attacking the news media in his State of the Nation speech - and the death of Rod Oram, a much-admired journalist dedicated to coverage of business and climate change. Also: how many journalists are left in New Zealand - and the rights and wrongs of airing 'hot mic' comments. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 22:19:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018930975/midweek-mediawatch-rod-oram-state-of-the-winston</link>
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  <title>Stuff deploys AI for DIY news </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Artificial intelligence tech threatens to take our eyeballs even further away from the outlets which produce news - but it’s also a tool they can use to make more of it. This week Stuff - which has warned AI could wreck the business of journalism - used Chat GPT to write a stories about readers' opinions. Mediawatch asks an unimpressed editor if we all just have to get used to this now.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2024 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018930403/stuff-deploys-ai-for-diy-news</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 17 March 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[What will government do about the great TV news meltdown?; Stuff deploys AI for DIY news.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2024 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018930424/mediawatch-for-17-march-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - manic Monday for news &amp; fake photo frenzy</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about a manic Monday afternoon of news - cricket, Oscars, terror in the skies . . . and the post-Cabinet media conference. Also: the royal photo fakery frenzy; political responses to the TV newspocalypse; US politics satirised and fact-checked by TikTok; the leap-year community's struggles. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018929795/midweek-mediawatch-manic-monday-for-news-and-fake-photo-frenzy</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 10 March 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[TVNZ has proposed big cuts to news that could leave the country with only one daily TV news bulletin and almost no current affairs on TV within weeks.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2024 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018929435/mediawatch-for-10-march-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - it's the end of the news as we know it?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about job cuts looming at TVNZ as its crosstown rival Newshub faces a shut-down. Also: coverage of Chris Luxon's terrible, no-good week - and Heavy Metal Morning Report.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 19:48:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018929011/midweek-mediawatch-it-s-the-end-of-the-news-as-we-know-it</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch: Apocalypse now? </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[For years news media bosses warned the creaking business model backing journalism would fail at a major local outlet. It finally happened this week when Newshub’s owners proposed scrapping it. Then TVNZ posted losses prompting warnings of more cuts to come there. Can TV broadcasters pull a crowd without news? And what might the so-far ambivalent government do?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2024 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018928464/mediawatch-apocalypse-now</link>
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  <title>Three no longer a hub for news</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Warner Bros. Discovery’s decision to shut down Newshub was met with mourning within the media - and also concern about what could replace it in the media ecosystem
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2024 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018928278/three-no-longer-a-hub-for-news</link>
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  <title>TVNZ's losses point to media-wide strife  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch: TVNZ’s latest losses signal likely cuts to come. But it’s the slump in income for the broadcaster that dominates free-to-air TV which will worry the entire media industry. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 11:02:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018928293/tvnz-s-losses-point-to-media-wide-strife</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Newshub's brutal 'proposal' </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the sudden and startling news of Newshub’s impending demise in a ‘proposal’ from the global owner. Also: is it wrong for journalists to use ‘big tech’ tools to scrub the sound of real people from reports - or bum notes at the Superbowl?
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  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:46:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018928015/midweek-mediawatch-newshub-s-brutal-proposal</link>
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  <title>Welfare and immigration set for a 'reset' </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The PM’s State of the Nation speech got the media’s attention when he said welfare needs reform. He didn't mention record-level immigration but that’s also been deemed unsustainable and set for a reset too. What did the media tell about these problems - and what’s at stake?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2024 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018927312/welfare-and-immigration-set-for-a-reset</link>
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  <title>A lifeboat to keep news afloat?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Last week the great and good of New Zealand’s news media urged MPs to back a law change to make Google and Facebook pay them for their news. They say the income could be critical to the survival of journalism here. But the lobby group campaigning for better public media says there’s a better way to ‘send a lifeboat’. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2024 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018927313/a-lifeboat-to-keep-news-afloat</link>
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  <title>Milking Kiwi Swifties' FOMO</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[As the biggest pop star on the planet packed out huge Australian arenas this week, the media here milked Kiwi Swifties’ anger over missing out. It also aired confusing blame-game claims about why Swift gave New Zealand a swerve in the first place - and where the big gigs might be held in future.  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2024 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018927327/milking-kiwi-swifties-fomo</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 25 February 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Government 'resets' immigration and welfare; another way to make Google and Facebook to pay for journalism; media milk Kiwi Swifties' stadium FOMO.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2024 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018927494/mediawatch-for-25-february-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - A clash of polls</title>
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    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the death of Efeso Collins, big conclusions drawn from conflicting polls -  and the problems with an old media adage.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 20:21:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018927061/midweek-mediawatch-a-clash-of-polls</link>
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  <title>$500k Auckland pedestrian crossing costs quietly corrected </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A Herald headline this week said Auckland Transport was 'pushing on with $500,000 crossings'. The apparently outrageous expense was also aired on radio and in Parliament as evidence of the urgent need to reprioritise. But AT said the true cost was a fraction of what was reported.  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018926355/dollar500k-auckland-pedestrian-crossing-costs-quietly-corrected</link>
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  <title>MPs urged to take sides in media vs big tech tussle  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media bosses warned MPs this week journalism is in jeopardy here if they don't back a Bill making offshore tech giants pay for news carried on Facebook and Google. It's based on laws already in place in Australia and Canada. Mediawatch asks the ex-editor leading the publishers' pitch how it might work.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018926484/mps-urged-to-take-sides-in-media-vs-big-tech-tussle</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 18 February 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Auckland's transport turmoil reports lack full facts; publishers pitch to Parliament to make Google and Facebook pay for their news.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018926532/mediawatch-for-18-february-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Retail rat-astrophe &amp; awkward interviews   </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the Port Hills fire prompting another state of emergency; questions posed by two awkward interviews with political leaders - and the retail rat-astrophe in our supermarkets that suddenly surged to the top of the news agenda. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:30:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018926086/midweek-mediawatch-retail-rat-astrophe-and-awkward-interviews</link>
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  <title>Waitangi tensions test politicians - and the media </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In past years some media outlets were ambivalent about Waitangi Day - some even hostile at times. But new moves by the new government and a strong pushback from Māori gave it an extra edge this year. Some even called it historic and a possible turning point. How did the media depict all that?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018925403/waitangi-tensions-test-politicians-and-the-media</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 11 February 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Waitangi tensions test politicians - and the media; Why is Sky screening more top-dollar sport for free?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018925561/mediawatch-for-11-february-2024</link>
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  <title>Why Sky is screening some of its top-dollar sport for free</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Sky TV became the big beast of pay TV by keeping a stranglehold on exclusive live rights to the country's most popular sports for paying subscribers. This week it suddenly announced top rugby, netball and league will soon screen in weekends free-to-air. Why?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018925410/why-sky-is-screening-some-of-its-top-dollar-sport-for-free</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Copy-and-paste Chris</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about Chris Luxon being harangued by the media for copy-and-pasting his Waitangi Day speech, an eye-opening column on police recruitment numbers - and a sensational-sounding political scoop that has yet to see the light of day.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 20:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018925132/midweek-mediawatch-copy-and-paste-chris</link>
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  <title>Does bad economic news trump good news? </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Stories about surging inflation, successive food price rises and more Kiwis in arrears topped bulletins and filled front pages last year. But recent news about slowing inflation, cheaper food and rising business confidence hasn't had the same impact. How come?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2024 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018924642/does-bad-economic-news-trump-good-news</link>
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  <title>Todd Scott - taking a punt at NBR</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[It’s more than a decade since Todd Scott staked everything to buy the business news weekly where he worked, the National Business Review. Since then NBR’s gone online-only, axed ads entirely and the owner moved to Fiji. During a flying visit back to HQ, Mediawatch asks Scott if he’s still in it for the long haul.  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2024 09:11:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018924659/todd-scott-taking-a-punt-at-nbr</link>
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  <title>With one last hurrah, goneburger is goneburger</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When James Shaw tweeted "James Shaw goneburger" it was the zenith of one political reporter's eight-year effort to goneburger every departing politician in New Zealand. But Jo Moir is now leaving Twitter (X) - and goneburgering - behind.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2024 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018924492/with-one-last-hurrah-goneburger-is-goneburger</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 4 February 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week on Mediawatch, does bad news about the economy trump good news? The end of the line for goneburger? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2024 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018924687/mediawatch-for-4-february-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - RNZ shuffles its pack  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about just-announced changes to RNZ National's schedule and an RNZ news story last weekend which prompted complaints. Also: an ex-MP's emotional interviews; defining sport once and for all - and what do Jacinda Ardern and Liverpool FC have in common?
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  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018924174/midweek-mediawatch-rnz-shuffles-its-pack</link>
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  <title>Media cop flak over MP’s startling downfall </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The summer holidays are usually a dead zone for domestic political news - but the unseasonal and unexpected downfall of Golriz Ghahraman bucked the trend this month. Media copped criticism from some for reporting the allegations that led to her resignation - while others railed at media for failing to condemn her alleged crimes and playing the ‘mental health card'. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2024 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018923351/media-cop-flak-over-mp-s-startling-downfall</link>
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  <title>Water woes flood silly season as news runs dry</title>
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    <![CDATA[Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, predictable reports of shark sightings signalled the start of the summer silly season. And with water running out in the capital, and a controversial campaign from Auckland’s Watercare, even the culture wars didn't run out of steam over the holidays.    
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2024 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018923192/water-woes-flood-silly-season-as-news-runs-dry</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 28 January 2024</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[What you missed over summer: harmless sharks, woke worries, sewage smells and water woes flood the holiday news drought; media cop flak for coverage of Golriz Ghahraman's downfall.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2024 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018923689/mediawatch-for-28-january-2024</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Hōhā over hui coverage</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about accusations of bias over media commentary on the national hui at Tūrangawaewae marae and the media response to the downfall of Green MP Golriz Gharahman.   
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  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 19:02:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018923260/midweek-mediawatch-h-ha-over-hui-coverage</link>
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  <title>The Mediawatch Christmas bonus </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A special edition of Mediawatch looking back on the year in the media - ending with the Mediawatch five-minute mashup of 2023’s news.  
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018919720/the-mediawatch-christmas-bonus</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - 2023 Awards </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Hayden Donnell and Colin Peacock joined Mark Leishman to hand out Mediawatch’s not very prestigious and not at all coveted annual awards - including worst media cliche, most shameless ripoff, best media drama, and media over-reaction of the year. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018919265/midweek-mediawatch-2023-awards</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 17 December 2020 - Horowhenua special</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Covering news all over the country is a struggle for media companies dealing with rising costs and falling income. But some local outlets are surviving - and even thriving. Mediawatch's Hayden Donnel finds out who's doing the business in Horowhenua - and how they're doing it.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018919873/mediawatch-for-17-december-2020-horowhenua-special</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - The case of the missing mayoral footage</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about a much-reported recording of Wellington’s mayor which made many headlines recently - but has not yet appeared in the real world. Also: a report into New Zealand’s media landscape - and what will replace The Project in the 7pm current affairs slot on Three - and Dunedin set to lose its local TV news.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 20:01:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018919440/midweek-mediawatch-the-case-of-the-missing-mayoral-footage</link>
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  <title>From paper to platform - media's online dependence</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Five years ago Dr Merja Myllylahti warned our news media were becoming dangerously dependent on global digital platforms which gave them online audiences but undercut their income and didn’t seem to care much about news. What’s the story five years on? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2023 14:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018918686/from-paper-to-platform-media-s-online-dependence</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 10 December 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Parliamentary pomp and ceremony - but no honeymoon; 'From Paper to Platform'- media's online dependence; Todd Niall - local matters really matter
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018918891/mediawatch-for-10-december-2023</link>
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  <title>Todd Niall - local matters really matter </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[‘Look ahead, not back’ - the last words of Todd Niall after 46 years in daily journalism. The last of these were spent reporting the complicated and highly-contested issues afflicting Auckland and its supercity council. Unlike his other passion - yacht racing - that’s not glamorous, but Todd tells Mediawatch local matters really do matter for every citizen. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2023 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018918707/todd-niall-local-matters-really-matter</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch ‘Kin oath’ - new Parliament sworn in    </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Mark Leishman about the new government getting underway with plenty of ceremony, lots of protest - but no honeymoon. Also: Sky puts prices up; The Project comes to an end - and are letters to the editor on the way out?
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 21:53:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018918448/midweek-mediawatch-kin-oath-new-parliament-sworn-in</link>
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  <title>Claims of media 'bribery' derail new government on day one</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[It didn't take long for Winston Peters’ news media grievances to make headlines - and headaches - for the new government. Mediawatch looks at how the media reacted to his claims of media 'bribery' - and what he was hinting at.   
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2023 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018917877/claims-of-media-bribery-derail-new-government-on-day-one</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 3 December 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Claims of media 'bribery' derail new government on day one; politics shows off air just as politics hots up; mayor under pressure after rumour-based reports.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018917901/mediawatch-for-3-december-2023</link>
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  <title>Mayor under pressure after rumour-based reports </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Wellington’s mayor is under pressure after acknowledging an alcohol problem. Her admission was prompted by media questions about drunken ‘antics’ based in part on a reported recording which no media outlet has yet confirmed - and which was contradicted by the only eye-witness on the record. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2023 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018917874/mayor-under-pressure-after-rumour-based-reports</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Winston's war</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about Winston Peters' war with the media, a new streaming app for Three, and Kim Hill's farewell to RNZ.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:54:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018917442/midweek-mediawatch-winston-s-war</link>
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  <title>Not the greatest story ever told </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The three political coalition partners finally sealed the deal on Friday, bringing to an end more than 40 days of limbo - and Shane Jones' biblical quotes. Never has so much been said by so many political reporters with so little information for so long. It wasn't exactly season 4 of Borgen.        
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2023 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018916748/not-the-greatest-story-ever-told</link>
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  <title>Watchdog warns media laws need urgent upgrade </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The chief of the country’s most powerful media watchdog says we need new laws now to hold media to account in future. The outgoing government had a plan for one single body to oversee rules for all media, including the internet, but that slow-moving overhaul looks stalled. What does the Broadcasting Standards Authority want from our new rulers?  

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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2023 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018916753/watchdog-warns-media-laws-need-urgent-upgrade</link>
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  <title>Music journalism all but vanishes from our media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week the country’s biggest arts funding agency published a plan to boost coverage of culture which has been dwindling in our media. Music reviews and writing used to be eagerly-read and hotly-contested in our papers and magazines. We ask a former entertainment editor where that went and what could bring it back.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018916879/music-journalism-all-but-vanishes-from-our-media</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 26 November 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Parties seal the coalition deal to end long limbo for media; watchdog warns media laws need urgent upgrade; media tuning out of music journalism; Covid response reckons ramp up in inquiry season.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018916929/mediawatch-for-26-november-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Are we there yet? No . . . </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about the ongoing process of forming a new government testing the patience of political reporters - and the audience. Also: more financial woe for media companies, 123 years of history ends in Invercargill - and Australia’s rugby boss meets a sticky end. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018916424/midweek-mediawatch-are-we-there-yet-no</link>
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  <title>Producers pressure government to tax Netflix and co </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week the people who make the local stuff for our screens big and small urged the powers-that-be to tax the likes of Netflix and Disney Plus to fund it. But producers here can already get tax breaks and public funding, so can they really persuade the incoming government to make the streaming services another source of funds? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018915786/producers-pressure-government-to-tax-netflix-and-co</link>
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  <title>Media campaign of the century?  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[As we wait for a new government, one election did deliver a clear-cut result this week - Forest and Bird's Bird of the Century poll. The winner had considerable offshore input thanks to a celebrity comedian's campaign which generated heaps of media exposure - but also some claims of media manipulation.   

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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018915782/media-campaign-of-the-century</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 19 November 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media campaign of the century; producers push for tax on streamers; the legacy of a 'true newspaperman'.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018915970/mediawatch-for-19-november-2023</link>
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  <title>'True newspaperman' Fred Tulett leaves a legacy </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Long-serving Southland Times editor Fred Tulett has died - leaving a legacy of more than 50 years in journalism in which he mentored many top journalists who followed in his footsteps.  
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018915785/true-newspaperman-fred-tulett-leaves-a-legacy</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - feathers fly over election outcomes</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about allegations of foreign interference in the Bird of the Century vote  - and dubious concerns about the general election result.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2023 19:35:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20231116-1935-midweek_mediawatch_-_feathers_fly_over_election_outcomes-05.ogg" length="42669081" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018915691/midweek-mediawatch-feathers-fly-over-election-outcomes</link>
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  <title>Three bananas and a coalition cauliflower </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The news media see themselves as the eyes and ears of the public - but so far political leaders have mostly turned a deaf ear to their questions about forming the new government. How are they handling the silent treatment? 

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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2023 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018914877/three-bananas-and-a-coalition-cauliflower</link>
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<item>
  <title>Burying the Bird - is trashed Twitter facing extinction?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Twitter emerged as an important source of live updates, news and images during the Arab Spring more than a decade ago. Many in the media also joined the platform to share news and commentary with users worldwide. But a year after Elon Musk took it over, 'X' is a mess - and a group of local users recently gathered to 'Bury the Bird' for good. 

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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2023 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018914886/burying-the-bird-is-trashed-twitter-facing-extinction</link>
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  <title>Are the Irish twice as rich as us? </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch - A business lobby group is urging New Zealand to emulate Ireland, which has a GDP twice as big as ours - but is the GDP picture warped? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018914892/are-the-irish-twice-as-rich-as-us</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 12 November 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week Mediawatch looks at how the media have followed the formation of the next government going on behind closed doors.  
Also: a push to persuade policymakers to emulate Ireland’s economy - and local media people lamenting the decline of what was the media’s favourite social media platform, Twitter. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018915006/mediawatch-for-12-november-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch 8 November 2023   </title>
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    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about political reporters’ ongoing efforts to get party leaders to talk about forming a new government and media companies’ growing financial problems. Also  - an opportunity for journalists honouring Brian Gaynor - and the UK press picks up on the controversial British TV star accused of ‘colonising’ a Tasman town. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 22:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018914574/midweek-mediawatch-8-november-2023</link>
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  <title>Rugby in recovery as a media spectacle  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Anger about rules and referees ruining rugby matches ran for days in the media after last weekend's Rugby World Cup final. Players, pundits and even current national coaches have said the game is 'broken' and bad to watch. But billions ofdollars of media companies' money keep rugby going - so will the media fix it for fans?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2023 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018913922/rugby-in-recovery-as-a-media-spectacle</link>
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  <title>Keeping it confidential to properly protect sources</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Protecting people who offer the media important information is a fundamental obligation for journalists. Chris Cooke quit TVNZ after it didn't keep a promise to Erin Leighton, whose off-the-record disclosures ended up being aired in court in the defence of her abusers. They're now pushing for a 'shield law' to ensure our media can guarantee confidentiality.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2023 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018913941/keeping-it-confidential-to-properly-protect-sources</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 5 November 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Rugby in recovery as a media spectacle; keeping it confidential to protect sources; Musk trashing Twitter.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018914060/mediawatch-for-5-november-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Gaps in Gaza coverage</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about a comparative lack of coverage on Gaza, sympathy for Supie's leaders even as their employees miss out, and a wake for the Twitter-that-was.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 20:58:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018913585/midweek-mediawatch-gaps-in-gaza-coverage</link>
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  <title>Whanganui - What we miss when we miss out on local news</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Major news media outfits have cut back in the regions in recent years. That doesn't just leave locals worse off - it also means all New Zealanders miss out on important ideas, events and perspectives. But even though the media's margins are tight, intrepid publishers and people are still doing the business there. Mediawatch checks in on Whanganui to find out how their media are doing - and how they're doing it.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2023 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018912555/whanganui-what-we-miss-when-we-miss-out-on-local-news</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 29 October 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Covering news from all over the country is a struggle for media companies dealing with rising costs and falling revenues. But some local outlets are surviving - and even thriving. Mediawatch's Hayden Donnel finds out who's doing the business in Whanganui - and how they're doing it.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018913043/mediawatch-for-29-october-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - screwing the scrum</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about the media’s mounting problems covering the crisis in Gaza and Israel; TVNZ under pressure over compromised confidentiality; the PM talking policy on The Rock - and rugby pundits reacting badly to the way the World Cup’s panned out.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018912595/midweek-mediawatch-screwing-the-scrum</link>
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  <title>Take me to your leader </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Our new political leaders got off on the wrong foot this week with the political press pack by keeping them at arm's length over their negotiations to from the new government. Was this a genuine media freedom issue with the interests of the public at stake? Or just a bit of collective posturing to pressure the politicians? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2023 11:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018911843/take-me-to-your-leader</link>
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  <title>Media in the middle of Gaza claims and counterclaims </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Major media organisations all over the world are copping criticism for the way they’re reporting what’s happening in Gaza and Israel. Mediawatch asks BBC news boss Jonathan Munro how they’re handling it - even when it's coming from the UK's own government.  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2023 09:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018911991/media-in-the-middle-of-gaza-claims-and-counterclaims</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 22 October 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Take me to your leader - political press pack gets off on wrong foot with our new political leaders; media in the middle of Gaza claims and counterclaims; World Cup fever - and Irish anguish.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018912175/mediawatch-for-22-october-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch  - PM's parlour game claim peeves press pack</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about how media handled the claims and counter-claims that followed the deadliest incident yet in the Gaza conflict. Also - friction between the press pack and PM preparing to form the next government - and rugby pundits ripping their Irish peers after last weekend’s World Cup quarter final . . . with the benefit of hindsight.  
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:52:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018911730/midweek-mediawatch-pm-s-parlour-game-claim-peeves-press-pack</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch special - campaign culminates in a 'bluenami'</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks back on how the media covered a long, long campaign - and how election night played out across the media after the polls finally closed on Saturday. Hayden Donnell in Auckland - and special guest Robbie Nicol (host of RNZ's politics series The Citizens Handbook) joined Colin Peacock for live RNZ National election coverage special on Sunday morning.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2023 07:32:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018911167/mediawatch-special-campaign-culminates-in-a-bluenami</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - major scrutiny for minor parties   </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch  - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about minor parties under the microscope and more heated head-to-head election debates. Also: and the horror in Israel/Gaza gives media a dilemma - and Rachel Smalley vs Pharmac. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018910518/midweek-mediawatch-major-scrutiny-for-minor-parties</link>
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  <title>Media shift blame for misleading tax policy headlines   </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week political reporters seized on fresh figures showing the National Party overstated the benefits of its tax cut policy - and accused its leaders of misleading the public. Yet some of them had repeated the party's spin in their own reports when it was unveiled a month ago - and even praised the 'political marketing.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2023 09:11:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20231008-0911-media_shift_blame_for_misleading_tax_policy_headlines-05.ogg" length="8624982" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018909988/media-shift-blame-for-misleading-tax-policy-headlines</link>
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  <title>Murdoch's real life succession becomes reality  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[After seven decades up to his neck in media - and having a profound and world wide influence on them - now nonagenarian mega mogul Rupert Murdoch’s starting up the succession plan for his empire. Or is he? We ask an Australian expert who wrote all about this ten years ago when one of Murdoch’s biggest companies was mired in an epic scandal, he’d just been divorced and it looked like the succession was on. So is it now?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2023 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018909853/murdoch-s-real-life-succession-becomes-reality</link>
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  <title>What are the political parties' plans for media?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The media have been a political football this year - and now some politicians are complaining the media are against them in this election. But hundreds of millions of dollars of public money is spent on media each year - so what do the political parties plan for the media if they're in power?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2023 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018909998/what-are-the-political-parties-plans-for-media</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 8 October 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media shift blame for misleading tax policy headlines; political parties' policies for the media; Rupert Murdoch steps down and starts up the succession - or does he?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018910168/mediawatch-for-8-october-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - a sacred shield soiled</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about an outcry over the soiling of the sacred Ranfurly Shield, a rancorous interview with Winston Peters, and media complaining about Christopher Luxon not turning up.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2023 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018909732/midweek-mediawatch-a-sacred-shield-soiled</link>
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  <title>Giving young people an election voice</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The TVNZ Young Voters' debate run by Re:News was a rowdy interjection into what had been a relatively subdued election campaign. Its moderator has some ideas on how media organisations can better cater to young people.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2023 12:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 1 October 2023</title>
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    <![CDATA[The undecided could decide the election; giving youth a voice in the election; ZB's 'straight talking' subscribers' service.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018909222/mediawatch-for-1-october-2023</link>
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  <title>A new paid-platform for news and opinion</title>
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    <![CDATA[A new subscriber service offering "straight talking" reporting and opinion was launched this week by talk radio network Newstalk ZB. Owner NZME has several other services putting content behind a paywall, but this one has a provocative blogger in charge of a line-up of pro-business and right-leaning commentators - some of whom are harsh critics of the news media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2023 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018909065/a-new-paid-platform-for-news-and-opinion</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - The state of debates  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talked to Mark Leishman about the ever-growing volume of election campaign coverage - and the latest TV (and off-TV) debates putting party leaders under the spotlight. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018908778/midweek-mediawatch-the-state-of-debates</link>
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  <title>Current and future state of Stuff </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Three years ago Sinead Boucher took over the country’s biggest publisher of news from Aussie owners who gave it away “like a set of steak knives.” In the absence of big backers and the government backing away from funding journalism, does its future now depend on getting money from Google and Facebook? And does she still have the Stuff staff on board for the future? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018908117/current-and-future-state-of-stuff</link>
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  <title>Debate stalemates fuel election fatigue</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The election campaign went up a gear in the media this week as party leaders lined up on live TV for the first time. But while the public tuned in in numbers, the pundits reckoned the debates failed to fire up the campaign. The same could be said of the other exposure opportunities the media made for the leaders.  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2023 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 24 September 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Debate statemates add to election frustration; the current and future state of Stuff; some good - but overdue - news for Dunedin.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018908261/mediawatch-for-24-september-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: A game of two Chrises</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about the first live TV leaders' debate of the election campaign and the sports analogy-filled post-match analysis.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2023 20:59:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018907822/midweek-mediawatch-a-game-of-two-chrises</link>
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  <title>Un-spun numbers don't derail duelling versions of the economy  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update lifted the lid on the nation’s finances this week - and Treasury's projections for the foreseeable future. This dropped some ‘un-spun’ numbers into the election debate - but our media still seized on support-seeking politicians airing irreconcilable opinions about the state of our economy.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2023 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018907051/un-spun-numbers-don-t-derail-duelling-versions-of-the-economy</link>
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  <title>Stuff keeps Open AI at arm's length </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[New Zealand's biggest publisher of news this week joined big global names in blocking Open AI from using its content to power generative artificial intelligence tool Chat GPT. Stuff says it is being harvested without permission for AI products already turning out low-quality results. Mediawatch asks Stuff's if keeping Ai at arm's length is a good move. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2023 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018907096/stuff-keeps-open-ai-at-arm-s-length</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 17 September 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Un-spun numbers don't derail duelling versions of the economy; Stuff keeps AI at arm's length; medical school row - and a made-up university.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018907240/mediawatch-for-17-september-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - dogs on a plane &amp; sporting flops </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about the coverage of two huge disasters in North Africa; a little local political difficulty in Dunedin - and political party leaders under heavy scrutiny on TV. Also: a much-hyped weekend of sport which didn’t go well for our national teams - and whether pets on planes, trains and buses is really a good idea.  

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  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2023 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018906723/midweek-mediawatch-dogs-on-a-plane-and-sporting-flops</link>
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  <title>AI coming ready or not for our news and music </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Business is booming in artificial intelligence technology and new applications appear in the news almost daily. At an AUT symposium this week, experts said it’s already being deployed in creative industries to create instant ad campaigns, virtual influencers, robo-journalism and machine-made music. But is AI a creative collaborator - or just a 'handy butler'? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2023 16:30:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018906229/ai-coming-ready-or-not-for-our-news-and-music</link>
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  <title>Advocacy angst as campaign begins - officially</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Herald copped criticism for publishing a front-page attack ad targeting the National Party leader this week - but it was far from the first time ads like it have appeared in print. Meanwhile questions were asked about other coverage that looked like it might be taking sides as the official campaign period begins. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2023 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018906228/advocacy-angst-as-campaign-begins-officially</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 10 September 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Angst over advocacy adverts and content as official election period begins; AI - coming ready or not for news and music.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018906255/mediawatch-for-10-september-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: The return of the octopus</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about National's attempt to weather a storm of journalistic scrutiny of its tax plan, Patrick Gower's unusual aquatic analogy for Winston Peters, and a controversial front page ad in the New Zealand Herald.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 20:49:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018905829/midweek-mediawatch-the-return-of-the-octopus</link>
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  <title>Horse race journalism as National takes aim at squeezed middle</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[As National announced its long-awaited tax plan, some journalists took a hard look at its numbers, while others focused more on political strategy and impact.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2023 17:30:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018904936/horse-race-journalism-as-national-takes-aim-at-squeezed-middle</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 3 September 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mongrel and maths collide as campaigns launch - and media ponder National's tax plan; scrutiny of candidates' online footprints prompts pushback and claims of 'agendas'.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018905297/mediawatch-for-3-september-2023</link>
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  <title>Scrutiny of candidates prompts pushback and claims of 'agendas'</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Scrutiny of political parties' policies intensified this week - and so did the scrutiny of some candidates for seats in Parliament. When TVNZ reported some election candidates’ controversial past statements this week, critics hit back with claims its own news was compromised.  

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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2023 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018905246/scrutiny-of-candidates-prompts-pushback-and-claims-of-agendas</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Spain's football boss (&amp; mum) v the world  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about the strange saga sparked by the sexist behaviour of Spain’s football chief at the Women’s World Cup final. Also - broadcasters' election plans; the political heckler problem - and alarm over the All Blacks record-breaking beating and claims Wellington’s golden mile is on the slide. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2023 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018904744/midweek-mediawatch-spain-s-football-boss-and-mum-v-the-world</link>
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  <title>Low-key reveal of law to make big tech pay for news   </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Long-awaited legislation to force big tech platforms to pay New Zealand media for the news they disseminate online is now before Parliament. It could give our media with much-needed money in years to come if it becomes law and also fill a funding gap for the government at the same time. But neither the media or the government have made much of it. 

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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2023 18:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018904229/low-key-reveal-of-law-to-make-big-tech-pay-for-news</link>
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  <title>Brought to you by  . . . 'partners'</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[It’s meant to be clear what’s advertising and what isn't, but 'sponsored content' and 'native advertising' blurred that line a long time ago. Now some outlets form ‘partnerships’ with clients to get messages across in exchange for big bucks - and even get their own journalists to help out.   

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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2023 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018904211/brought-to-you-by-partners</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 27 August 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Brought to you by 'partners' - critics question sponsorship deals pushing clients' content into news media; IMANZ - a new umbrella body for independent local media marketing agencies; low key reveal of legislation to push big tech platforms to pay for local news.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018904328/mediawatch-for-27-august-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - polling death spiral &amp; sandwich slump </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about a dire poll for Labour raising the spectre of a media-driven death spiral; a reorganisation at NZME; a plea for help from Discovery; a political apology from TVNZ - and does the demise of one cafe chain signal doom for the capital's CBD?
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 22:18:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018903888/midweek-mediawatch-polling-death-spiral-and-sandwich-slump</link>
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  <title>Migrant exploitation finally in the media spotlight</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A spike in shocking cases of exploitation has put the plight of migrant workers in the media spotlight. But these latest stories are part of a longstanding issue that's sometimes flown under the radar.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2023 18:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018903196/migrant-exploitation-finally-in-the-media-spotlight</link>
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  <title>Our World Cup runneth over - and out. What next?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Women's World Cup 2023 attracted record crowds in the stands and on TV - both here and in Australia. It also delivered drama and off-pitch stories that livened up standard sports coverage. But will all that change the way the media cover sport? Mediawatch asks two journalists with an eye on the media on both sides of the Tasman.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2023 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018903035/our-world-cup-runneth-over-and-out-what-next</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 20 August 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Our World Cup runneth over - what legacy will it leave? Lifting the lid on exploitation of migrant workers and human trafficking.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018903373/mediawatch-for-20-august-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - football and fruit &amp; veg frenzies </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talked to Mark Leishman while Australia’s Matildas were playing England’s Lionesses in Sydney and breaking TV viewing records. Also: election fever building in the media here; a frenzy over fruit and vegetables - and overwrought claims of collusion.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018902873/midweek-mediawatch-football-and-fruit-and-veg-frenzies</link>
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  <title>Report finds history repeating in coverage of calls for crime crackdown </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Political calls to crack down on crime are echoing in our media ahead of the upcoming election - not for the first time. Two seasoned journalists showed this was part of a pattern in a report on crime coverage which recommended new approaches. It was commissioned five years ago - but never saw the light of day. 

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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018902115/report-finds-history-repeating-in-coverage-of-calls-for-crime-crackdown</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 13 August 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Reporters' report on crime coverage urges new thinking - and highlights electoral 'crime crackdown' pattern; RNZ's Richard Sutherland calling it quits after 30 years; free sports streaming options on the up.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018902411/mediawatch-for-13-august-2023</link>
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  <title>Calling it quits after 30 years </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[RNZ’s head of news Richard Sutherland’s called it a day after more than 30 years in the news. He’s worked at almost every major news broadcaster in the country and led the outfit representing their mutual interests, the Media Freedom Committee. But he’s not the only news leader to leave the business lately amid warnings about the increasing intensity of it.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2023 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018902354/calling-it-quits-after-30-years</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - climate, cellphones and how not to spell cat</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about one news broadcast foregrounding climate while another hones in on cellphones and Chris Luxon misspelling 'cat', before delving into a leaked letter hinting at unrest at Stuff - and how the media hounded a mayor's dog out of her office.  
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 19:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018901939/midweek-mediawatch-climate-cellphones-and-how-not-to-spell-cat</link>
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  <title>Political road rage - budget holes and emissions omissions</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The UN says we've reached "the era of global boiling". Given that, you'd think climate might have got more of a mention from the media as the National Party released its road-heavy $24 billion transport package.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018901257/political-road-rage-budget-holes-and-emissions-omissions</link>
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  <title>Putting right what went wrong with RNZ's online news</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A review of RNZ's online news has called for greater oversight and enforcement of standards after a crisis sparked by a single staffer making 'inappropriate' edits to international news online. Mediawatch asks RNZ’s chief executive if this was the result of a digital shift done on the cheap - and how he'll put right what he himself called ‘pro-Kremlin garbage.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2023 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018901401/putting-right-what-went-wrong-with-rnz-s-online-news</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 6 August 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Political road rage - budget holes & emissions omissions; what went wrong with RNZ's online news - and putting it right,
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018901438/mediawatch-for-6-august-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - RNZ review, Cup crackers, Palmy peeved</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about what a review of the ‘inappropriate editing’ of online news at RNZ has revealed. Also  - the FIFA Women’s World Cup captivating the media - even though the Football Ferns got knocked out and Palmerston North was dissed by Spain. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 19:20:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018901012/midweek-mediawatch-rnz-review-cup-crackers-palmy-peeved</link>
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  <title>Allan’s resignation sparks another at RNZ </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A board member at RNZ appointed less than a month ago quit this week after making public comments on Kiri Allan’s downfall and criticising media coverage of it. RNZ had asked Jason Ake to stop and the government said he breached official obligations of neutrality, but he was unrepentant.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2023 17:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018900351/allan-s-resignation-sparks-another-at-rnz</link>
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  <title>Minister’s downfall triggers premature election speculation</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The media could scarcely ignore the startling story of a minister of justice under arrest, but the circumstances of that and her sudden resignation raised many other issues. Many in the media seized on one - the possible impact it could have on an election still almost three months away.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2023 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018900347/minister-s-downfall-triggers-premature-election-speculation</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 30 July 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Minister's downfall triggers election speculation - and another resignation at RNZ.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018900504/mediawatch-for-30-july-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - a media storm over a mental health crisis</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about the coverage of Kiri Allan's arrest and subsequent resignation - and media pushing back against criticism of lurid coverage of the Lauren Dickason trial. 

 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2023 20:30:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018900071/midweek-mediawatch-a-media-storm-over-a-mental-health-crisis</link>
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  <title>A triumph - after a day of tragedy</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[On a day when Auckland was the focus of the biggest story in world sport and the Football Ferns ended up making history, deadly shootings a stone's throw from football teams' hotels and the fan zone confronted media primed for a good news story.  
 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2023 18:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018899535/a-triumph-after-a-day-of-tragedy</link>
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  <title>Poll analysis unhitches itself from reality</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Nothing much changed in a 1News Verian poll released on Monday. Some commentators treated the boring results as a blank canvas on which to express their creativity.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2023 14:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018899215/poll-analysis-unhitches-itself-from-reality</link>
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<item>
  <title>Political parties roll out crime control policy</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[After it emerged that Matu Reid was on home detention for family violence offences, the media rapidly raised questions about home detention, the discounting of prison sentences and gun control. Politicians have mostly refrained from adding their views, but they had already made crime and punishment election issues this past week.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2023 09:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018899546/political-parties-roll-out-crime-control-policy</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 23 July 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A triumph on a tragic day; political parties roll out crime control policies; creative interpretations of a pretty prosaic political poll.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018899572/mediawatch-for-23-july-2023</link>
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<item>
  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - too much information too soon? </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about intense coverage of a mother accused of killing her children - and the media finally covering the crimes of Sir James Wallace. Also: Tova O’Brien returning to the media as some senior news editors depart; the media response to the PM ruling out wealth taxes - and the tabloid scoop giving the BBC a big headache.

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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018898749/midweek-mediawatch-too-much-information-too-soon</link>
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<item>
  <title>Could a 'mortgage bomb' blow up borrowers?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Recent reports have warned of a ‘mortgage bomb’ that could blow up - and a growing number of people unable to pay back debts. Is the story as explosive as some headlines would have you believe? 

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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018898507/could-a-mortgage-bomb-blow-up-borrowers</link>
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<item>
  <title>Australia puts big tech under more pressure</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[These days the platforms that pump news round the internet make more money out of it than the media who make it. In Australia they’ve done deals to ensure the media get more. Now the government also wants big fines for platforms publishing falsehoods. How will that work? And what’s the story here?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2023 09:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018898515/australia-puts-big-tech-under-more-pressure</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 16 July 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Warnings of a 'mortgage bomb' about to blow up; Australia puts big tech' under more pressure; Mary Holm's 25 years with readers and writers.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018898551/mediawatch-for-16-july-2023</link>
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  <title>Mary Holm - 25 years with readers and writers </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mary Holm's been writing about personal finance weekly for the same paper for more than 25 years. But she tells Mediawatch it's really the readers who have kept it going.  
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2023 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018898514/mary-holm-25-years-with-readers-and-writers</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Greens gazumped; Cane caned </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about the Greens' entire manifesto crowded out by coverage of a single law and order tweak from Act . Also a Mediawatch mess-up; a sub-par speed limit story; more BBC presenter problems, commentators cheering Cane's kick (or was it a trip?) and remembering Steve Orsbourn.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 21:58:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018898151/midweek-mediawatch-greens-gazumped-cane-caned</link>
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<item>
  <title>The death and rebirth of a long-lasting column</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The New Zealand Herald column Sideswipe ended in May after a 21-year run. Its creator attributes its longevity to good curation and building a community.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2023 14:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018897530/the-death-and-rebirth-of-a-long-lasting-column</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 9 July 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[100 days to go; unknown Luxon; Listener goes online and brings back NZ's longest lasting columnist; confusing news on the economy.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018897701/mediawatch-for-9-july-2023</link>
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  <title>Christopher Luxon, the unknowable man</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Political reporters often say people need to get to know National leader Christopher Luxon. But he's ubiquitous in the media and has been in the job 18 months. Is it possible he's unknowable? Or is it time to retire the narrative?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2023 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018897526/christopher-luxon-the-unknowable-man</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - tipsy Tory &amp; allegedly angry Allan</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about the reaction to two politicians who both filled the front page of The Post this past week: cabinet minister Kiri Allan and Wellington mayor Tory Whanau. Also: the PM dodges a China crisis - and intense coverage of petrol pump pain. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 22:30:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018897214/midweek-mediawatch-tipsy-tory-and-allegedly-angry-allan</link>
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  <title>Shock of the news - and the state of the arts</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A new report says the arts and culture get just half of the space in our media that's devoted to sport. Mediawatch asks a leading local culture critic if the arts are just a 'nice to have' for our media now - and why he's warned cultural criticism could disappear with the older Pākehā blokes like him. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2023 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018896606/shock-of-the-news-and-the-state-of-the-arts</link>
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  <title>The right to be wrong - even in a crisis</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Dolphins mating in a prime-time TV documentary was deemed a breach of broadcasting standards this week by the broadcasting watchdog - but dismissing official information and experts on air during Cyclone Gabrielle was not.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018896610/the-right-to-be-wrong-even-in-a-crisis</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 2 July 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The shock of the news - and a critical shortage in the state of the arts; TVNZ top-table changes; reserving the right to be wrong - even in an emergency.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018896730/mediawatch-for-2-july-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - a Titanic amount of coverage</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about a titanic amount of coverage of the Titan submersible tragedy. Also: complaints about an unfair focus on Christopher Luxon; a harsh headline for Michael Wood; media caning Chiefs' captain for post-defeat no-show - and a tonally jarring lifestyle mag on the supermarket shelves.    
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  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2023 20:49:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018896317/midweek-mediawatch-a-titanic-amount-of-coverage</link>
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  <title>One weird trick for getting uncritical media coverage</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Most publications would never dream of running advertising for free, or publishing a highly ideological press release verbatim, but they may do so if the same information is presented in the form of research or study results.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2023 18:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018895605/one-weird-trick-for-getting-uncritical-media-coverage</link>
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  <title>Surgery scoop sparks rows over equality and equity</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[
A scoop revealing that ethnicity is factored into Auckland-region surgery waiting lists sparked strong reactions against ‘race-based healthcare’ and claims that Māori and Pacific patients were “getting to the front of the surgery queue.” But it turned out to be nothing new - and the formula might actually mean patients’ ethnic background has less impact on waitlist positioning.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2023 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018895520/surgery-scoop-sparks-rows-over-equality-and-equity</link>
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  <title>1XX changes hands - but not the mission</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A leading local, award-winning and proudly-independent radio station based in Whakatāne has changed hands after more than 50 years on air. We ask the boss who’s been there for most of them: is it the end of an era? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018895619/1xx-changes-hands-but-not-the-mission</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 25 June 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Surgery, equality and equity; starling survey results score easy exposure; independent local radio pioneer 1XX changes hands - but the mission remains the same.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018895785/mediawatch-for-25-june-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - 'Mad Max' mob scenes; election fever; Ellsberg RIP</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about a ‘tough on crime’ policy triggering media - after ‘Mad Max’ Mongrel Mob scenes in the news. Also: media war-gaming the election too soon; a political column winding back the news; problems that scrapped a big newspaper story emerge - and the ‘grandfather of whistleblowing’ dies. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2023 22:15:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018895181/midweek-mediawatch-mad-max-mob-scenes-election-fever-ellsberg-rip</link>
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  <title>Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘garbage’</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[External experts are poring over the ‘inappropriate editing’ of international news published online by RNZ. It has already tightened editorial checks and stood down an online journalist. Will this dent trust in RNZ - or news in general? Were campaigns propagating national propaganda a factor? Mediawatch asks two experts with international experience. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2023 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018894802/further-fallout-as-rnz-takes-out-the-garbage</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 18 June 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at the response to the revelation of 'inappropriate editing' of online world news at RNZ - and asks two experts what may come out of the investigation into how it happened. Also: Mediawatch asks about claims that state-sponsored offshore disinformation campaigns could be undermining our media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - RNZ's Russiagate; 'rinky-dink' politics &amp; forecast fatigue  </title>
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    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Anna Thomas about RNZ's 'pro-Russia edits' saga now extending stories about other countries - and a newspaper's feature story that fell short of standards. Also: one RNZ host leaves the broadcaster while another returns to air; the intense focus on political party leaders' 'rinky dink' phrases  - and what they say off-message; the media war over Australia's most famous soldier- and whether people can weather the long forecasts. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:05:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018894407/midweek-mediawatch-rnz-s-russiagate-rinky-dink-politics-and-forecast-fatigue</link>
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  <title>Digging out the facts on crime and punishment</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Crime is set to be a big election year issue, with polls showing the public feels unsafe and the opposition claiming the government is 'soft' on offending. A pair of Herald journalists have tried to get to the truth behind the political jousting.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2023 09:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018893528/digging-out-the-facts-on-crime-and-punishment</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 11 June 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[How stories about the war in Ukraine ended up with a pro-Russian slant on RNZ's website; reports of crime are on the up but does the story change when reporters run the numbers before running a story?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>RNZ investigating Kremlin-friendly story edits</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[RNZ is investigating how online stories about the war in Ukraine, supplied by an international news agency, were edited to align with the Russian view of events. A staff member has been stood down while other stories are audited. It's also prompted an external review of RNZ's online news publishing.    
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  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 19:55:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018893783/rnz-investigating-kremlin-friendly-story-edits</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - on the outside looking in</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Tod Zaner about Auckland mayor Wayne Brown antagonising the media . . . again; a shake-up of Stuff's top brass; TVNZ boosting free-to-air sport; a dead radio station winning three national awards; Nicky Hager honoured for lifting the lid on secrets. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2023 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018893413/midweek-mediawatch-on-the-outside-looking-in</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 4 June 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch talks to the radio industry's top spokesperson who called on commercial companies to curb their rivalry - and the brains behind a small music radio network spreading around the country - but without ads. Also: a controversial proposal to change the way our media content is regulated.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018893000/mediawatch-for-4-june-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - a potentially toxic election season</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about racist abuse of journalists and the potential for more of it in a toxic election campaign. Also: an eyebrow-raising Media Council decision; two enduring magazines changing hands; exclusive coverage of awards that excludes other award winners - and some surprising talkback debate about cycling. 
 

 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 19:59:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018892564/midweek-mediawatch-a-potentially-toxic-election-season</link>
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  <title>The long game of investigating Loafers Lodge disaster</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Years before the Grenfell Tower fire killed 72 residents, it was foreshadowed by another fatal fire in London which wasn't adequately investigated. A journalist who has worked on that story for six years so far tells Mediawatch our media must pursue what went wrong at Loafers Lodge to prevent something worse happening elsewhere in future. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2023 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018891975/the-long-game-of-investigating-loafers-lodge-disaster</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 28 May 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Lessons for Loafers Lodge investigation in the long game of the UK's Grenfell saga; new fund backing business and economics coverage; an hour of Gower (and friends . . . and his issues).
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018892013/mediawatch-for-28-may-2023</link>
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  <title>An hour of Gower</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Three's new current affairs show Paddy Gower Has Issues walks a tonal tightrope - balancing comedic heckling and faux-serious investigations with in-depth reporting on important issues of the day.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2023 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018891822/an-hour-of-gower</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Miami not nice </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch -  Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about the outrage over Paora that sparked escalating apologies from Zoo Miami - and how the media reacted to a Budget which wasn't quite what the pundits predicted. Also: a media watchdog's warning about taking care with facts  - and the ‘the worst movie of the year’? 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2023 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018891506/midweek-mediawatch-miami-not-nice</link>
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  <title>A little local political difficulty pulls national media focus  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The nation’s news outlets aren’t usually interested in local government ructions in the south, but deep rifts in one dysfunctional council have made many headlines lately. When a ‘showdown’ meeting in Gore was livestreamed on major websites this week, peace broke out instead. Was that because of the media attention?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2023 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018890883/a-little-local-political-difficulty-pulls-national-media-focus</link>
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  <title>Politicians seeking platforms for political reveals</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Brian Tamaki couldn't get on TV last weekend to announce the launch of a new umbrella movement to contest the next election. But other political leaders had better luck recently week getting a media platform to air new plans and policies.   
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2023 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018890891/politicians-seeking-platforms-for-political-reveals</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 21 May 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Gore blimey - a little local political difficulty pulls national media focus; Politicians seeking platforms for political reveals.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018891054/mediawatch-for-21-may-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - putting a disaster in context</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about coverage putting the Loafers Lodge disaster in context - even in the midst of chaos and confusion, some impressive political fact-checking, whether the media needs to change tack reporting economists' forecasts - and an exclusive interview with a party-swapping MP which wasn't hard to get.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2023 21:36:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018890596/midweek-mediawatch-putting-a-disaster-in-context</link>
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  <title>Some broadcasters still shrugging off storm warnings</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Some in the media learned the lessons of Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods, just as the emergency management authorities have done - and they made a concerted effort to take this week’s weather warnings seriously. Others, not so much.

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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2023 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018889832/some-broadcasters-still-shrugging-off-storm-warnings</link>
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  <title>Offshore outfit rating the reliability of our media   </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[US-based NewsGuard is rating New Zealand's significant news sites for reliability - and even preparing ‘nutrition labels’ to warn users to treat them with caution. NewsGuard is also using human journalists to train generative AI innovations like ChatGPT to minimise the potential for misinformation-spreading on an epic scale.  

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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2023 09:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018883019/offshore-outfit-rating-the-reliability-of-our-media</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 14 May 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Safe or sorry? Some still shrugging off storm warnings; an offshore outfit rating reliability of our news - and trying to train the AI chatbots; angst over not-so-Super Rugby on screen.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018890027/mediawatch-for-14-may-2023</link>
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  <title>Angst over not-so-Super Rugby on screen</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek sports bulletins and commentaries declared that a former All Blacks coach had "slammed" modern rugby and declared it "unwatchable," prompting push-back from current All Blacks about changing the rules and refereeing. But Wayne Smith didn't quite condemn the state of the nation game in the way some reports would have you believe.         
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2023 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018889830/angst-over-not-so-super-rugby-on-screen</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - out with the old, in with the new</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about criticism of the Coronation coverage - and the PM grilled by the BBC on republicanism and sausage rolls. Also - RNZ releases critical comments from a minister; and a new radio station and podcasts emerge from the closure of talk station Today FM. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2023 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018889522/midweek-mediawatch-out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new</link>
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  <title>A constitutional conundrum - or simply a king-size spectacle?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Coronation this weekend was an historic event that anointed a new head of state for us for the first time in 70 years - and also a made-for-media spectacle that captivated broadcasters. After the death of QE2 last year, pundits predicted a debate about cutting ties with the Crown would follow, but the media have shown little appetite for it.   
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2023 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018889034/a-constitutional-conundrum-or-simply-a-king-size-spectacle</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 7 May 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Coronation - constitutional conundrum or just a king-size media spectacle?; political defection takes media by surprise.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Political defection takes media by surprise </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Te Pāti Māori livestreams from local marae don’t usually attract much mainstream media interest. But the defection of government minister Meka Whaitiri on Wednesday was carried by every major outlet after Whakaata Māori's late-night scoop sparked a media scramble. It also created a “constitutional cluster” that needed clarity.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2023 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - a media muddle over Meka Whaitiri</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about Meka Whaitiri's defection to Te Pāti Māori taking the media by surprise, a media organisation and a politician censured for inaccuracy on important health matters - and media coverage of an airline PR stunt.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2023 21:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018888604/midweek-mediawatch-a-media-muddle-over-meka-whaitiri</link>
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  <title>Stuff takes paywall plunge</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[After putting almost all its news online for free for a quarter of a century, Stuff launched subscription-based websites this weekend for its biggest daily papers - The Press, Waikato Times and The Post. Its main news website stuff.co.nz will remain free - but its regional titles could also put up paywalls soon.   
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2023 17:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Citizenship celebration turns sour in record time</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[For 22 years, media stories regularly bemoaned Kiwis treated as second class citizens across the ditch. This week, the problem finally got resolved, only for coverage to turn to fears of a 'Great Exodus' within hours.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2023 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018887883/citizenship-celebration-turns-sour-in-record-time</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 30 April 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Stuff takes the paywall plunge; fear of brain drain drowns out victory for Kiwis' rights across the ditch; economic predictions wide of the mark.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Stuff to put up first paywalls for news</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The country’s biggest publisher of news will soon begin charging readers of three titles for news online for the first time. Stuff is launching subscription-based websites for The Dominion Post, The Press and Waikato Times, but access to its main national news website stuff.co.nz will remain free. 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:56:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - big bills for media billionaires</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about a very bad week for two billionaire media barons - Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch - burning up credibility and cash in court, online and in space; and more critics copping flak for Succession spoilers.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 22:45:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018887499/midweek-mediawatch-big-bills-for-media-billionaires</link>
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  <title>What’s the government’s post-merger media plan?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The government is beefing up RNZ’s budget after scrapping the new public media entity it planned over four years. But what’s the ‘broadcasting strategy for all New Zealanders’  the minister says he’s putting together? And what’s the plan for state-owned TVNZ?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2023 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018887032/what-s-the-government-s-post-merger-media-plan</link>
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  <title>New regional news network seeks reporters and backers</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week ads for a new start-up appeared seeking reporters in the regions - and offering salaries reporters only get in the big cities these days. What is Regional News Network? How does it plan to set up the sort of regional coverage big news outlets have struggled to maintain in recent years?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018887042/new-regional-news-network-seeks-reporters-and-backers</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 23 April 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[What's the government plan for public media now?; regional news start-up seeking reporters and backing; airline snack swap secures sparks media appetite.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018887210/mediawatch-for-23-april-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - an unwanted Twitter tag</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about Twitter tagging public broadcasters around the world - including RNZ - as 'government funded'; politicians being grilled on TV about their policies - and their personalities, and some research findings which made news but needed a little more context.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2023 20:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018886779/midweek-mediawatch-an-unwanted-twitter-tag</link>
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  <title>A rainy day for the mayor's media freeze out</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Auckland mayor Wayne Brown has maintained a relationship with the media that's been - at best - frosty. A new report into the Council's flood response shows the limits of that approach. The mayor's promised changes to emergency planning in future. How could this help media do their job in an emergency?  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2023 09:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018886103/a-rainy-day-for-the-mayor-s-media-freeze-out</link>
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<item>
  <title>Droning on about flying pizza - again </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week the prospect of pizza by drone from store-to-door hit the headlines again - seven years years after a similar PR fly-by prompted stories insisting this was just around the corner for needy and greedy fast food fans. Meanwhile other drone delivery innovations already under way or in the pipeline don't seem to interest the media much.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2023 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018885865/droning-on-about-flying-pizza-again</link>
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<item>
  <title>Mediawatch for 16 April 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Auckland flood response review finds arms-length Council didn't use media effectively; media droning on about flying pizza - again; a fake news backflip.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018886277/mediawatch-for-16-april-2023</link>
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<item>
  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Lobbying, OIA angst and spoiler rage </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about how the media reacted to a sudden switch of rules for those who lobby politicians. Also - an investigation lifting the lid on health spending, a solo Southlander giving local media a run for their money - and the LA Times spoiling ‘Succession’ for fervent fans.   
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  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018885805/midweek-mediawatch-lobbying-oia-angst-and-spoiler-rage</link>
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<item>
  <title>Mediawatch: Turning off the news?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at the results of the biggest annual survey of New Zealanders’ trust in news - which shows it’s on the slide for the fourth year in a row. For the first time it also shows many of us avoiding news altogether. Is that because so much of it has been 'bad news' for so long? Or are we doing it badly? Mediawatch the authors of the 2023 Trust in News report.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2023 11:30:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018885345/mediawatch-turning-off-the-news</link>
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<item>
  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - All the President's luggage</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about Donald Trump getting arrested, trust in news falling again, a controversy involving a Cabinet minister and RNZ- and the working poor getting a platform.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2023 21:43:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018884866/midweek-mediawatch-all-the-president-s-luggage</link>
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<item>
  <title>Today FM turned off - and erased </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Why did MediaWorks kill a network launched with heavy hype only a year ago - which was also the source of news for half the country's commercial stations? The major media company also scrubbed the station’s digital content and brought to an end more than 30 years of talk radio history. Mediawatch asks why - and what happens next.

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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2023 18:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018884147/today-fm-turned-off-and-erased</link>
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<item>
  <title>Mediawatch for 2 April 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The untidy end of Today FM - and 30 years of talk radio history; further fallout from coverage of the short-but-sharp visit of provocateur Posie Parker - and the protest that drowned her out.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2023 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018884291/mediawatch-for-2-april-2023</link>
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<item>
  <title>Media mismatch on an 'out-of-control mob'</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The protest that overwhelmed a rally for anti-trans rights activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull in Auckland last weekend was described as out-of-control and violent in some accounts. Two reporters who covered the protest on the ground tell Mediawatch that doesn't reflect what they saw.​
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2023 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018883958/media-mismatch-on-an-out-of-control-mob</link>
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<item>
  <title> Today FM goes up in flames after on-air explosion</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The future of MediaWorks talk network Today FM and its news service are in doubt after a proposal to close the station prompted an on-air staff revolt. Today FM abruptly cut to pop music after breakfast host Tova O'Brien announced she and all her colleagues were losing their jobs - and morning host Duncan Garner said they had "been betrayed."
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  <pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:51:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018883926/today-fm-goes-up-in-flames-after-on-air-explosion</link>
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<item>
  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - incorrect Corrections ad?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Susana Lei’ataua about the advertising watchdog scuppering an expensive and important TV advert - and a surprise rise in the media’s income from ads. Also: an editor promising inside information on our media - and further fallout from the controversial visit of Posie Parker. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018883764/midweek-mediawatch-incorrect-corrections-ad</link>
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  <title>Lifting the lid on lobbying, ministers - and the media </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An RNZ investigation lifted the lid this week on lobbyists and how they communicate with politicians outside the public gaze or official oversight. But it also raised questions for the media about how the lobbyists lobby them - and appear in the media while the public have no idea who their clients are.    
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2023 13:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018883296/lifting-the-lid-on-lobbying-ministers-and-the-media</link>
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  <title>Posie the provocateur captures media's attention</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The fly-in fly-out visit of provocateur Posie Parker was obviously a divisive issue - with people going to court to try to prevent it and then taking to the streets when that failed. Opponents drowned out her public appearance in Auckland, but there was plenty about her - and her opinions - in the media this week. 

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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2023 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018883290/posie-the-provocateur-captures-media-s-attention</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 26 March 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[UK provocateur captures media's attention; lifting the lid on lobbying, ministers - and the media; a source burned and spurned - in the public interest?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018883321/mediawatch-for-26-march-2023</link>
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  <title> A source burned and spurned - in the public interest?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An RNZ investigation this week revealed ministers and their staff are messaged by lobbyists using apps out of the public gaze - but discoverable under the OIA. In the UK, one minister’s messages exposing ‘government by WhatsApp’ are also in the headlines because of one journalist brutally betraying her source - and kicking off an angry ethical debate.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2023 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018882986/a-source-burned-and-spurned-in-the-public-interest</link>
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<item>
  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Lobbyists, Iraq, provoking the woke &amp; angst over activist  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Lei'ataua about revelations on political lobbying from RNZ, a new online outlet seeking to provoke the woke; how US media boosted the war in Iraq 20 years ago -  and challenges for reporters covering an anti-trans rights campaigner's tour.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 22:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20230322-2206-midweek_mediawatch_-_lobbyists_iraq_provoking_woke-02.ogg" length="22224966" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018882892/midweek-mediawatch-lobbyists-iraq-provoking-the-woke-and-angst-over-activist</link>
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<item>
  <title>A muted media response to March 15</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The media did little to mark the fourth anniversary of the March 15 terror attack, and some victims and their families say they are starting to feel forgotten.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 18:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018882088/a-muted-media-response-to-march-15</link>
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  <title>Climate policies burn on the bread and butter bonfire</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Chris Hipkins won media plaudits for his political strategy after scrapping or deferring some of Labour's policy in his latest policy bonfire, including ones to reduce emissions. But a poll released just hours after his announcement showed voters want more climate action, not less. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20230319-0912-climate_policies_burn_on_the_bread_and_butter_bonfire-02.ogg" length="5078611" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018882198/climate-policies-burn-on-the-bread-and-butter-bonfire</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 19 March 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Polls and policy bonfire create climate contradiction; a muted media response to March 15; apology; talk radio outbursts spark apology.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018882383/mediawatch-for-19-march-2023</link>
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<item>
  <title>Mis-match of the day at the BBC </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Todd Zaner about how a former footballer took on the top brass of the BBC - and won.  Also: a confronting front-page story about a high-profile death - and two papers challenged on the fairness of local politics coverage.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20230315-2200-midweek_mediawatch_-_mis-match_of_the_day_at_bbc-02.ogg" length="19205876" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018881790/mis-match-of-the-day-at-the-bbc</link>
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<item>
  <title>Kids and consultants - Media run the rule over opposition policy </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The National Party unveiled two dove-tailed policies last weekend - pumping up childcare subsidies while cutting down on consultants to cover the cost. Mediawatch looks at how the media ran the rule over these - and talks to the author of a timely investigation into the lucrative childcare industry.

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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2023 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20230312-0912-media_run_the_rule_over_policy_on_kids_and_consultants-02.ogg" length="14191833" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018881208/kids-and-consultants-media-run-the-rule-over-opposition-policy</link>
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  <title>Big bills for aborted media merger - but what next? </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The broadcasting and media minister spoke about the collapse of the public media merger for the first time this week when a Parliamentary committee asked about the sums spent on it. He gave little away about the next strategy for RNZ which he’s taking to Cabinet soon. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2023 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20230312-0910-big_bills_for_aborted_media_merger_-_but_what_next-02.ogg" length="3639324" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018881242/big-bills-for-aborted-media-merger-but-what-next</link>
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<item>
  <title>Mediawatch for 12 March 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media run the rule over policy on kids and consultants; Michelle Duff on journalism and switching to fiction; awkwards questions over media merger bills - and what comes next.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018881421/mediawatch-for-12-march-2023</link>
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<item>
  <title>Mediawatch for 12 March 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media run the rule over policy on kids and consultants; Michelle Duff on journalism and switching to fiction; awkwards questions over media merger bills - and what comes next.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018881434/mediawatch-for-12-march-2023</link>
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<item>
  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - transport reporting skids and u-turns</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Lei'ataua about some skids and u-turns in transport reporting, a growing glut of daily news podcasts - and a new online outlet for those de-platformed by The Platform. Also: public servants expressing political views in the media - and PM's pie preferences.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 21:58:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20230308-2158-midweek_mediawatch_-_transport_reporting_skids_and_u-turns-02.ogg" length="18179990" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018881000/midweek-mediawatch-transport-reporting-skids-and-u-turns</link>
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<item>
  <title>Documenting the March 2 convulsion one year on</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Coverage of the occupation of Parliament was wall-to-wall in our media as it dissolved into violence and came to an end one year ago this week. An RNZ team has trawled the overflowing archive of images for a documentary to show how it played on the the ground. Will it help us understand future stand-offs which capture the attention of the media?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2023 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20230305-0912-documenting_the_march_2_convulsion_one_year_on-02.ogg" length="12211146" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018880309/documenting-the-march-2-convulsion-one-year-on</link>
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<item>
  <title>Signal to noise - is AM radio really under threat?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Old-fashioned AM radio was an information lifeline for many during Cyclone Gabrielle when other sources wilted without power. Now a little-known arrangement that puts proceedings of Parliament on the air has been cited as a threat to its future. But is a switch-off really likely? And what’s being done to avoid it?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2023 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20230305-0910-signal_to_noise_-_is_am_radio_really_under_threat-02.ogg" length="6450813" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018880314/signal-to-noise-is-am-radio-really-under-threat</link>
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<item>
  <title>Mediawatch for 5 March 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Documenting the March 2 convulsion one year on; apology to Tim Beveridge; claims that AM radio is in jeopardy; is the G-word still fit for primetime TV?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-sun-20230305-0908-mediawatch_for_5_march_2023-02.ogg" length="23472752" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018880459/mediawatch-for-5-march-2023</link>
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<item>
  <title>G-word deemed a slur in news, but still fit for primetime TV</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Does a surprising call by our broadcasting watchdog about a fleeting TV news item months ago mean that a primetime TV show shouldn’t really be on our screens right now? 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2023 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20230305-0907-g-word_a_slur_in_news_but_still_fit_for_primetime_tv-02.ogg" length="2930273" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018880315/g-word-deemed-a-slur-in-news-but-still-fit-for-primetime-tv</link>
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<item>
  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - contested crime wave claims</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Lei'ataua about the media covering claims of a post-Gabrielle crime spike that was questioned by Police; the fiery exit of a top public servant, MediaWorks' boss preparing to take off - and a radio host hitting back at Pharmac for playing favourites with the media. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 22:05:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018880038/midweek-mediawatch-contested-crime-wave-claims</link>
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  <title>Claims and counter-claims on post-cyclone crime spike</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media on the ground in cyclone-hit communities found road-blocks and local people reporting looting, theft and threats backed up with firearms. Meanwhile police and politicians insisted there was no spike in crime and complained of disinformation in the media and online.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2023 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018879320/claims-and-counter-claims-on-post-cyclone-crime-spike</link>
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  <title>Boring old infrastructure rises to the top of the agenda </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Once the scale of Cyclone Gabrielle’s destruction became clear, politicians of all parties agreed restoring and improving our infrastructure is our top priority. We’re told we’ve underinvested in it for decades and now the expense will be epic. So how can the media help us get to grips with this daunting challenge - and even understand infrastructure actually is? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2023 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018879331/boring-old-infrastructure-rises-to-the-top-of-the-agenda</link>
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  <title>Climate minimisation still has a foothold in media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[National MP Maureen Pugh was censured by her bosses and made to walk back her words after calling man-made climate change into question earlier this week. But similar sentiments still find a platform in the media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018879274/climate-minimisation-still-has-a-foothold-in-media</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 26 February 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Claims and counter-claims on post-Gabrielle crime spike; boring old infrastructure surges to the top of the agenda; climate minimisation still has a foothold in the media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018879480/mediawatch-for-26-february-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - cyclone talkback backlash</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Susana Lei'ataua about coverage of Cyclone Gabrielle's destruction - and the backlash against talk radio hosts who played the disaster down early on. Also: claims Roald Dahl’s books have been censored by 'PC gone mad' - and Fox News facing billion-dollar problems.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 21:39:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018879031/midweek-mediawatch-cyclone-talkback-backlash</link>
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  <title>Radio hosts fixate on schools closing as Gabrielle closes in </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Cyclone Gabrielle buried homes and took lives, including those of rescuers, this week. But as it bore down on the country, front-rank hosts at Newstalk ZB played down the danger it posed and complained about a day of school closures.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2023 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018878253/radio-hosts-fixate-on-schools-closing-as-gabrielle-closes-in</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch - before and after Gabrielle</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Our media were in emergency mode yet again this week, offering hours of extra coverage on air, online and in print. Outlets in the hardest-hit places reported the basics - even without access to basics like power, communications and even premises. What will Gabrielle's legacy be for media's role in reporting disasters and national resilience?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018878467/mediawatch-before-and-after-gabrielle</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Covering another catastrophe</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Lei'ataua about some good journalism - and some ill-advised commentary - on Cyclone Gabrielle. And in other news: a truancy announcement that didn't turn up - and the end of the show formerly known as Police Ten-7 / Ten-7 Aotearoa - and claims it got ‘cancelled.’
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  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2023 19:52:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018877958/midweek-mediawatch-covering-another-catastrophe</link>
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  <title>Supermarkets shaping the food price story</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Recent media reports have blamed rising grocery prices on supermarket suppliers and even shoplifters. One business journalist is calling on the media to focus on the market power of our supermarket duopoly, now facing a law change to improve competition and lower prices. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2023 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018877026/supermarkets-shaping-the-food-price-story</link>
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  <title>Southlander goes solo to tell southern stories </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Logan Savory spent years covering local stories for the long-established local daily paper Southland Times. Now he’s gone solo in the Southland Tribune - which sounds like a paper but isn’t. Why the change?   And what’s the difference? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018877209/southlander-goes-solo-to-tell-southern-stories</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 12 February 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media merger out of its misery; supermarkets shaping the food price story; Southlander goes solo to tell southern stories.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018877378/mediawatch-for-12-february-2023</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - the day the merger died  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the government dumping its public media plans - again - and Karyn talks to National's Melissa Lee about her reaction. Also: Waitangi Day passing peacefully - apart from a little cue-card controversy. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 19:50:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018876937/midweek-mediawatch-the-day-the-merger-died</link>
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  <title>Public media policy put out of its misery</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The PM has confirmed what pundits have predicted for weeks: the plan for a public media entity has been scrapped – before they even settled on a name for it. It’s the second time in five years Labour’s backed away from its public media policy, leaving RNZ and TVNZ in limbo again.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:48:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018876865/public-media-policy-put-out-of-its-misery</link>
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  <title>Communications recriminations after the deluge </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The communications failures following the downpour  - now under review - weren’t all Wayne Brown’s fault, but the mayor’s antagonistic and arm's-length management prolonged a media pile-on which raised questions about the priorities of both parties in a crisis. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2023 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018876328/communications-recriminations-after-the-deluge</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 5 February 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Communications recriminations after the deluge; rebooting crisis coverage in the social media age; public media plan proclaimed a dead duck by other media.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018876486/mediawatch-for-5-february-2023</link>
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  <title>Rebooting crisis coverage in the social media age</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When the heavens opened last weekend, some channels of official information closed. Emergency management agencies and the news media both copped criticism for lagging behind events - and behind social media feeds fed by citizens and ordered by algorithms. Can the content from the crowd in real time be harvested for a big picture the news media and the authorities alike can all use?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2023 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018876436/rebooting-crisis-coverage-in-the-social-media-age</link>
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  <title>Midweek Drongowatch: A woeful week in Wayne's world</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's rebranded Midweek Drongowatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a flood of criticism for Auckland mayor Wayne Brown, a pair of polls that perked up the political press pack  - and how TVNZ handled the story of the first-ever All Black to come out as gay. Also - Hayden's summer season news bingo-card check - and his mancave confusion clarified.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:41:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018876036/midweek-drongowatch-a-woeful-week-in-wayne-s-world</link>
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  <title>Political pressure on media merger pumped up </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Legislation for a new public media entity due by March has been reviewed and is due to be debated in Parliament soon. But pundits and opposition politicians alike are urging the government - now under new 'bread and butter'-focused management - to pull the plug on it.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2023 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018875363/political-pressure-on-media-merger-pumped-up</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 29 January 2023</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[PM's exit and epic rain blow up 'slow news' summer; political pressure pumped up on media merger; mixed messages on state of the highways.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2023 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018875508/mediawatch-for-29-january-2023</link>
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  <title>Mixed messages on state of the highways  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Anger over the state of our highways deepened this summer - along with the potholes at the heart of constant claims the roads are “the worst they’ve ever been.” But political pressure and a startling stat in the media might have given people the wrong idea - and also undermined the push for lower speeds and fewer crashes.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2023 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018875359/mixed-messages-on-state-of-the-highways</link>
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  <title>PM’s exit and epic rain blow up 'slow news' summer</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Along with the politicians, the media were caught on the hop when Jacinda Ardern suddenly called it quits last week. This week, more than a summer's worth of rain in a few hours blew away the 'slow news' season.     
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  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2023 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018875369/pm-s-exit-and-epic-rain-blow-up-slow-news-summer</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - suprise demise of a PM </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights - back for 2023. 


Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the media response to Jacinda Ardern’s surprise demise. Also: big job cuts at a big radio broadcaster; little local stations fighting their corner; on-air changes at RNZ and the Dom Post - and the death of a record-breaking long-serving radio host. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2023 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018875032/midweek-mediawatch-suprise-demise-of-a-pm</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: The year in review</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell recaps the big stories of 2022 and the questions they raise for 2023, and delivers his own personal worst of and best of list for the year in media.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2022 10:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018872179/midweek-mediawatch-the-year-in-review</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch December 21</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A roundup of the weeks & the years happenings. There's even an awards slot!
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  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2022 22:16:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018872229/midweek-mediawatch-december-21</link>
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  <title>Turning a more sceptical eye on the tech titans</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[For years, Silicon Valley's stars have been able to drum up positive media headlines with their visions of a future tech utopia. In 2022, several of them ran into the hard wall of reality.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2022 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018871348/turning-a-more-sceptical-eye-on-the-tech-titans</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 18 December 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's mash-up of 2022 in review; reversal of fortunes for Silicon Valley moguls in the media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018871679/mediawatch-for-18-december-2022</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch's mashup of 2022 in review  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch says goodbye  - and good riddance - to 2022 in the media. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2022 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018871538/mediawatch-s-mashup-of-2022-in-review</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - more media merger manoeuvres</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the government’s media merger under the spotlight again - along with top brass of TVNZ and RNZ. Also: the death of two much-admired journalists; Qatar’s issues overshadowed by the World Cup spectacle; overheated reports of road repair rage, and who’s telling the Prime Minister what to do on her summer break? 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 21:51:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018871273/midweek-mediawatch-more-media-merger-manoeuvres</link>
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  <title>Stuff’s regional rejig - and staff strife </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Why has our biggest and only truly national news publisher Stuff just rejigged its regional reporting to have fewer reporters in its local newsrooms - and none at all in some at certain times of the week? The move has antagonised some staff against the backdrop of disputes over journalists' pay.  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2022 17:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018870416/stuff-s-regional-rejig-and-staff-strife</link>
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  <title>Media merger meets mounting resistance as clock ticks</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The PM’s hints this week reforms will be pared back in 2023  - and an untidy interview by the broadcasting minister - added to skepticism about the government’s public media plan. But while the media have aired angst about editorial independence, trust and costs, the opportunities have barely been addressed - or the consequences of sticking with the status quo. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2022 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018870412/media-merger-meets-mounting-resistance-as-clock-ticks</link>
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  <title>Newspaper deserts - and some green shoots - replace rivers of gold </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[American newspaper editor turned academic Kenton Bird traveled this country in 2010 to see if the ‘news deserts’ caused by newspaper closures in the US could happen here. 12 years on, he’s back - and happy to find our papers still in print even though the ‘rivers of gold’ dried up long ago and our biggest publisher was sold for a single gold coin in 2020. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2022 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018864260/newspaper-deserts-and-some-green-shoots-replace-rivers-of-gold</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 11 December 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media merger meets mounting resistance as clock ticks; Stuff's regional rejig of news - and staff strife; local papers: from rivers of gold to news deserts - and some green shoots.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018870739/mediawatch-for-11-december-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: A good news story gone bad</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a media tussle with Pharmac, a so-called 'trainweck' interview by the broadcasting minister and two interesting Media Council decisions.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 20:51:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <title>Anti-vax parents create media conundrum</title>
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    <![CDATA[One press conference question at a Prime Ministerial summit kicked off a wave of social media scorn this week - and even criticism and international headlines about sexism. But media made a better fist of the awkward questions thrown up by parents withholding consent for the treatment of their sick baby and their supporters.     
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2022 16:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018869485/anti-vax-parents-create-media-conundrum</link>
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  <title>Programme-makers anxious about public media project</title>
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    <![CDATA[For more than 30 years the nation's independent producers have been able to bid for money from the public purse to make programmes via New Zealand on Air. But from next year, the new public media entity that replaces RNZ and TVNZ will hold the purse strings for the bulk of the taxpayers' money - and they're anxious about it. But if there's more money available for the stuff they make, what's the problem?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2022 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018869432/programme-makers-anxious-about-public-media-project</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch: 4 December 2022</title>
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    <![CDATA[Handling awkward questions; programme-makers anxious about public media project; why Stuff journalists walked off the job.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018869757/mediawatch-4-december-2022</link>
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  <title>Why did Stuff journalists walk off the job? </title>
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    <![CDATA[Journalism’s never been an especially well-paid job, except for a few bosses and stars in big jobs at the top end. But industrial action is rare - and no journalists at major news media have gone on strike here for almost a decade and half. Why did some Stuff reporters walk off the job this week and picket their own premises? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2022 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018869579/why-did-stuff-journalists-walk-off-the-job</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch  - crime and ‘angertainment’</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talk to Karyn Hay about how the media responded to anger about violent crime and death of dairy worker Janak Patel. Also: journalists walking off the job; the rise of 'angertainment'; a new local series asking existential questions; unexpected media moments from the controversial Qatar World Cup.  
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2022 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018869092/midweek-mediawatch-crime-and-angertainment</link>
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  <title>COP 27 climate coverage cop-outs</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The latest global climate policy summit in Egypt failed to create binding agreements on emissions reduction. But COP 27 did pave the way for compensating countries bearing the brunt of climate change. Commentators in our media were quick to claim 'COP was a flop' and proof that big international gatherings of governments and institutions are a waste of time and taxpayers' money.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2022 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018868430/cop-27-climate-coverage-cop-outs</link>
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  <title>Relapse reports upset gang-based rehab programme </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A controversial gang-led drug rehab project funded by seized proceeds of crime was back in the news recently, thanks to headlines that highlighted the proportion of participants relapsing. That prompted critics to condemn it as a failure. Was that fair?  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018868587/relapse-reports-upset-gang-based-rehab-programme</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 27 November 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[COP 27 climate coverage cop outs; blowing the whistle on 'normalised' corruption in world sport; relapse reports upset gang-based rehab programme.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018868740/mediawatch-for-27-november-2022</link>
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  <title>Blowing the whistle on World Cup corruption</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Qatar’s ‘sports-washing’ World Cup has backfired in PR terms, but it's taken the heat off world football’s corrupted governing body FIFA who gave it a green light in the first place. Mediawatch talks to a whistleblower who became a journalist and publisher herself to get the story out.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2022 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018868433/blowing-the-whistle-on-world-cup-corruption</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Follow the leader</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a blizzard of commentary about Christopher Luxon's performance, Chinese state-sponsored propaganda in the Herald, and a respected Stuff reporter turning to climate coverage.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2022 21:11:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018868314/midweek-mediawatch-follow-the-leader</link>
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  <title>Media wrestle with ‘sportswashing’ Qatar’s World Cup</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The FIFA World Cup in Qatar was already controversial before this weekend’s kick-off. Organisers have told the media to ‘focus on the football’ but human rights, workers’ suffering and and allegations of corruption in securing the tournament in the first place are impossible to ignore. Will media draw attention to that while the planet’s best players are on show?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018867231/media-wrestle-with-sportswashing-qatar-s-world-cup</link>
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  <title>Framing farming’s important debates via the mailbox</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Opposition to agricultural reforms gets a wide airing in the media, along with protest and lobby groups fighting the corner against ‘unworkable regulations.’ But farming industry groups - and many farmers - also know adaptation and compromise is inevitable. Mediawatch talks to the editor of Farmers Weekly, whose views end up in the mailbox of almost every farm in the land.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2022 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018867437/framing-farming-s-important-debates-via-the-mailbox</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 20 November 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media wrestle with 'sportswashing' Qatar's World Cup; framing farming's big issues via the mailbox; politics pundit calls it quits.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018867782/mediawatch-for-20-november-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Ferns fire up rugby's rulers </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch:Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about a sporting victory that stirred emotions - and calls for a level playing field. Also: Stuff staff push back at bosses; an exploding whale anniversary - and is social media’s social impact overstated? (Warning: contains traces of peanuts . . .)
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2022 21:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018867338/midweek-mediawatch-ferns-fire-up-rugby-s-rulers</link>
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  <title>Irreplaceable images on the block again</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A decade ago our biggest newspaper publisher made an ill-fated deal to send its almost all of its entire archive of photos offshore to be digitised. They never came back - and now their LA-based owner has put them on the market online, hoping a buyer will put them in public hands.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2022 16:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018866303/irreplaceable-images-on-the-block-again</link>
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  <title>Herald’s bid to short-circuit short-termism and tribalism</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Herald - and its publisher NZME - has embarked on a months-long series to push back at short-term thinking and political tribalism holding back the post-Covid recovery. Mediawatch asks the driving forces of ‘Rebuilding Better’ how that can be done - and if that means confronting some of the shrillest voices on NZME’s own platforms. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2022 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018866465/herald-s-bid-to-short-circuit-short-termism-and-tribalism</link>
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  <title>Annoying both sides doesn't equal getting it right</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Amid a barrage of criticism from across the political spectrum, Elon Musk reached for a defence beloved by editors and journalists. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2022 09:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018866461/annoying-both-sides-doesn-t-equal-getting-it-right</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 13 November 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Herald's bid to confront big national issues and 'Rebuild Better'; annoying left and right wing doesn't mean doing the right thing; irreplaceable images from papers past on the block.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018866668/mediawatch-for-13-november-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Follow the leaders</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Karyn Hay about the Labour Party’s conference overshadowed by the latest TV opinion poll - and reporters’ fixation on the party leaders. Also: Winston Peters slams our media offshore; more reactions, reports and revelations about the new public media entity. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2022 21:44:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018866208/midweek-mediawatch-follow-the-leaders</link>
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  <title>Who are New Zealand's journalists today? </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Journalists have long suffered the scorn of the public, rating as poorly as the politicians they report on – and used car sellers – when it comes to trustworthiness. But what New Zealand journalists are actually like is rarely examined. Mediawatch looks at the findings from the biggest-ever survey of our media people.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2022 16:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018865505/who-are-new-zealand-s-journalists-today</link>
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  <title>Minister and media puts pressure on suppression </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The new justice minister has said name suppression in our courts “is not working” because it’s granted too often to people with the means to make a strong bid for it. That puts Kiri Allan on the same page as the media which want greater freedom to report details of court cases of public interest. But would that also jeopardise the right to fair trial? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2022 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018865508/minister-and-media-puts-pressure-on-suppression</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 6 November 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Minister and media puts pressure on name suppression; who are New Zealand's journalists today?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018865677/mediawatch-for-6-november-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - political photo ops &amp; tech titans under pressure</title>
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    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Hayden Donnell talks to Charlotte Ryan about how the media handle politicians' photo opportunities  - and one politician keeping the media at arm's length. Also - unprecedented scrutiny of the tech titans as Musk takes control of Twitter and Zuckerberg suffers a sudden slide in Facebook’s fortune . . . and Charlotte Ryan held to account for teasing her own followers.   
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 22:19:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018865242/midweek-mediawatch-political-photo-ops-and-tech-titans-under-pressure</link>
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  <title>On the overlap - TV rugby double-up stuff-up</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[NZ Rugby was panned for overlapping the Black Ferns and the All Blacks on the pitch - and on TV - at the same time this weekend - but it wasn’t the first international double-up during the Women’s Rugby World Cup. Meanwhile, some top Auckland schools don’t want their top players on TV any more at all.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2022 18:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018864548/on-the-overlap-tv-rugby-double-up-stuff-up</link>
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  <title>PM’s exit speculation goes another round</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Pundits and presenters aired excitable opinions about the possibility - or probability according to some - that Jacinda Ardern would quit while she was ahead before the next election. It's a re-run of this time last year, when the same source-less speculation filled columns and airtime - and ended up wide of the mark.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2022 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <title>A doco revival spotlights crime and injustice</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A recent revival of local prime-time TV documentaries has highlighted some thorny social issues and raised awkward questions about justice and equality. Among them was a revealing investigation this week showing the cost of white-collar crime dwarfs that of welfare fraud, but draws lighter punishments and gets a lot less scrutiny in the media than the kind of crimes that play out in public.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2022 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018864518/a-doco-revival-spotlights-crime-and-injustice</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 30 October 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[PM's exit speculation goes another round; a doco revival spotlights crime and justice; on the overlap: rugby TV clashes create controversy.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Politics overkill, talk radio overcooked </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the media in overdrive over the UK’s political drama; more PR problems in the push for the new public media entity and a talk radio host censured for being mean to a teenager - and who went on to insult an entire country this week.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 22:30:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018864152/midweek-mediawatch-politics-overkill-talk-radio-overcooked</link>
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  <title>On the sidelines of big news in China</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week's five-yearly meeting of the Chinese Communist Party signposted China's economic and foreign policy for the foreseeable future under President Xi Jinping. That's a big deal for trading nations like ours, but propaganda, vested interests and media restrictions make the coverage difficult and confusing.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2022 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018863629/on-the-sidelines-of-big-news-in-china</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 23 October 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Bard-gate; on the sidelines of big news in China; chaotic politics sparks crude comebacks - and decency dilemmas.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018863825/mediawatch-for-23-october-2022</link>
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  <title>Chaotic politics sparks crude comebacks - and decency dilemmas</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The political turmoil in the UK sparked some spectacular emotional reactions - and language not normally fit for broadcast. Meanwhile, one radio host here was pondering just what words should be used on the air and in political interviews. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2022 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018863626/chaotic-politics-sparks-crude-comebacks-and-decency-dilemmas</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: A media tempest over Shakespeare</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a misleading and sometimes fact-free media uproar over a small arts grant, new developments in the Kamahl Santamaria saga, and regional reporting cutbacks at Stuff.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2022 21:58:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018863382/midweek-mediawatch-a-media-tempest-over-shakespeare</link>
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  <title>Heated emissions from media on gas charging plan</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Settling on a scheme to charge for agricultural emissions has taken 20 years of consultation, compromise and scientific research - and agriculture’s leading lobby groups were partners in the process. But obstinate objections and contestable claims from loud outsiders got pride of place in some media this week. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018862546/heated-emissions-from-media-on-gas-charging-plan</link>
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  <title>Ex-media minister’s hasty move to lobbying</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Kris Faafoi masterminded the public media merger that’s now in train, before quitting politics to spend more time with his family last June. Now he wants to spend more time with government again, lobbying for commercial clients. Critics complained about a 'revolving door' between lobbying and government, but the media is part of the equation too.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2022 14:59:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018862556/ex-media-minister-s-hasty-move-to-lobbying</link>
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  <title>The media and low local election turnout </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Once again the local elections were plagued by low voter turnout and a lack of engagement. Is the media coverage, or lack thereof, contributing to the problem - and what can it do to help? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2022 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20221016-0910-a_look_at_the_medias_role_in_local_election_apathy-02.ogg" length="9185067" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018862513/the-media-and-low-local-election-turnout</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 16 October 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Heated emissions from media on greenhouse gas charging plan; the media and the low, low, local election turnout; ex-media minister's hasty move to lobbying.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018862861/mediawatch-for-16-october-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Election angst and rugby joy  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the fallout from the local elections - Mayor Brown keeping media at arm's length: Also - Women's Rugby World Cup media fever, in spite of competition; speculation about who will lead the new public media entity next year - and Liz Truss as a lettuce. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2022 22:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20221012-2200-midweek_mediawatch_-_election_angst_and_rugby_joy-02.ogg" length="19153363" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018862408/midweek-mediawatch-election-angst-and-rugby-joy</link>
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  <title>TVNZ's media marriage at first sight</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media execs aired their angst about the government’s public media plan in parliamentary hearings this week - and the commercial clout TVNZ will bring to the new entity.  TVNZ’s Simon Power talks to Mediawatch about what needs to change, rivals’ fears of its commercial clout - and FBoy Island as a symbol of incompatible cultures. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2022 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20221009-0910-the_boss_of_the_big_beast_in_the_public_media_merger-02.ogg" length="17511688" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018861779/tvnz-s-media-marriage-at-first-sight</link>
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  <title>Hacking social media down to size </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The world’s richest person put US$44 billion to make Twitter his personal property. Social media pioneer Evan Henshaw-Plath - who co-founded Twitter’s forerunner Odeo - is now here in New Zealand trying to break down the big social platforms. But if they are worth billions of dollars because they have billions of users - isn’t a bit late for that?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018861879/hacking-social-media-down-to-size</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 9 October 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[FBoy Island controversy; TVNZ's boss on the concerns about the public media merger aired on Parliamentary hearings; can epic-scale social media platforms be hacked down to size?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-sun-20221009-0908-mediawtach_for_9_october_2022-02.ogg" length="25731126" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018861898/mediawatch-for-9-october-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Journalists become the story</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about journalists coming under fire from the subjects of their stories and an unsurprising scandal over a TVNZ reality show.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2022 21:03:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018861479/midweek-mediawatch-journalists-become-the-story</link>
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  <title>Hard stats and new voices enter the 'youth crime spike' coverage</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Two new pieces of reporting have added context and depth to the headlines blaring about a youth crime wave.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2022 18:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018860663/hard-stats-and-new-voices-enter-the-youth-crime-spike-coverage</link>
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  <title>More rancour on the road to a new public media entity</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week a Parliamentary committee heard concerns from other media companies about the new public media entity, as opposition attacks on the cost of it intensified.  Meanwhile a significant funding shift for local content came to light, revealing further tensions and uncertainties.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2022 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018860923/more-rancour-on-the-road-to-a-new-public-media-entity</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 2 October 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[More rancour on the road to a new public media entity; youth crime facts and headlines don't match; Christchurch Call digs deep into algorithms.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018860977/mediawatch-for-2-october-2022</link>
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  <title>Christchurch Call pushes against the algorithms</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[New Zealand is leading a bid to break open social media’s secret algorithms as part of The Christchurch Call  response, with backing from some big tech outfits. But without input from the biggest ones, will it undercut the extremism on social media platforms?  Mediawatch asks a social media pioneer who founded the forerunner of Twitter, but now wants to break the power of the big platforms.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2022 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018860941/christchurch-call-pushes-against-the-algorithms</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - public media angst &amp; awkwardness on air</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about developments in the progress of a new public media entity, and where the money for the content will come from. Also: a couple of awkward on-air interviews that sparked complaints. Were they unfair - or just a bit mean?
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  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2022 22:30:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018860524/midweek-mediawatch-public-media-angst-and-awkwardness-on-air</link>
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  <title>The push for open justice</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Journalists are shining a light on our legal system, revealing some important cases and systemic problems. They're doing so in the face of impediments inside the courts and uncertainty about where the money to pay for the reporting will come from.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2022 16:40:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018859986/the-push-for-open-justice</link>
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  <title>QE2, queues and cultural cues</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A long Anglican church service bookended by mostly-military parades became possibly the most-watched event in media history this week. But many media outlets struggled with what the Queen’s funeral really meant to different people around the planet.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2022 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018859794/qe2-queues-and-cultural-cues</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 25 September 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[QE2, queues and cultural cues; the push for open justice; minister prods TVNZ over public media progress; 'tis the season for tomato angst.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018860118/mediawatch-for-25-september-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: A right royal deluge of Queen coverage</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the deluge of coverage of the death of Queen Elizabeth  - and the not exactly full and frank release of an investigation into National MP Sam Uffindell's past misdemeanours.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2022 21:18:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20220921-2118-midweek_mediawatch-_a_right_royal_deluge_of_coverage-02.ogg" length="8726183" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018859686/midweek-mediawatch-a-right-royal-deluge-of-queen-coverage</link>
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  <title>Platforms under pressure to pay for news</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[There’s mounting pressure on tech titans Google and Facebook to pay local news media to carry their news online. Google has already done deals with some for its News Showcase, but other big names in news are still trying to get the platforms to pay - and the government’s hinting it could force the issue soon. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2022 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018858745/platforms-under-pressure-to-pay-for-news</link>
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  <title>Sketchy survey ruffles feathers in the capital</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A headline in the Dominion Post this week claimed there was “a clear favourite” among the candidates for Wellington’s Mayor in a “straw poll” capital’s daily itself had run online. But it acknowledged its result was entirely unscientific - and a proper poll out this weekend has a different result.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018859006/sketchy-survey-ruffles-feathers-in-the-capital</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 18 September 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Pressure on the platforms to pay for news; a sketchy political poll that ruffled feathers in the capital; photographers recall the Queen.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018859173/mediawatch-for-18-september-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - more monarchy and Mike McRoberts </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talked to Karyn Hay about the continuing coverage of the Queen’s death as her funeral approaches. Also: a primetime and publicly-funded documentary about a star journalist’s personal te reo journey and reactions to the plan for more Māori content across our media.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2022 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20220914-2200-midweek_mediawatch_-_more_monarchy_and_mike_mcroberts-02.ogg" length="10035433" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018858723/midweek-mediawatch-more-monarchy-and-mike-mcroberts</link>
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  <title>Queen's death was planned for - but still stressed the press </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The media planned for the death of Queen Elizabeth the Second for many years, but when came it still upended the media - and the audience - in a way no other news could. And it also forced media to confront awkward questions about the future at a moment of heightened emotions. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2022 09:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018858239/queen-s-death-was-planned-for-but-still-stressed-the-press</link>
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  <title>Suddenly, a strategy for Maori media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[After four years, two reviews and one big false start, a long-awaited strategy for the future of MÄori broadcasting has been agreed by Cabinet, following substantial boosts to its budget in the last two years. But itâ€™s still far from clear exactly how things will change - and when - for viewers listeners and readers.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018858100/suddenly-a-strategy-for-maori-media</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 11 September 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week Colin Peacock begins by looking at how media here and overseas reacted to the death of Queen Elizabeth the Second.  He also looks at the reaction to a new government plan for Maori media - and Lotto coming under scrutiny. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018858259/mediawatch-for-11-september-2022</link>
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  <title>Lifting the lid on Lotto </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Lotto has a lot of players, but not a lot of media scrutiny in the media compared to forms of gambling - even at a time when our spending on it is soaring. A new investigation shows people who can ill-afford it are spending more, but big decisions by our national gambling outfit have barely been reported.
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  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2022 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018858101/lifting-the-lid-on-lotto</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Housing coverage contradictions</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Hayden Donnell talked to Bryan Crump about a TVNZ emergency housing expose that also raised questions about coverage of the issue - and how the Herald set the record straight on a headline-making lockdown breach last year.  Also - a Mediawatch prediction that fell flat - and breaking news about Bryan himself. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2022 23:02:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018857849/midweek-mediawatch-housing-coverage-contradictions</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch 7_9</title>
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    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch Sep 7
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2022 22:35:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018857848/midweek-mediawatch-7-9</link>
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  <title>On the outside of the public media push</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Commercial media companies fear the new public media entity replacing RNZ and TVNZ will be greater than the sum of those two parts. The draft legislation obliges Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media to “collaborate” with them - but the owner of the biggest local news producer, Stuff, says no-one knows what that means and the law must define its role and responsibilities properly. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2022 15:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018857256/on-the-outside-of-the-public-media-push</link>
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  <title>Media backlash sparks tax tweak backflip </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The GST tweak to Kiwisaver fees that hit the headlines this week was a not bad idea, according to some experts. But the change that was buried in a dense Bill of tax tweaks got dumped in less that a day after it was brought to light by the media. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2022 09:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018857172/media-backlash-sparks-tax-tweak-backflip</link>
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  <title>Taking a more sceptical stance for business</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[While many big businesses are still posting big profits, workers and consumers are being squeezed by the economic downturn - and industrial unrest is on the rise. One business journalist tells Mediawatch reporting now needs to apply the same scrutiny it brings to politics to our businesses and their leaders.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018857173/taking-a-more-sceptical-stance-for-business</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 4 September 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media backlash sparks tax tweak backflip; taking a more sceptical stance for business; Stuff's Sinead Boucher - on the outside of the public media push; rugby media stuck in a rut by repeated defeats.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018857334/mediawatch-for-4-september-2022</link>
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  <title>Stuck in a rugby rut by repeated defeats </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The All Backs' win in Hamilton on Saturday will have steadied the nerves of the players, the coach and NZ Rugby - not too mention overwrought fans, pundits and commentators who reacted badly in the wake of the historic away win for Los Pumas last weekend with another wave of angst on air and in print. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2022 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018857181/stuck-in-a-rugby-rut-by-repeated-defeats</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Pumapocalypse and witch-hunt worries  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. 

Colin Peacock talked to Karyn Hay about yet another All Black rugby-pocalypse playing out in the media; conspiracy candidates under the media's local election lens - and the death of Diana 25 years ago, when breaking news spread much more slowly. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2022 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018856894/midweek-mediawatch-pumapocalypse-and-witch-hunt-worries</link>
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  <title>'Funny Boy' Williams caught up in current affairs</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The comedy current affairs of self-styled ‘volunteer journalist’ Guy Williams made real news recently when his now-notorious interview with Auckland mayoral hopeful Leo Molloy aired on TV. He’s also confronted conspiracy theorists on his show New Zealand Today. But a suit and a mic don't make him a journalist.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018855860/funny-boy-williams-caught-up-in-current-affairs</link>
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  <title>Pushback on public media legislation </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The legislation for our new public media entity is now before Parliament - but the clock’s ticking on public input. This week media executives, experts and some legal eagles cast their eye over it - and they want changes to protect its independence and make it match the promises of the government's policy. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2022 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018855695/pushback-on-public-media-legislation</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 28 August 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Pushback on public media legislation; Guy Williams - comedian caught up in current affairs; radio interview opportunities for PM go begging.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018856173/mediawatch-for-28-august-2022</link>
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  <title>Interview invitations fall on PM's deaf ears</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Today FM’s Tova O’Brien said recently - tongue in cheek - it was easier to get President Zelenskiy in Ukraine on her show than our own leader. Her colleague Lloyd Burr got no response when he wanted her on a Today FM podcast about Labour's leaders. They're not the only ones at the network waiting in vain for Jacinda Arden to get in touch . . .
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2022 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018854392/interview-invitations-fall-on-pm-s-deaf-ears</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Storms and Sharma</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about wild weather reporting, and a political conclusion of sorts to what media called the 'Sharma drama' - which also the swung the spotlight onto poliitcians' attitude to the Official Information Act.    
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  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2022 21:20:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018855388/midweek-mediawatch-storms-and-sharma</link>
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  <title>A conundrum over how to cover the conspiracists</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week, a documentary from Stuff Circuit delved into the country's growing extreme far-right and anti-vax movement. Why did the makers of Fire & Fury decide to platform a group of conspiracy-minded idealogues, and what did it get right that others got wrong?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2022 18:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018854128/a-conundrum-over-how-to-cover-the-conspiracists</link>
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  <title>Dr Sharma's drama plays out in the press </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[He's said plenty in the media, they've said as little as possible (on the record, at least). That's left media weighing up whether MP-gone-rogue Dr Sharma has really lifted the lid on serous bullying - or just reacted badly to the oversight and occasional coercion that's part and parcel of politics in a governing party. Meanwhile, his claims that MPs have been coached to frustrate official information requests have piqued the particular interest of the media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2022 09:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018854555/dr-sharma-s-drama-plays-out-in-the-press</link>
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  <title>Media zero in on candidates from the fringes</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A notorious white supremacist hit the headlines this week by seeking a spot on his local school board. Amid reports of a shortage of candidates for some local bodies, media have begun probing the affiliations of some standing in upcoming elections - and pondering the prospects of fringe political parties becoming a national force in 2023.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2022 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018854388/media-zero-in-on-candidates-from-the-fringes</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 21 August 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Dr Sharma's political drama played out in the press; media zero in on candidates from the fringes; 'Fire and Fury' confronts conundrum of how to cover conspiracists.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018854590/mediawatch-for-21-august-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Ukraine at war up close </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about Kiwi reporters on the ground in Ukraine to see the effects of war first-hand. Also: reporters’ relationship with rugby management sinks to a new low in South Africa - and Leo Molloy blames media after scrapping his tilt at the mayor’s job. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2022 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018853806/midweek-mediawatch-ukraine-at-war-up-close</link>
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  <title>Political post-mortems - and lessons from the past</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[

Has the media focus on political failings become just too intense? A new book lifting the lid on the National Party in opposition has revealed more about the struggles, scandals and scraps that were heavily reported at the time. Mediawatch asks a former political reporter who dug into Labour’s years in The Wilderness what we learn from political post-mortems like these. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2022 17:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018853271/political-post-mortems-and-lessons-from-the-past</link>
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  <title>Media pile pressure on MPs' misbehaviour and missteps</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[One MP’s past misbehaviour put pressure on National - then another claimed bullying was rife in Labour during what turned into an expectedly turbulent week in party politics for the media. But even before all that hit the headlines, the media made a big deal out of minor political missteps that few people cared about. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2022 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018853244/media-pile-pressure-on-mps-misbehaviour-and-missteps</link>
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  <title>Punching above our Commonwealth weight?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Kiwi contingent at the The Commonwealth Games headed home from Birmingham this week with a record number of medals. Patriots in the press were pumped up, but did we really punch above our weight in a tournament one critic called 'The $2 shop Olympics'?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018853273/punching-above-our-commonwealth-weight</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 14 August 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ 

Media pile pressure on over MPs misbehaviour and mis-steps; political post-mortems and lessons from the past; punching above our Commonwealth weight?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018853404/mediawatch-for-14-august-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - political scoop hauls skeleton out of the cupboard</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the media copping flak for how they handled MP Sam Uffindell's past misdeeds, a pair of great documentaries on student life - and why a defunct offshore outlet 's getting big bucks from the government to talk to our youth about relationships.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2022 22:22:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018852992/midweek-mediawatch-political-scoop-hauls-skeleton-out-of-the-cupboard</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch: Mounting fake news prompts calls for action</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Two government agencies have revealed mounting concern about the intensity and the impact of online misinformation - and prompted loud calls for government action. But behind the scenes the government’s already reviewing how to regulate media content to better protect us from ‘harm’ online - and the mega-profitable digital platforms are heading in new directions. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018852321/mediawatch-mounting-fake-news-prompts-calls-for-action</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch: A government in the gun over accidental generosity</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The government came under fire over some misdirected cost of living payments this week, but the more enduring story might be who didn't get paid, rather than who did.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2022 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018852280/mediawatch-a-government-in-the-gun-over-accidental-generosity</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 7 August 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The cost of living cash controversy; calls for action over malicious misinformation - and the government review already underway.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018852463/mediawatch-for-7-august-2022</link>
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  <title>‘Absolute scenes’ - but not on our screens  </title>
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    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about scurrilous rumours that hit one media company in the pocket - and also amped up calls to curb social media misinformation, just as our media minister signaled his concern. Also: ‘absolute scenes’ from a headline making, barrier-breaking football tournament that wasn't screened on TV here.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2022 23:04:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018852044/absolute-scenes-but-not-on-our-screens</link>
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  <title>Public media legislation takes another step</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Bill setting out the role and obligations of the new public media entity easily passed its first reading in Parliament this week. Members of the public can finally have their say on the plan formed behind-closed-doors when a Parliamentary committee scrutinises the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill over the next six months. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2022 17:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018851191/public-media-legislation-takes-another-step</link>
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  <title>Greens’ grass roots 'revolt' excites media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Parliament’s press pack and political pundits alike made a big deal of Greens’ grass roots dissent undermining James Shaw’s leadership after last week’s AGM. But only a few of the many reports and commentaries sounded out the people at the heart of the issue. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018851185/greens-grass-roots-revolt-excites-media</link>
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  <title>Caustic claims of conflict of interest </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A media report this week suggested TVNZ allowing some personalities to promote products online could cause conflicts of interest - and pose a problem in future within the new media entity replacing the broadcaster.  But the strongest concern about that came from a surprising source.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018851197/caustic-claims-of-conflict-of-interest</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 31 July 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Revolt among Greens' grass roots excites media; new public media legislation takes another step; conflict of interest claims; shock of the news - the art of short, sharp theme tunes.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018851536/mediawatch-for-31-july-2022</link>
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  <title>Shock of the news - the art of short sharp theme tunes</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[What makes a good tune to go with the news today? Big, bold and bombastic? Subtle and smooth? Trad or mod? Mediawatch asks a journalist with world’s biggest collection of news theme music - and get his picks of the world's best and worst.   
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  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2022 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018850304/shock-of-the-news-the-art-of-short-sharp-theme-tunes</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Climate context &amp; Hawaiian holidays</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Bryan Crump about a big resignation at TVNZ, media outlets getting it right on climate coverage, news stories vanishing without trace, and Christopher Luxon's Hawaiian holiday timeline tangle.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2022 22:34:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018851096/midweek-mediawatch-climate-context-and-hawaiian-holidays</link>
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  <title>Criticism of mini-doco funding hits a dead end</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Why did criticism of a modest sum spent on a single mini-documentary made two years ago suddenly spring up in the news in two national networks this week - and then disappear? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2022 16:15:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018850576/criticism-of-mini-doco-funding-hits-a-dead-end</link>
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  <title>Media go in boots ‘n all on ABs coach - and comms</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An effort to shield the under-fire All Blacks coach from a media mauling last weekend fired up commentators already cranky about the high-handedness of rugby bosses. But given the intensity of some media calls for heads to roll, Mediawatch asks a veteran sportswriter if the move made sense.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018850292/media-go-in-boots-n-all-on-abs-coach-and-comms</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 24 July 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media go in boots 'n' all on All Blacks coach - and comms; latest women's sports coverage stats reveal good and bad news ;criticism of mini-doco funding hits a dead end
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018850602/mediawatch-for-24-july-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: A nation in mourning</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about an outpouring of grief and opprobrium following the All Blacks' home series loss to Ireland, an uproar over a comedian's venture into political coverage, and a threat to free speech we hardly talk about.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2022 21:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018850206/midweek-mediawatch-a-nation-in-mourning</link>
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  <title>Sick and tired of the sickness</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Covid has now killed around 1700 people in New Zealand, but much of our news reporting and commentary has focused on how we're learning to live with the virus. Why is there such a mismatch between the media coverage about "moving on", and the reality of a pandemic that's inflicting more suffering and death than ever before?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2022 19:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018849569/sick-and-tired-of-the-sickness</link>
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  <title>'Double your money' property pitches still circulating</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Property prices are sliding after decades of big returns for investors - and property stories and ads have been highly profitable for the media in that time too. Recent warnings the ‘one way bet' on property could be a thing of the past have made headlines - but property investors with a media presence are still saying it's safe as houses.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2022 09:11:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018849418/double-your-money-property-pitches-still-circulating</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 17 July 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Sick and tired of the Covid sickness; property price predictions run hot in the media; the rugby clash that didn't make headlines.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>The rugby clash that didn’t make headlines</title>
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    <![CDATA[The men in green won in a classic decider this weekend - after a win last weekend in which two men in black were carded after clashes of heads. Rugby writers and fans here complained the rules spoiled the spectacle - but overseas coverage carried much more concern about brand new rules to protect players’ brains being flouted.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2022 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - noise over nurses  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about an unvaccinated nurses intervening in the current crisis in healthcare - and another batch of journalism jobs and content funded from the public purse. Also: a road rage TV show pulled off the air - and a blunt assessment of a TVNZ dating show yet to screen.   
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  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2022 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>The worst of times? </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[There‘s plenty of worrying news around at the moment - alongside crisis claims in the media about imminent economic recession and even collective national depression. Are the media helping us identify the structural stuff we really need to confront - or over-egging short-term problems that will come right?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2022 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Hospo's acute recruitment hassles hit headlines again</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Hospitality's acute shortage of workers made headlines again this week after one minister told operators to up their game on pay and conditions. While bosses told media they can’t find workers no matter what they offer, the media couldn't seem to find any workers for their coverage - or useful facts for the audience about what’s on offer.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018848599/hospo-s-acute-recruitment-hassles-hit-headlines-again</link>
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  <title>Radio Australia? RNZ's musical outsourcing under fire</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The bombastic tunes broadcasters use for news become so familiar we barely notice them - until they change. RNZ is being criticised by local musicians and their industry bodies over its decision to outsource the $43,000 contract for new theme music to an Australian outfit. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018848758/radio-australia-rnz-s-musical-outsourcing-under-fire</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 10 July 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The worst of times?; Hospo can't find workers - but neither can the media; RNZ changes the tunes for news.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - suspected spoofs and strong satire  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Bryan Crump about a Country Calendar episode some thought was a spoof (it wasn’t) - and satire deployed to tackle two topics that are no laughing matter. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2022 22:30:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018848496/midweek-mediawatch-suspected-spoofs-and-strong-satire</link>
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  <title>New minister in charge at a pivotal media moment </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Legislation to create a new public media entity entered Parliament this week. Mediawatch talks to the new broadcasting minister Willie Jackson about how that will work, the future of Māori media - and how he has given mainstream media a hard time as a broadcaster himself down the years.  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2022 16:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018847920/new-minister-in-charge-at-a-pivotal-media-moment</link>
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  <title>Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense media reaction</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Some said the US Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on abortion was none of our business, because we don’t have the same legal or political set-up, let alone its religious cleavages and cultural conflicts. Opinion leaders in our media didn't agree - and provoked a significant political response.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2022 15:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018847909/roe-v-wade-ruling-triggers-intense-media-reaction</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 3 July 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Abortion angst in America triggers media reaction here; Willie Jackson: new minister in charge at pivotal media moment.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018848061/mediawatch-for-3-july-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: A sudden dose of empathy</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Bryan Crump about the lessons ZB's Kate Hawkesby learned from a bad bout of Covid - and National leader Christopher Luxon squirming under the media spotlight following the US Supreme Court's decision on abortion.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018847660/midweek-mediawatch-a-sudden-dose-of-empathy</link>
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  <title>Tragic crash sparks muddled media reaction </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In the wake of one of our deadliest car crashes, the media upset some by lingering on the aftermath. Pundits and radio hosts claimed costly advertising campaigns came at the cost of safer roads - but deeper reporting revealed the real causes of deaths on our roads are much more complicated.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018846989/tragic-crash-sparks-muddled-media-reaction</link>
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  <title>The Conversation that's five years old</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A platform that promises academic rigour and journalistic flair is marking a major milestone, and making plans for bigger things to come.
 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018847031/the-conversation-that-s-five-years-old</link>
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  <title>Public media: new name, new law, new minister, old questions</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Draft legislation for a new public media entity was finally made public this week - and the new broadcasting minister also made his first appearance in that role in Parliament. But while MPs were supposed to scrutinise how pumped-up public media funding will be spent, Willie Jackson faced mostly party-political claims of 'buying' the news media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018847106/public-media-new-name-new-law-new-minister-old-questions</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 26 June 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Tragic crash sparks muddled media reaction; New public media details revealed - but new Minister faces old questions; The Conversation is five years old.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018847210/mediawatch-for-26-june-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Matters of life, death and health</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about matters of life, death and health in the media lately - the strong reaction to a terrible tragedy on the roads; a follow-up to ‘Patrick Gower on Booze’ - and another TV show seeking to improve our health- ‘Match Fit.’ Also - the curious case of the vanishing BoJo scoop. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018846884/midweek-mediawatch-matters-of-life-death-and-health</link>
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  <title>'Minor' reshuffle sparks major media reaction  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Just a minor reshuffle” the PM said on Monday - angering political reporters and pundits always on the alert for ministerial downfalls.  But it was definitely a major for broadcasting, where a minister making more time for his family has made way for a new one who’s given mainstream media a hard time in the past.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2022 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018846089/minor-reshuffle-sparks-major-media-reaction</link>
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  <title>Media grapples with misinformation in Fair Pay fight</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Workers and employers took up predictable positions over legislation to usher in Fair Pay Agreements now being scrutinised in Parliament. A concerted campaign to have them declared illegitimate has been labeled as ‘misinformation’ by critics - and it’s given the media a problem too. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018846239/media-grapples-with-misinformation-in-fair-pay-fight</link>
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  <title>New minister quizzed on bias, but not the big bucks </title>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018847033/new-minister-quizzed-on-bias-but-not-the-big-bucks</link>
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  <title>'Brexit bad boy' libel loss hailed as win for media </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A self-styled 'bad boy of Brexit' who promised to make "mayhem and mischief" in politics here has lost a long-running libel case against a journalist who alleged he had ties to Russia. Media freedom advocates are hailing it as a win for journalism. But is it?     
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2022 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018846087/brexit-bad-boy-libel-loss-hailed-as-win-for-media</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 19 June 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA['Minor reshuffle' sparks major media reaction; Brexit bad boy's legal loss hailed as media victory; media grapples with misinformation in fierce fair Pay fight
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2022 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018846401/mediawatch-for-19-june-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Booze and bad religion</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Bryan Crump about new revelations on Gloriavale from John Campbell, a deeply personal take on booze culture from Patrick Gower, and the 'soft on crime' narrative that spelled the end for police minister Poto Williams.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 18:52:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018846004/midweek-mediawatch-booze-and-bad-religion</link>
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  <title>Whistleblower law leaves media out of the loop</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Protected Disclosures Act was updated for the first time in 20 years recently with little fanfare or media attention. The government says it better protects whistleblowers who stick their necks out to report wrongdoing where they work - but not if they go to the media with it. Why not? Does this matter?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2022 19:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018845069/whistleblower-law-leaves-media-out-of-the-loop</link>
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  <title>Miscarriage of justice under media microscope</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Several journalists over the years reported the flaws in the case against Alan Hall, whose conviction for the murder of Arthur Easton was finally quashed this week - 37 years after he was first arrested. Does this show the power of the media to expose wrongful convictions - or the limits?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2022 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018845484/miscarriage-of-justice-under-media-microscope</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 12 June 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Miscarriage of justice under the media microscope; whistleblower law leaves media out of the loop; speed limit slowdown revs up radio rancour.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2022 09:05:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018845530/mediawatch-for-12-june-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawtch - Platty Jubes &amp; mean Swedes</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Bryan Crump about a Christopher Luxon profile that fired up critics - and how the Internet turned on Sweden - while the UK got a glut of good global PR from the BBC’s ‘Platty Jubes’.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2022 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018844816/midweek-mediawtch-platty-jubes-and-mean-swedes</link>
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  <title>Santamaria strife echoes past misconduct mess at TVNZ</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Presenter Kamahl Santamaria quit TVNZ in scandalous circumstances after just a month on air, making awkward headlines in the news all week. The company's mishandling of the news echoed other dramas from the broadcaster's past.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2022 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018844566/santamaria-strife-echoes-past-misconduct-mess-at-tvnz</link>
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  <title>The Dominion Post gets real on climate action</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Despite scientists issuing dire warnings about us being us on a path toward an unliveable world, climate action is often met with shock and concern in the media. This week The Dominion Post decided to flip the script.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2022 09:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018844399/the-dominion-post-gets-real-on-climate-action</link>
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  <title>Photojournalism fundraiser highlights history in images</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When former Herald illustrations editor Rob Tucker put out a call for photos to auction for charity, photographers around the country responded with a stunning array of images which will be sold off in September. Not only are they vivid vignettes of our past, they’re also examples of an art form we won’t see again. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2022 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018844577/photojournalism-fundraiser-highlights-history-in-images</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 5 June 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[TVNZ struggles with Samtamaria saga; photojournalist compiles classic collection for a good cause; Dom Post campaign cuts across car culture to cut emissions.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2022 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018844724/mediawatch-for-5-june-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: TVNZ reports a scandal at TVNZ</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Bryan Crump about how TVNZ reporters are covering the sudden resignation of star host Kamahl Santamaria after just one month - and a mauve-tinged rebrand at Stuff. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 22:43:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20220601-2243-midweek_mediawatch_-_tvnz_reports_a_scandal_at_tvnz-02.ogg" length="7619872" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018844328/midweek-mediawatch-tvnz-reports-a-scandal-at-tvnz</link>
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  <title>Two decades of internet disruption </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Internet hasn’t just disrupted the media business in this millennium so far: it’s transformed it - and, in some cases, overwhelmed it. As he steps down after two decades at Internet NZ, Jordan Carter looks back on how the web has become now the main means of reaching people - and the problems that brings with it. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018843101/two-decades-of-internet-disruption</link>
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  <title>More unanswered questions about public media plan </title>
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    <![CDATA[
The government’s planned new Public Media Entity - backed with $109m a year in last week's Budget - was debated in a virtual meeting this week. But beyond expanded public funding for three years, little more is known about how it will be run, by whom and what it will produce.
 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018843526/more-unanswered-questions-about-public-media-plan</link>
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  <title>Motoring money makes moral conundrum for media </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[New car sales have never been higher with more being spent on slick ads and sponsorships to make vehicles visible via the media. But for our media that much-needed money jars with commitments to cover the climate emergency. One outlet's drawn a line in the gravel with a clear commitment to give petrol power a swerve. Could others follow?  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2022 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018843664/motoring-money-makes-moral-conundrum-for-media</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 29 May 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[PM in USA; two decades of Internet disruption; more questions to answer on public media plan; motoring money gives media climate conundrum.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2022 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018843842/mediawatch-for-29-may-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Stuff's new stance on 'the C word'</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Anna Thomas about some kooky Australian election coverage, a bold new stance on car reviewing from BusinessDesk, a memo from Stuff on the 'C word', and war coverage with a difference from The Listener.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 19:52:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018843416/midweek-mediawatch-stuff-s-new-stance-on-the-c-word</link>
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  <title>Slaves to the algorithm?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Big tech and social media bosses pledged to eradicate online extremism in Christchurch Call three years ago in Paris - and today they claim atrocities which echo the 15 March massacre don't go viral online anymore. But their algorithms which amplify extremism and radicalise people in the first place still operate unchecked. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018842459/slaves-to-the-algorithm</link>
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  <title>Public media's future funding made public - partly</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[After months of behind-closed-doors planning, Budget 2022 has at last put some fresh figures for the government's planned public media entity into the public domain. The increase in public funding is substantial, but the precise mix of commercial and public revenue is still unclear - as is the future beyond 2026.  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2022 09:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018842864/public-media-s-future-funding-made-public-partly</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 22 May 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Slaves to the algorithm - big tech's mathematical maximising of engagement undermines the Christchurch Call three years on; Budget 2022 - public media entity's funding finally made public; Budget 2022 - more for Maori media, but where's the strategy?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018842922/mediawatch-for-22-may-2022</link>
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  <title>More money for Māori media - but where’s the strategy?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Māori media got a $40m boost in Budget 2022, following a similar increase to fund more content and jobs last year. But where the strategic review of the Māori media sector that kicked off nearly four years ago?
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  <pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018842894/more-money-for-maori-media-but-where-s-the-strategy</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - covering the emissions mission</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about coverage of the climate change budget within a 'Budget'. Also: a local paper cartoon condemned as racist; health workers' ongoing disputes  - and is this country really listed among the worst for labour law breaches?
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2022 14:29:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018842450/midweek-mediawatch-covering-the-emissions-mission</link>
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  <title>Re-Platformed: radio outcasts make their own outlet</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Sean Plunket has launched a new news outlet for himself - and other broadcasters edged out of talk radio in recent years. The Platform proudly proclaims it's editorially and financially free from any government influence and finance - and is urging listeners to ‘join the resistance.’ Mediawatch looks back on its first week of live output and asks the founder if it's really any different to what’s already on the air.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018841863/re-platformed-radio-outcasts-make-their-own-outlet</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 15 May 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Re- Platformed - Sean Plunket launches new live outlet urging listeners to 'join the resistance'; outgoing censor on plans to re-jig regulation of media content.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018841988/mediawatch-for-15-may-2022</link>
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  <title>Outgoing chief censor calls for media regulation re-jig </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Chief Censor’s Office used to worry about the odd boundary-pushing book, film or video game. These days it's  extreme stuff published online that forms the bulk of the work. David Shanks leaves the top job as the government embarks on a re-jig of regulating all media content to “better protect us from harm.” Could that compromise the media’s fundamental freedoms?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2022 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018841682/outgoing-chief-censor-calls-for-media-regulation-re-jig</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Climate journalism that gets results</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about iffy info about the new Dr Who, a journalist making a change in policy on climate change; and an article echoing homeowners' fears of new houses - alongside one lifting the lid on the damp reality of renting rotten old ones.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2022 21:22:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018841572/midweek-mediawatch-climate-journalism-that-gets-results</link>
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  <title>Warning from history in ‘gang warfare’ panics</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Recent reports about gangs and an upswing in gun crime echo a similar panic 25 years ago which prompted a political backlash and hasty changes in the law. A new report looking back at that says most changes didn't work - and the media was part of the problem. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2022 17:30:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018840860/warning-from-history-in-gang-warfare-panics</link>
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  <title>'Ram raid epidemic' reports deliver a distorted message on youth crime</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Anyone reading the headlines on ram raids in recent weeks could be forgiven for thinking youth crime has hit crisis levels. But data shows that's not the case, and some say the media could do better at putting the robberies in context.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2022 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018840711/ram-raid-epidemic-reports-deliver-a-distorted-message-on-youth-crime</link>
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  <title>Top TV cop show returns after racism review </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A year ago, the country’s top cop show - Police Ten-7 - was under fire for racial stereotyping. The show's makers rejected that - and so did their partners in the Police.  But broadcaster TVNZ ran a review and re-formatted the show as a result. It was back on air this week. What's changed?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018840862/top-tv-cop-show-returns-after-racism-review</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 8 May 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Headlines about youth crime surging and ramraids distort true picture; a warning from history over gangs-and-guns coverage; top TV cop show back after racial stereotyping review.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018841040/mediawatch-for-8-may-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Rule it out? Cut it out!</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about taxing the rich becoming a hot topic for political reporters - and one who says it's time to cut out 'rule it out' questions. Also: Simon Bridges bowing out with a shot at the media, a poll picking out public suspicion about public funds for private media, tough times for data journalism - and two Kiwi sportswomen telling it like it is.   
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2022 20:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018840410/midweek-mediawatch-rule-it-out-cut-it-out</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch: Ukraine's war and the media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Some are already calling the invasion of Ukraine a turning point in world history. How we react is shaped by the media coverage - and most of what we get comes from outlets in countries that have taken sides. Does this matter? And how are both sides making the media a part of the battle plans? Mediawatch asks two offshore experts in international journalism and conflict.

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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018840090/mediawatch-ukraine-s-war-and-the-media</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Elon's Twitter takeover</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a murderers' row of interviews for National leader Christopher Luxon and the free speech implications of Elon Musk's Twitter takeover.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018839784/midweek-mediawatch-elon-s-twitter-takeover</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 24 April 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Two years ago this week the country's media chiefs told MPs Covid had crushed their cashflow and the viability of the news media was in doubt. Two years later, Mediawatch asks one boss: is the crisis all over now? Also - Tracey Martin, newly appointed as the chair of the transitional board forming the new public media entity - and Mike Noon, the main voice for motorists in the media for a decade and half.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018839303/mediawatch-for-24-april-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Gotcha vs Google it, mate</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about an Aussie politician whose ‘Google it, mate’ riposte to a reporter’s ‘gotcha’ question struck a chord recently - and the otherwise invisible (so far) Aussie election. Also: how some media seized on an off-the-cuff comment on public transport - and dumped on the Te Huia train. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 19:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018838673/midweek-mediawatch-gotcha-vs-google-it-mate</link>
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  <title>Print and paper problems for publishers </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[‘Not worth the paper it’s printed on' is a common jibe at sub-standard journalism - but paper’s worth a lot these days and one of our biggest printing plants has closed citing shortages offshore. How did that happen in a country full of trees? And where does it leave local publications that struggled through the Covid crisis?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2022 09:11:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018838444/print-and-paper-problems-for-publishers</link>
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  <title>Missing voices in media marking the switch to Orange</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The easing of restrictions on pubs, clubs, cafes and restaurants after the Covid traffic light went 'Orange' this week was celebrated by media urging us to 'put on our dancing shoes'. Owners and industry reps' approval was also front and centre - but not the people working at the front desk or front line.       
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2022 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018838386/missing-voices-in-media-marking-the-switch-to-orange</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 17 April 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Print and paper problems for publishers; missing voices as media mark the orange traffic light switch; MP's exit excites media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018838468/mediawatch-for-17-april-2022</link>
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  <title>MP's exit excites media keen on conflict </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Louisa Wall left Parliament this week after condemning the colleagues who manoeuvred her out as a candidate - and telling the media the PM didn't want her as a minister or an MP. Several pundits and political reporters insisted this was a sign of wider rancour in the ranks of the government and intolerance of dissent. But that wasn't where the real public interest lay.

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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2022 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018838385/mp-s-exit-excites-media-keen-on-conflict</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: A new angle on housing</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about alternative approaches to stories about our housing and transport problems - and news media getting a green light to try and get Facebook and Google around the table. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:49:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018838167/midweek-mediawatch-a-new-angle-on-housing</link>
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  <title>Measuring trust is tricky with suspicious minds  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Last year the biggest annual survey of Kiwis’ trust in news found it was on the slide, though it wasn’t quite clear why. Since then there’s been plenty of anti-media sentiment at anti-government protests - and record levels of online misinformation misleading ever more people. So what's the story now? 

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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2022 19:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018837570/measuring-trust-is-tricky-with-suspicious-minds</link>
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  <title>Mismatch in coverage of climate science and climate solutions</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The media has for the most part accepted climate change is a crisis, and time is running out to implement fixes. But climate solutions, particularly when it comes to transport and housing, are still often framed in the most negative terms.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2022 09:11:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018837358/mismatch-in-coverage-of-climate-science-and-climate-solutions</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 10 April 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Planes, trains and automobiles vs. climate change; measuring media trust gets tricky with sus pickups minds; pundit's claim of compromised coverage undermined.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018837649/mediawatch-for-10-april-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch 6 April 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately on RNZ National. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about new moves in the ‘post-Covid’ media; a new job for John Campbell; and an unusual censorship decision here that’s made headlines overseas.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:48:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018837225/midweek-mediawatch-6-april-2022</link>
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  <title>NZME undermines collective bid to confront tech titans </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Google and Facebook have distributed New Zealand media outlets' news online for years - for free. Local media companies joined forces last year in a bid to get them to pay for it. But one of the biggest - NZME - has now pulled the rug out from under it by doing its own deals.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2022 17:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018836679/nzme-undermines-collective-bid-to-confront-tech-titans</link>
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  <title>Pushback against the upswing of political nastiness</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Online abuse of politicians is on the rise - especially for women, including the PM and local councilors. This week one was able to unmask her anonymous abuser and the media played a part. But this weekend The Dominion Post showed vividly that there's plenty more where that came from - and the media face awkward choices about online trolling designed to damage political opponents.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2022 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018836742/pushback-against-the-upswing-of-political-nastiness</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 3 April 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Pushback against the upswing of political nastiness; NZME undermines collective bid to confront tech titans; Today FM's Dallas Gurney .
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2022 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018836773/mediawatch-for-3-april-2022</link>
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  <title>Today FM's Gurney: Dallas cowboy - or talk radio saviour? </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Before its launch, the boss of new talk station Today FM promised a new approach eschewing anger and antagonism just for the sake of engagement. The first fortnight's been a mix of some of that - as well as some old-school contrarianism from hosts notorious for it in the past. Mediawatch asks Dallas Gurney where it's all heading.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2022 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018836745/today-fm-s-gurney-dallas-cowboy-or-talk-radio-saviour</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - spotlight on falls from grace   </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately on RNZ National. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about TVNZ keeping allies abandoned in Afghanistan on the agenda; a revealing front page exclusive with a fallen sports star; and the Oscars slap heard  - and seen - around the world. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2022 08:31:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018836118/midweek-mediawatch-spotlight-on-falls-from-grace</link>
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  <title>Opening up not all it's cracked up to be for business</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Even after the government announced it was relaxing Covid restrictions on Wednesday, business leaders responded with a familiar call for more freedom. But looser restrictions haven't shored up their bottom line so far - and some businesses aren't comfortable with the dominant media narrative.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2022 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018835654/opening-up-not-all-it-s-cracked-up-to-be-for-business</link>
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  <title>New talk station offers new approach - but also same old bluster </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[MediaWorks launched its latest talk radio network this week - Today FM - promising a constructive approach in contrast with its predecessors and its rivals. It sounds like an upgrade, but there’s still plenty of opinionated bluster for familiar names from the past. Mediawatch listens in on the first week.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2022 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018835665/new-talk-station-offers-new-approach-but-also-same-old-bluster</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 27 March 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Covid countermeasures canned amid chorus of commentators urging us to 'open up'; new talk station offers new approach - but also same old bluster; new TV channels add entertainment options.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018835853/mediawatch-for-27-march-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: An anti-vax PR blitz?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a good start for Tova O'Brien and a not-so-good one for Duncan Garner on new talk station Today FM - and the weekend papers airing more of the grievances of the Covid convoy crowd at Parliament.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 21:34:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018835416/midweek-mediawatch-an-anti-vax-pr-blitz</link>
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  <title>Fast-rising prices - and loud cries of 'crisis'</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[After the media seized on 'pain at the pump' the PM was pressed to concede sudden spikes in prices constituted 'a crisis.' She eventually did, but - like a pricey petrol - that only gets us so far.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2022 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018834611/fast-rising-prices-and-loud-cries-of-crisis</link>
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  <title>Pulling young Kiwis into the loop with news</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Younger Kiwis have been turning away from traditional news media outlets and bulletins for years, and the media they’re using most heavily have little news. But podcast listening is growing fast among the young, and two journalists have created a new one to bring news to their peers.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2022 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018834849/pulling-young-kiwis-into-the-loop-with-news</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 20 March 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Fast-rising prices and loud cries of 'crisis' ; pulling young Kiwis into the loop with news; new talk network's soft-launch opinions.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018834894/mediawatch-for-20-march-2022</link>
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  <title>A soothing scroll through Today FM's opinion section</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Today FM is set to take on Newstalk ZB in a battle for talk radio supremacy. But in contrast to its controversy-courting crosstown rival, its website is demonstrating a surprisingly tranquil approach to opinion-making.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2022 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018834739/a-soothing-scroll-through-today-fm-s-opinion-section</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - 16 March 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about foreign correspondents bringing Ukraine’s war to the small screen; big issues the backdrop to the big public media shake-up; groupthink on political polls - and a new radio network nearly ready to roll.
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:17:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018834348/midweek-mediawatch-16-march-2022</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 13 March 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The government has confirmed it is creating a new public media entity next year to incorporate RNZ and TVNZ. It's the biggest shake-up in broadcasting for years but unanswered questions remain. So what's the plan, how will it work, what will it cost and what will New Zealanders get out of it?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018833988/mediawatch-for-13-march-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: 'Graph crime' - and corruption claims </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a 'graph crime' amplifying anxieties about mental health - and what happened when the Herald's editors fronted up to readers' questions about media funding, corruption and bias.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:05:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018833599/midweek-mediawatch-graph-crime-and-corruption-claims</link>
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  <title>Newsroom accused of publicising anti-vax PR pitch</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A few days before the occupation of Parliament dissolved in a wave of fire and violence, Newsroom published soft-focus vision of it in a report called 'A visit to Freedom Village'. It's now being accused of falling for the PR strategies of professional purveyors of misinformation.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2022 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20220306-0910-newsroom_accused_of_publicising_anti-vax_pr_pitch-02.ogg" length="10472941" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018832928/newsroom-accused-of-publicising-anti-vax-pr-pitch</link>
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  <title>Shock and awe-ful takes on Ukraine's invasion</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[There were lots of were warning signs over recent months - and Russian-backed forces were already fighting in parts of Ukraine from 2014 onwards. But Russia's invasion this month still seemed to take many in the media by surprise.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2022 09:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018833072/shock-and-awe-ful-takes-on-ukraine-s-invasion</link>
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  <title>Broadcasting ‘flying blind’ on public media plan</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[What could be the biggest shake-up of public broadcasting for 30 years reportedly got a green light from Cabinet ministers last month. But the public’s still waiting for the government to announce what's been decided behind close doors - and so are the broadcasters, with TVNZ's chair telling MPs this week are they “flying blind.”
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018833071/broadcasting-flying-blind-on-public-media-plan</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 6 March 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Soft-focus protest portrayals jar with violent end to occupation; shock and awe-ful takes on Ukraine's catastrophe; broadcasters 'flying blind' on public media plan.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018833096/mediawatch-for-6-march-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - pitchforks at Parliament  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talked to Karyn Hay about reporters targeted again at the flashpoints in Wellington - which jarred with with earlier soft-focus accounts of life at 'Camp Freedom.’  Also: why Sky TV dumped the '24-hour Putin People' channel.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 17:57:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018832656/midweek-mediawatch-pitchforks-at-parliament</link>
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  <title>Parliament protest: Making sense of extreme scenes and unsavoury stories</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The occupation around Parliament has become the most heavily-covered protest since the ‘81 Tour- in spite of the considerable hostility reporters have faced documenting it. But arguments still rage about what’s really happened - and what it all means. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2022 11:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018832065/parliament-protest-making-sense-of-extreme-scenes-and-unsavoury-stories</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 27 February 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The occupation around Parliament has become the most heavily-covered protest since the '81 Tour- in spite of the considerable hostility reporters have faced documenting it. But arguments still rage about what's really happened - and what it all means. Also - big changes are afoot for state-owned media and the regulators - but they have barely been discussed so far at their annual reviews at Parliament.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018832165/mediawatch-for-27-february-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: A shaky take on booster benefits</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about Mike Hosking's regrets about being boosted, NZME's financial comeback from Covid - and emotional scenes as pioneering TV news show Te Karere turns 40.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 22:56:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018831766/midweek-mediawatch-a-shaky-take-on-booster-benefits</link>
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  <title>Public service screened by 'communications complex'</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Dominion Post editor Anna Fifield says after 20 years reporting offshore - she’s shocked at the “communications industrial complex” she says shields our government and public service from media scrutiny. It’s not a new complaint - but is it really worse here than in any other modern democracy?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2022 16:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018830017/public-service-screened-by-communications-complex</link>
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  <title>Mad, bad or mostly moderate? Media's mixed message on protest     </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[There was plenty of condemnation of the occupation of Parliament in the media at first - but this week some media painted a much more palatable picture of the protesters and their motivations. Those who track the far-right and the media channels they use warn that ignores and obscures the protest's dark undercurrents.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2022 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018831098/mad-bad-or-mostly-moderate-media-s-mixed-message-on-protest</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 20 February 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mixed messages from media on Parliament protesters; extremism and the media; DomPost pushes back on public service obfuscation; sweary dad's live TV f-bomb double.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018831244/mediawatch-for-20-february-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - 16 February 2022</title>
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    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talked to Karyn Hay about mixed messages in the media about those protesters at Parliament. Also:  the value of public money for media questioned - and can spoken word songs count as journalism? 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 22:50:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018830773/midweek-mediawatch-16-february-2022</link>
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  <title>Covid-19 convoy conundrum confronts news editors </title>
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    <![CDATA[Covid skeptics occupied Parliament grounds this week under the banner of ‘freedom’ - and many other things. Did media coverage amplify their fringe views? Should media do more to understand them and what motivates their movement - in spite of their obvious hostility to the media themselves? Mediawatch asks an editor wrestling with those dilemmas.   
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 16:13:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018830010/covid-19-convoy-conundrum-confronts-news-editors</link>
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  <title>Quest for certainty undercuts Omicron analysis </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Everyone wants to know how bad our Omicron outbreak might get - and when. But experts running the numbers on that have copped flak in the media when scenarios they’ve been told to scope don't pan out. Meanwhile, media pundits who’ve been wrong in the past don't hold back on predicting the future. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 09:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018830018/quest-for-certainty-undercuts-omicron-analysis</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 13 February 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Convoy conundrum confronts editors; quest for certainty undercuts Omicron analysis; sweary Dad's minties moment.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018830323/mediawatch-for-13-february-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: divining the polls a shaky science</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about commentators reading the tea leaves over the latest political poll, Sean Plunket's new online talkback station, and a start date being set for Today FM.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 21:25:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018829919/midweek-mediawatch-divining-the-polls-a-shaky-science</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for Waitangi Day 2022 </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[For years Māori  journalism leaders warned not enough training, investment or opportunities meant Māori  people and perspectives were mostly missing in our mainstream media. This Waitangi Day he looks at a big publicly-funded push to address the problem. 

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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2022 18:28:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018829599/mediawatch-for-waitangi-day-2022</link>
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  <title>Publicly-funded boost for Māori media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[For years Māori journalism leaders warned a lack of training, investment and opportunities meant Māori people and perspectives were mostly missing in our media. But more effort and money than ever before is now being put in. On Waitangi Day, Mediawatch talks to some of those involved in a publicly-funded push to address this  - and some of the problems.

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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2022 07:30:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018829359/publicly-funded-boost-for-maori-media</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: broadcaster's MIQ mission fires up media </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately on RNZ National. 

This week Colin Peacock talked to Bryan Crump about the fallout from broadcaster Charlotte Bellis’s media campaign against MIQ. Also: over-the-top overseas coverage of our Covid response; the first big political poll of the year zeroing in on party leaders’ popularity . . . and do presenters ever sneeze live on TV?
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2022 18:55:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018829070/midweek-mediawatch-broadcaster-s-miq-mission-fires-up-media</link>
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  <title>Covering Tonga’s eruption - without communications</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[That epic undersea eruption in Tonga was heard around the region - and recorded and analysed in minute detail, even from space. But a comprehensive communications wipeout cut reporters off from sources for days. So how do they cover a story with almost no access to basic facts? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2022 17:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018828282/covering-tonga-s-eruption-without-communications</link>
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  <title>Silly season turns serious as Omicron arrives</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[
It’s business as usual for the media again: all Covid, all the time with the whole country back in the red (traffic light). But even before Omicron inevitably broke through, anti-vaxxers and their fans provided rich pickings for our news-starved media - in spite of the fact they're now more of a minority than ever.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2022 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018828298/silly-season-turns-serious-as-omicron-arrives</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 30 January 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Covering Tonga's crisis - without communications; summer silly season gets serious as Omicron arrives; reputations trashed in summer scandals.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2022 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018828594/mediawatch-for-30-january-2022</link>
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  <title>Thick-skinned stars savaged by summer scandals</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[While Brian Tamaki behind bars made headlines here, the world’s biggest anti-vaxxer created bulletin-leading drama round the world when he was detained across the Tasman. Meanwhile in the UK 'Partygate' revelations forced Britain’s mockery merchants to up their game. But a former Aussie hell-raiser is showing them there is a way back for trashed reputations. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2022 09:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018828300/thick-skinned-stars-savaged-by-summer-scandals</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 30 January 2022</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Covering Tonga's crisis - without communications; summer silly season gets serious as Omicron arrives; reputations trashed in summer scandals.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2022 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018828586/mediawatch-for-30-january-2022</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Tova O'Brien barred from starting Today on time</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the employment dispute keeping Tova O'Brien off the air and creating bad blood between broadcasters. Also - non-commercial RNZ falls foul of the advertising watchdog, good and bad in the latest North & South - and Hilary Barry cops a big bill for chocolate fish.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2022 22:56:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018828192/midweek-mediawatch-tova-o-brien-barred-from-starting-today-on-time</link>
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  <title>The Mediawatch Christmas Bonus </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[2021’s almost gone - but not forgotten - though it would be nice to be able to forget large parts of it. 
Before we flip into 2022, Mediawatch looks at what's coming up next year - and some more acknowledgement of stuff in the year gone by which was outstanding . . . one way or another.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2021 09:15:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018825677/the-mediawatch-christmas-bonus</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 19 December 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[2021 - media in the year of the vaccine; NZ news media in Oz-style ideological drift?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2021 09:05:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018825127/mediawatch-for-19-december-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch With Hayden Donell</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch With Hayden Donell.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:45:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018824793/midweek-mediawatch-with-hayden-donell</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Anger, anxiety, and Kerre McIvor</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Bryan Crump about a sympathetic story on the plight of the unvaccinated, a new doco from TVNZ, and anger and anxiety directed at a caller to Newstalk ZB.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 20:13:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018824715/midweek-mediawatch-anger-anxiety-and-kerre-mcivor</link>
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  <title>Young entrepreneur’s death sparks media backlash</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[
The recent death of entrepreneur Jake Millar  - at the age of 26 - prompted an angry backlash against the media - over coverage of his failed venture Unfiltered. Some in business cited tall poppy syndrome and claimed the media scrutiny of risk-takers and innovators must change. But what sort of coverage should they expect?   
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018823894/young-entrepreneur-s-death-sparks-media-backlash</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 12 December 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Young entrepreneur's death sparks media backlash; angst over 'iwi checkpoints' obscures big picture.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018824214/mediawatch-for-12-december-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Style v substance; service station sausage rolls scandal</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about style over substance in the coverage of Chris Luxon's first question time as leader, a Stuff column for the ages, and some new hires at Sean Plunket's online talk station.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2021 23:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018823808/midweek-mediawatch-style-v-substance-service-station-sausage-rolls-scandal</link>
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  <title>RNZ’s Tahi  -'the one' for rangatahi?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[RNZ’s previous plan to reach younger people collapsed in early 2020 after opposition to RNZ Concert cuts - and pushback from commercial broadcasters. This week RNZ fired up Tahi - a more modest effort for the under-served youth audience. What’s the plan this time?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2021 17:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018822971/rnz-s-tahi-the-one-for-rangatahi</link>
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  <title>No man is an airline </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The National Party has new leadership, after an intense focus on the outgoing leader Judith Collins. But while no-one will forget her in a hurry, the name of her successor still seems to confuse the media.  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2021 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018822956/no-man-is-an-airline</link>
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  <title>An anti-intensification housing media blitz</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Opponents of the bipartisan bill aimed at enabling housing blitzed the media over the past few weeks. Many of the reports failed to include relevant context and balancing opinion.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2021 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018823128/an-anti-intensification-housing-media-blitz</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 5 December 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Spotlight swings onto new National's new leader; an anti-intensification housing media blitz; RNZ's 'Tahi' - 'the one' for rangatahi?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2021 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018823277/mediawatch-for-5-december-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Chris Luxon's baptism of fire</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the barrage of tough questions that met Chris Luxon upon his ascent to the National leadership, a media acquisition, and the launch of a new youth service.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2021 22:59:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018822878/midweek-mediawatch-chris-luxon-s-baptism-of-fire</link>
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  <title>Bridges burned, Collins crushed, Reti takes the reins</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Late on Wednesday night’s not prime time for political news to break, but Judith Collins' late-night kneecapping of rival Simon Bridges kicked off the chain of events that left her on the backbenches - with the media following every step. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2021 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018822166/bridges-burned-collins-crushed-reti-takes-the-reins</link>
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  <title>Just fed-up farmers? Or 'radical right in gumboots'?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Groundswell took over about 70 centres nationwide - briefly and pretty peacefully - in last weekend’s Mother of All Protests. But the picture the media painted of who they really are and what they really want was confusing - and overlapping anger about the government and Covid-19 made the mix more murky. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2021 09:11:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018822169/just-fed-up-farmers-or-radical-right-in-gumboots</link>
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  <title>New collective bid to make tech titans pay for NZ news </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The umbrella group representing locally-owned news media wants to negotiate with Facebook and Google for "fair payment” for the local journalism appearing on their services. Australian news media have struck substantial - but confidential and individual - deals with the tech titans - but a former news boss in both countries tells Mediawatch it may be a bad idea.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2021 09:11:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018822197/new-collective-bid-to-make-tech-titans-pay-for-nz-news</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 28 November 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Bridges burned, Collins crushed, Reti takes the reins; Just fed-up farmers - or 'the radical right in gumboots'? ; New bid to get tech titans pay for NZ news.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2021 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018822354/mediawatch-for-28-november-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Soper's simmering stand-off</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a Cold War brewing between Newstalk ZB's political editor and the PM, misinformation in local papers - and the need for better oversight of opinion pieces.
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  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:32:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20211124-2132-midweek_mediawatch_sopers_simmering_stand-off-02.ogg" length="8829449" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018821913/midweek-mediawatch-soper-s-simmering-stand-off</link>
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  <title>Radio in NZ 100 not out. But what next? </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Radio in New Zealand marked its centenary this week with tributes to its staying power in the past - and confident claims it’s here to stay for the future. Several stations now have bigger audiences than ever and radio is the most profitable part of some commercial media companies.  But soon after he became RNZ boss back in 2013, Paul Thompson declared radio was a “medium in decline.”  Does he still think that? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2021 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018821265/radio-in-nz-100-not-out-but-what-next</link>
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  <title>Looking back on tech titans' takeover of media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[
Facebook’s all-powerful founder has rebooted his trillion-dollar company as ‘Meta’ and he’s planning for a new virtual ‘metaverse’ for us in five years. But the real world mess Facebook’s made in the past was recently compared to ‘Chernobyl’ by a respected AI expert.  Rory Cellan-Jones has covered technology for the BBC since the time before Facebook. Where is all this heading?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2021 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018821266/looking-back-on-tech-titans-takeover-of-media</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 21 November 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Radio in NZ is 100 not out: RNZ's Paul Thompson on what comes next; looking back on tech titans' takeover of media with Rory Cellan-Jones.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2021 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018821393/mediawatch-for-21-november-2021</link>
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  <title>The missing context in vaccine mandate coverage</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Analysis: News organisations have devoted plenty of space to the unvaccinated healthcare and education workers being stood down this week. But many of those stories are missing vital context.
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  <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 14:13:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018821248/the-missing-context-in-vaccine-mandate-coverage</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Mandate reporting missing context</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's episode of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a glaring lack of context in vaccine mandate coverage, a doco looking into our toxic alcohol culture, and a social media struggle at the Herald.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 23:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20211117-2300-midweek_mediawatch_mandate_reporting_missing_context-02.ogg" length="8704307" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018820974/midweek-mediawatch-mandate-reporting-missing-context</link>
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  <title>The risks of reporting displays of discontent - and amplifying aggro </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Tuesday’s Covid protest at Parliament was a spectacle that had to be covered, but reporters who did so were targeted by protesters - and not for the first time. Does coverage risk ramping up the impression that resistance is more significant than it really is? And is the mounting hostility to the media a risk that editors and bosses now need to confront?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2021 16:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20211114-0910-the_risks_of_reporting_displays_of_discontent-02.ogg" length="18990417" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018820263/the-risks-of-reporting-displays-of-discontent-and-amplifying-aggro</link>
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  <title>Experts denigrated by conspiricists - and radio hosts   </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A fresh analysis of Covid misinformation says it intensified after Delta arrived - and leading public figures and officials have “received specific targeting and abuse” online. But you don't have go down any digital rabbit holes for denigration of the experts. There's plenty of on top-rating talk radio too. . .
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2021 09:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20211114-0909-experts_denigrated_by_conspiricists_-_and_radio_hosts-02.ogg" length="2844134" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018820265/experts-denigrated-by-conspiricists-and-radio-hosts</link>
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  <title>All journalists are climate reporters now</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The climate talks in Glasgow are the big global story right now - but it doesn't always feel like it in our news. A climate change reporter tells Mediawatch every journalist should now be one too - and the lack of focus on this is a worry.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2021 09:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018820274/all-journalists-are-climate-reporters-now</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 14 November 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The risks of reporting displays of discontent - and amplifying aggro; experts denigrated by conspiracists - and radio hosts; all journalists are climate reporters now.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2021 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018820428/mediawatch-for-14-november-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: An anti-vax coverage conundrum </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's episode of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about Discovery announcing a pair of new TV channels, media coverage of an anti-vax march on parliament, and a valuable weekend interview with the prime minister.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2021 22:51:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018820028/midweek-mediawatch-an-anti-vax-coverage-conundrum</link>
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  <title>Meta’s moves to boost our media underwhelms observers</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Facebook - freshly rebadged as ‘Meta’ - gives local news media content huge extra reach, but it covers none of the cost of creating it while snaring the bulk of the digital ad revenue it attracts. This week the trillion-dollar company unveiled a programme to help sustain our news media - but some experts and editors are underwhelmed.

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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2021 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20211107-0910-metas_move_to_boost_media_underwhelms_observers-02.ogg" length="8770466" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018819284/meta-s-moves-to-boost-our-media-underwhelms-observers</link>
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  <title>Avoiding the mistakes of the past in trans rights coverage</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[During the homosexual law reform campaign 35 years ago plenty of inflammatory, derogatory and sometimes downright bigoted portrayals of gay people were published and aired in our media. Some have apologised for that since then. Are our media repeating the same mistakes reporting controversies over transgender peoples' rights today?       
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2021 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018819466/avoiding-the-mistakes-of-the-past-in-trans-rights-coverage</link>
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  <title>Alert level angst not leveling off on radio </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Another Monday, another review of alert level condition for Auckland and other areas this week -  along with ample evidence in the media that the change can’t come soon enough for Aucklanders who are over it. Including radio hosts . . .  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2021 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018819288/alert-level-angst-not-leveling-off-on-radio</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 7 November 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The owners of Facebook - now known as 'Meta' - announced a plan to boost news publishers here this week. Mediawatch looks at the media's response to that. Also: how media angst about upcoming alert level changes is not levelling off just yet -- and are our media getting it right when reporting on transgender peoples' rights?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2021 09:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018819488/mediawatch-for-7-november-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: COP-26, Covid-19, radio re-jigs and grandstanders</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Midweek Mediawatch - our weekly catch-up with Karyn Hay on Lately.  This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn about a shake-up in news radio that made headlines - while another went under the radar. Also: covering COP-26; deep-dive but highly-readable Covid journalism, the dangers of allowing people to grandstand on air - and is the number of the beast actually 616?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2021 11:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20211103-1112-midweek_mediawatch_cop-26_andradio_re-jigs-02.ogg" length="12007941" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018818983/midweek-mediawatch-cop-26-covid-19-radio-re-jigs-and-grandstanders</link>
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  <title>Keeping calm (or not) as Covid comes to Christchurch </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Did our media keep calm and carry on when Covid came to Christchurch this week? Or amplify anger and confusion about loose borders and unvaccinated travellers? Bit of both . . .
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2021 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20211031-0912-keeping_calm_or_not_as_covid_comes_to_christchurch-02.ogg" length="2850108" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018818332/keeping-calm-or-not-as-covid-comes-to-christchurch</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Rito - a new bid to boost diversity in our newsrooms</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[We’ve had too few journalists of Māori, Pasifika and Asian origin in our newsrooms for decades - and now there’s a new publicly-funded push to turn that round. Four established outlets are backing the Te Rito Journalism project. How will this work? And what’s the endgame?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2021 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20211031-0910-te_rito_-_a_new_bid_to_boost_diversity_in_our_newsroom-02.ogg" length="17175541" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018818338/te-rito-a-new-bid-to-boost-diversity-in-our-newsrooms</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 31 October 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Keeping calm as Covid comes to Christchurch - and not; a new bid to boost diversity in our news; Australian media straying into fake news about NZ.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2021 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018818507/mediawatch-for-31-october-2021</link>
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  <title>'Straya media strays from mainstream reporting NZ </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[
One Australian news outlet seized on a Kiwi commentator's claim this week that our media is 'fully controlled' by the PM - while a big name broadcaster here seized on fake news from another Aussie outlet to hint at the same thing.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2021 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20211031-0908-straya_media_strays_from_mainstream_reporting_nz-02.ogg" length="4840628" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018817929/straya-media-strays-from-mainstream-reporting-nz</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Anti-vax messages in the media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's episode of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about anti-vax messages finding a media platform, some outstanding local investigative reporting this week - and confirmation that you can't grow concrete, in spite of what talk radio tells you.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2021 20:28:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20211027-2028-midweek_mediawatch_anti-vax_messages_in_the_media-02.ogg" length="7970952" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018818088/midweek-mediawatch-anti-vax-messages-in-the-media</link>
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  <title>Media mull mental health amid lingering lockdowns</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[As the Covid crisis deepens and lockdown levels give way to traffic lights, the mental health effects of it all are being aired more than ever in the media - sometimes along with assumptions that don’t always stack up. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2021 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018817502/media-mull-mental-health-amid-lingering-lockdowns</link>
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  <title>Wrapping up the vaxathon </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Last weekend’s hastily-organised eight-hour Vaxathon TV extravaganza silenced most critics after a record number of jabs last weekend - but not all.  We ask the brains behind the broadcast - Bailey Mackey - what we learned from the effort, and why few opposition politicians were seen on screen.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2021 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018817514/wrapping-up-the-vaxathon</link>
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<item>
  <title>Reflecting on a revolution-MMP in the rear-view mirror </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The media marked a quarter of a century of MMP with a lot of mixed reviews on how it has changed our politics - and our country. Mediawatch talks to a documentary-maker who created one of the most vivid vignettes of MMP in action 25 years ago - and asks how it's changed the media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2021 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018817531/reflecting-on-a-revolution-mmp-in-the-rear-view-mirror</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 24 October 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media mull mental health impact of lingering lockdowns; wrapping up the Vaxathon, MMP in the rear view mirror.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2021 09:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018817668/mediawatch-for-24-october-2021</link>
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  <title>A pundit backlash against actual experts</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Analysis: Our epidemiologists and Covid modellers have faced an increasingly bitter series of barbs from commentators and columnists over the last month, and it's making their often thankless task even harder.
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  <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 13:30:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018817351/a-pundit-backlash-against-actual-experts</link>
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<item>
  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Epidemiologists under attack</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's episode of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about an escalating series of media attacks on epidemiologists and layoffs at Newshub.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20211020-1812-midweek_mediawatch_epidemiologists_under_attack-02.ogg" length="5140317" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018817209/midweek-mediawatch-epidemiologists-under-attack</link>
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  <title>Thank you very much for your kind injection</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Super Saturday’s vaxathon was the biggest and longest local live TV broadcast we’ve seen for years. While some critics carped about the entertainment value, all that mattered in the end was pumping up the jabs. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2021 09:13:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018816683/thank-you-very-much-for-your-kind-injection</link>
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  <title>Pressure piling up on tech titans - Australia leading the charge</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Big tech platforms have failed to tackle the misinformation and toxicity they spread - and their dominance of the market for digital media revenue is becoming increasingly obvious. Australia's government has confronted them on both fronts and the news media have benefited. Can others - including ours - follow their lead?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2021 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20211017-0910-pressure_piles_up_on_tech_titans_-_australia_leads_the_charge-02.ogg" length="16461207" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018816386/pressure-piling-up-on-tech-titans-australia-leading-the-charge</link>
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  <title>Patients pressure group’s startling survey claims</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Nine out of ten people think funding expensive new medical treatments is more important than Covid vaccines, according to news reports this week. That's pretty surprising when you consider how critical the vaccines are at this point in the pandemic - but not so surprising when you look at the survey at the heart of the story.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2021 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018816559/patients-pressure-group-s-startling-survey-claims</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 17 October 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Vaxathon rolls back the years to roll up our sleeves; tech titans under pressure as Australia squeezes them from the top; Patients pressure group's starling survey claims.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2021 09:05:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018816713/mediawatch-for-17-october-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: The blame game</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Karyn Hay on Nights. This week Hayden Donnell talked to Karyn about the media blame game as the country moves away from elimination - and an explosive live on-air allegation from Winston Peters. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 22:29:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018816288/midweek-mediawatch-the-blame-game</link>
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  <title>Anger management and roadmaps to nowhere</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week's call that Auckland must linger longer in Level 3 - but with picnics and double bubbles - upset those who wanted more freedom, those who saw it as waving the white flag and those demanding a roadmap out of lockdowns. Then rule-breakers putting Northland into Level 3 gave the media more anger to channel - and rumours to report.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2021 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018815595/anger-management-and-roadmaps-to-nowhere</link>
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  <title>Anthonie Tonnon: singing the news</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Many songwriters turn inward for inspiration. Anthonie Tonnon turns to the newspapers, writing about toxic waste in the Mataura Paper Mill, the housing crisis, the decline of regional rail and even an ancient Australian air crash. He was shortlisted for a Silver Scroll for a song about irrigation on the Canterbury Plains. Can current affairs be done in song? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2021 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018815620/anthonie-tonnon-singing-the-news</link>
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  <title>Pandora Papers highlight deals done in darkness</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Five years ago, hundreds of reporters turned The Panama Papers into stories spotlighted the corruption and tax-dodging of some rich and powerful people all over the world. It eventually led to changes to the rules for offshore trusts held here in New Zealand. But publication of the The Pandora Papers this week proved the mega-rich and corrupt are still concealing their cash around the world wherever they can.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2021 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018815614/pandora-papers-highlight-deals-done-in-darkness</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 10 October 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Anger management, rumours and roadmaps to nowhere; Pandora Papers highlight deals done in darkness; Anthonie Tonnon: singing the news.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2021 09:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018815757/mediawatch-for-10-october-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: A good 1pm press briefing gotcha</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Bryan Crump about an incisive question at the daily 1pm press briefing, a backlash against NZME's premium product; Hilary Barry's sweet treat for vaccinating viewers - and an ex-employee turning on Facebook as an outage for the platform sparks joy for its critics.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 22:21:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20211006-2221-midweek_mediawatch_6_october_2021-02.ogg" length="9214787" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018815352/midweek-mediawatch-a-good-1pm-press-briefing-gotcha</link>
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  <title>Home by Christmas? Political Covid plans overpromise</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Opposition parties’ plans for lockdown-free Covid management and re-opening our borders made headlines this week - kicked off former PM John Key last weekend. All of them dangled the prospect of free travel by Christmas and an end to ‘MIQ misery’ - but the devil was in the details which were missing.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2021 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20211003-0912-home_by_christmas_political_covid_plans_overpromise-02.ogg" length="7965662" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018814498/home-by-christmas-political-covid-plans-overpromise</link>
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  <title>Huge journalism jobs boost from public purse </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[110 new journalism jobs have been bankrolled by the Public Interest Journalism Fund - the biggest investment yet from this recent government initiative. News media companies welcomed this big boost but critics claim giving the fund $55m of public money undermines editorial and financial independence. What will we get from the new roles paid for by the public purse? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2021 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20211003-0910-huge_journalism_jobs_boost_from_public_purse-02.ogg" length="16433473" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018814519/huge-journalism-jobs-boost-from-public-purse</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 3 October 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Political Covid plans overpromise: huge journalist jobs boost from public purse; moving on from fast-food frenzy
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2021 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20211003-0908-mediawatch_for_3_october_2021-02.ogg" length="20615351" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018814814/mediawatch-for-3-october-2021</link>
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  <title>Moving on from lockdown fast food frenzies </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[History repeated recently when our media joined the fast food frenzy when Auckland switched to Level 3 recently. But some in the media are getting sick of it and others say the real story should be the return to work  - and those who never stopped working. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2021 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018814500/moving-on-from-lockdown-fast-food-frenzies</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: John Key's media takeover</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch Hayden Donnell talks to Bryan Crump about John Key's media blitz, dueling Covid recovery plans -  and some change-making stories from Metro and RNZ.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2021 21:41:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018814373/midweek-mediawatch-john-key-s-media-takeover</link>
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  <title>Commercial radio urges MPs to rein in RNZ</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week the big commercial radio broadcasters boasted of record-breaking audiences for their big brands when the latest audience figures came out. But at the same their bosses were also urging our MPs to rein in RNZ’s scope to reach new people - particularly younger ones. We ask the spokesperson for their mutual interests why.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2021 16:11:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018813733/commercial-radio-urges-mps-to-rein-in-rnz</link>
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  <title>Confused claims of Covid-compromised cancer care</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A new campaign is urging people with possible symptoms of cancer to get a diagnosis - and never mind the lockdown.  This week two media outlets claimed  'almost half of new cancers' went undetected because of the Covid lockdowns last year - and it could be happening again now. Is it?       
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2021 11:29:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018813573/confused-claims-of-covid-compromised-cancer-care</link>
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  <title>Covid complications confuse the media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Worrying breaches of Auckland’s Level 4 border fired up the media this week - just as the Government prepared to green-light a risky shift to Level 3 in the supercity. Meanwhile the media also channeled South Islanders' irritation over Level 2  - and expats' MIQ misery over the new 'unlucky dip' lottery system.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2021 09:14:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018813741/covid-complications-confuse-the-media</link>
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  <title>Collins’ snub startles media - but it cuts both ways</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[National's embattled leader surprised the media by spurning some interview opportunities this week - and the public exposure that would have come with them. But while political reporters often criticise the party for a failure to focus on the things that really matter, the same seems true of the news media when National MPs actually do.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2021 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210926-0913-collins_snub_startles_media_-_but_it_cuts_both_ways-02.ogg" length="2970950" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018813571/collins-snub-startles-media-but-it-cuts-both-ways</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for Sunday 26 Sep 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Covid complications confuse the media; Collins' snubs startles media - but it cuts both ways; confused claims of Covid-compromised cancer care; Collins' snubs startles media - but it cuts both ways.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2021 09:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018813868/mediawatch-for-sunday-26-sep-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Opining on elimination</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Bryan Crump on Nights. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Bryan about media angst over whether ‘elimination’ is still our Covid strategy - and the Herald aiming high for vaccination, but with one big name conspicuously off-message. Also: anti-vaxxers fooling Facebook; and former broadcasters hired as columnists by NBR, whose owner once pledged to purge opinion from the outlet.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 20:40:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018813438/midweek-mediawatch-opining-on-elimination</link>
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  <title>Rule-breaking fires up debate on fairness and privilege </title>
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    <![CDATA[
As the lockdown in Auckland lengthened, the exposure of one couple’s rule-breaking prompted a predictably intense pile-on. Ironically, that actually helped to keep their names out of the headlines - briefly - and it also fired up long-running arguments about the right to know, privilege and fairness.  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018812432/rule-breaking-fires-up-debate-on-fairness-and-privilege</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 12 September 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at how the media zeroed in on our social cohesion this week - as the current lockdown in Auckland became the longest we've had so far. Also: Mediawatch talks to the BBC's Peter Taylor, a reporter with 50 years of experience reporting terrorism and violence - and how it can be overcome
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2021 09:27:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018812933/mediawatch-for-12-september-2021</link>
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  <title>Peter Taylor: 50 years focused on a 100-year conflict</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Few journalists on the planet have more experience of reporting terrorism than the BBC’s Peter Taylor. He has spent half a century covering Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles - a consequence of the partition of Ireland 100 years ago. He’s risked his own life meeting face-to-face with terrorists  - and also the terrorised and those working for peace.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210919-0910-peter_taylor_50_years_focused_on_a_100-year_conflict-02.ogg" length="10853093" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018812460/peter-taylor-50-years-focused-on-a-100-year-conflict</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - 15 September 2021</title>
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    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Bryan Crump on Nights. This week Hayden Donnell talked to Bryan about the media facing accusations that they're undermining the Covid response by airing the claims of critics of the elimination strategy. 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:47:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018812585/midweek-mediawatch-15-september-2021</link>
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  <title>Reporting Afghanistan after abandonment </title>
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    <![CDATA[Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks prompted the US to invade Afghanistan, the Taliban announced they’ve taken the whole country again this week. Journalists who remain there are at risk in spite of assurances media freedom will be respected. Will proper journalism be possible under the Taliban? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2021 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018811847/reporting-afghanistan-after-abandonment</link>
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  <title>MediaWorks refresh fires up fans of outgoing veteran</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In the midst of a bid to move away from its troubled internal culture, MediaWorks hired new people for news and talk radio this week. But the sudden retirement of controversial veteran host Peter Williams was the talking point for listeners  - making it a rough ride for his successor when the news broke. 

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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018811528/mediaworks-refresh-fires-up-fans-of-outgoing-veteran</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 12 September 2021</title>
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    <![CDATA[Reporting Afghanistan after abandonment; MediaWorks rings changes and fires up fans of outgoing veteran
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018811995/mediawatch-for-12-september-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - terror, hate and terrible tweets</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catchup with Bryan Crump on Nights. This week Colin Peacock talked to Bryan about where the media focus fell after the LynnMall attack; Patrick Gower ‘On Hate’; some in-depth Covid reporting; that Seymour tweet's insulting response  - and a sports stalwart starting anew.
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  <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:04:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210907-1104-midweek_mediawatch_for_8_september_2021-02.ogg" length="9793347" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018811345/midweek-mediawatch-terror-hate-and-terrible-tweets</link>
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  <title>Media confront thorny questions raised by terror attack</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a terrorist struck on Friday, the media were confronted with shocking reports and images - but also thorny questions about what happened and why - and how much they could reveal. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2021 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210905-0912-media_confront_thorny_questions_raised_by_terror_attack-02.ogg" length="6559388" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018811039/media-confront-thorny-questions-raised-by-terror-attack</link>
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  <title>Demands for greater scrutiny - and media push back  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The opposition’s unhappy about the scrutiny the media are applying to the government, especially over vaccines - but some reporters pushed back at criticism of them this week. 

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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018810967/demands-for-greater-scrutiny-and-media-push-back</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 5 September 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[How the media reacted to another shocking act of terrorism at home. Also: political pressure for greater media scrutiny of the Government - and TVNZ's boss giving up the top job.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2021 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018811065/mediawatch-for-5-september-2021</link>
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  <title>TVNZ's long-serving boss creates a vacuum</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[TVNZ chief executive Kevin Kenrick will leave the state-owned broadcaster next February after almost a decade in charge. TVNZ will now have to find a new leader as the government progresses plans to create a new public media entity incorporating TVNZ and RNZ by 2023.
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  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2021 18:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210903-1807-tvnzs_long-serving_boss_creates_a_vacuum-02.ogg" length="2837893" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018810909/tvnz-s-long-serving-boss-creates-a-vacuum</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: scrutiny under scrutiny - and Lou Grant</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catchup with Bryan Crump on Nights. This week Colin Peacock talked to Bryan about the media reflecting on the fairness of the scrutiny they apply to those running our Covid response - and some of the criticism coming back at the journalists. Also: journalists facing a surge of state sector spin doctors - and how Ed 'Lou Grant' Asner put the newsroom on the small screen.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 11:46:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018810580/midweek-mediawatch-scrutiny-under-scrutiny-and-lou-grant</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 29 August 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at how our media covered the struggle to contain the Delta variant -- and how media reports of Covid clusters in Auckland this week sparked racist responses and claims that the reporting itself made the problem worse.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2021 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018810142/mediawatch-for-29-august-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - racist reactions and offshore opinions  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catchup with Nights. This week Colin Peacock chats to Bryan Crump about the media in the middle as reports about Covid clusters spark racist reactions - and offshore opinions about our elimination strategy raise hackles here. Also: a big name in TV journalism signs of suddenly - and Facebook tries a little transparency for once.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2021 17:32:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018809695/midweek-mediawatch-racist-reactions-and-offshore-opinions</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 22 August 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media react to level 4 lockdown and the dawn of Delta; the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2021 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018809216/mediawatch-for-22-august-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Covid's media comeback</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the media back in Covid-emergency mode; a business editor slapping down Covid complainers - and a truly clueless TV game show. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018808815/midweek-mediawatch-covid-s-media-comeback</link>
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  <title>Landmark climate report lands - but makes little mark on media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The first comprehensive IPCC stocktake of the global climate trends for years was easy to read and its confronting conclusions were clear. But after hitting front pages and headlining bulletins the day it landed, it didn’t make much of an impression on our media - or prompt much political debate.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210815-0912-landmark_climate_report_lands_-_but_makes_no_mark_on_media-02.ogg" length="3658477" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018808154/landmark-climate-report-lands-but-makes-little-mark-on-media</link>
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  <title>The double standard in the bike bridge backlash</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A proposed walk and cycle bridge over the Waitematā provoked a furious media backlash over the goverment's wasteful spending. Why don't roading projects get the same treatment?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:11:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210815-0911-the_double_standard_in_the_bike_bridge_backlash-02.ogg" length="7859336" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018808153/the-double-standard-in-the-bike-bridge-backlash</link>
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  <title>RNZ challenged on turning stolen data into news </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Unknown cyber-criminals sent stolen information to the media to pile on pressure to pay a ransom. RNZ subsequently aired a scoop sourced from it before a court ordered all media to dump the dodgy data. The Privacy Commissioner tells Mediawatch RNZ was unethical and he wants action - but RNZ insists the public interest was well served.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018808160/rnz-challenged-on-turning-stolen-data-into-news</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 15 August 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Landmark climate report lands - but makes little mark on media; double standard in bike bridge backlash; RNZ challenged on turning stolen data into news.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018808290/mediawatch-for-15-august-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Olympic overload and conference crankiness  </title>
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    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about what the media made of an Olympics that turned out better than many expected in Tokyo - or did it? National Party members overlooked in coverage of the conference; reports of an MP's social media slip-up that prompted criticism  - and a student lifts the lid on the far-right.  
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210811-2200-midweek_mediawatch_olympic_overload_and_conference_crankiness-02.ogg" length="11753070" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018807675/midweek-mediawatch-olympic-overload-and-conference-crankiness</link>
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  <title>GOAT in a boat - and a trans trailblazer in Tokyo </title>
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    <![CDATA[While Lisa Carrington struck gold and set records, Laurel Hubbard struck out in competition but still made history and headlines as our first ever transgender Olympian. She also won hearts and minds speaking sparingly, but with dignity to the media about the controversy surrounding her.  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2021 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018806986/goat-in-a-boat-and-a-trans-trailblazer-in-tokyo</link>
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  <title>Making sense of ‘Milk and Money’ </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The recent Groundswell protest put farmers’ grievances about the government’s environmental policies front and centre. Good timing for a new six-part documentary series exploring the dairy industry, and its future in the midst of a climate crisis. But ‘Milk and Money’ is no ‘Country Calendar.’
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018806040/making-sense-of-milk-and-money</link>
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  <title>Accountability in question after MediaWorks review</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A review of the working culture at MediaWorks released this week is by far the most comprehensive airing of the internal problems of any New Zealand media company.  But its leaders and governors have not yet answered questions about it - and it’s far from clear if anyone is accountable. 

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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210808-0910-accountability_in_question_after_mediaworks_review-02.ogg" length="4400700" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018807290/accountability-in-question-after-mediaworks-review</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 8 August 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[GOAT in a boat - and a trans trailblazer at Tokyo 2020; MediaWorks’ accountability still in question; making sense of ‘Milk and Money’; big-name broadcasters boosted by watchdog’s verdict.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210808-0910-mediawatch_for_8_august_2021-02.ogg" length="24216176" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018807316/mediawatch-for-8-august-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: News not fit for social media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's episode of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a mainstream media outlet getting kicked off YouTube, a court judgement against RNZ, and a harrowing culture review at MediaWorks.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2021 21:53:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210804-2153-midweek_mediawatch_news_not_fit_for_social_media-02.ogg" length="14119522" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018806877/midweek-mediawatch-news-not-fit-for-social-media</link>
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  <title>‘Hussy’ OK says BSA (*in context)</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ZB’s Mike Hosking called Meghan Markle “a hussy” on the air earlier this year. It was a rude and sexist slur on someone he didn’t know at all  - and it prompted formal complaints to the broadcasting watchdog. But the BSA says it wasn’t a breach of broadcasting standards. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 19:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018806041/hussy-ok-says-bsa-in-context</link>
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  <title>Olympians strike gold  - while media find plenty of colour</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Kiwis finally struck gold in Tokyo this week - but the media didn't always get the colour they were looking for.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 09:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210801-0913-olympians_strike_gold_-_while_media_look_for_colour-02.ogg" length="6229414" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018806181/olympians-strike-gold-while-media-find-plenty-of-colour</link>
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  <title>Media ramp up angst over arming police</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A year ago, a trial of armed police teams was scrapped with opponents adopting the slogan ‘Arms Down.’ One year on, some in the media are now amplifying calls for arming all officers after the death of PC Matthew Hunt and an increase in officers being confronted by guns.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018806015/media-ramp-up-angst-over-arming-police</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 1 August 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Kiwi strike Tokyo gold - and give media plenty of colour; ramping up angst over arming police; 'hussey' is OK says BSA (in context)
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018806347/mediawatch-for-1-august-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: 28 July 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[On this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about an error-strewn academic report, a prominent radio host's abrupt departure, some less-than-sympathetic accounts of people stranded overseas by Covid 19, claims that climate change was missing from reports of the recent floods - and a call to close down 'open letters' by columnists trying to make a point.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 21:39:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210728-2139-midweek_mediawatch_28_july_2021-02.ogg" length="12654372" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018805930/midweek-mediawatch-28-july-2021</link>
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  <title>'Groundswell' exposes rural / urban divide in media </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[At the biggest national protest for years last week, farmers made it clear they're unhappy with the government and they feel unloved by the country - and the media. The media coverage also revealed a rural / urban divide itself.  
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2021 15:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210725-0913-are_our_media_feeding_the_rural_urban_divide-02.ogg" length="10940552" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018805226/groundswell-exposes-rural-urban-divide-in-media</link>
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  <title>Government and media get on same page for terrorism</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A group representing our major news media have agreed a set of principles for reporting terrorism and “national security events." It's a response to fears extremists could use the media for their own ends and that disclosures during an emergency could put lives in danger - especially when information is unverified. But does giving ground on this mean the media surrender their right to publish in the public interest?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018805227/government-and-media-get-on-same-page-for-terrorism</link>
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<item>
  <title>The problem with economists' forecasts</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The data is clear: economists' forecasts are often wrong. Given their track record, shouldn't these prognostications come with more caveats and disclaimers when they're broadcast by the media?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2021 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018805228/the-problem-with-economists-forecasts</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 25 July 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Protests expose urban/rural divide in media; government and media on same page over terrorism reporting; the problem with economists' forecasts.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2021 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210725-0906-mediawatch_for_25_july_2021-02.ogg" length="19382206" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018805404/mediawatch-for-25-july-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - podcasting politicians </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Susana Leiataua about surprises in Gerry Brownlee’s ‘Backroom’  while James Shaw jams with Brian Eno. Also - talk radio ringing the changes; ‘anti-woke’ UK TV news channel turns to Farage after viewers tune out.   
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2021 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210721-2200-midweek_mediawatch_21_jul_2021-02.ogg" length="10296672" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018804953/midweek-mediawatch-podcasting-politicians</link>
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  <title>New journalism fund's first projects unveiled </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The first tranche of the government’s $55m journalism Fund has been allocated - against a backdrop of criticism it could skew reporting of political issues. Māori journalism projects and a new training initiative are the major beneficiaries of the first $10m, but some of the money goes to things already funded from the public purse. Mediawatch asks talk to NZ On Air’s head of journalism about that - and what the public will get for their money.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210718-0910-public_interest_journalism_funds_first_projects_unveiled-02.ogg" length="11941576" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018804286/new-journalism-fund-s-first-projects-unveiled</link>
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  <title>A deeply unsympathetic media campaign</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Employers have put their hands out for more migrant workers to fill gaps in their rosters over the last two weeks, but their campaign may have hit a sour note.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2021 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210718-0908-a_deeply_unsympathetic_media_campaign-02.ogg" length="5660125" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018804118/a-deeply-unsympathetic-media-campaign</link>
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  <title>Money for the mob and hoha over koha</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A regional paper’s scoop about $2.75m in public funding for a drug rehabilitation programme with Mongrel Mob connections kicked off a political controversy - and so did $200 koha. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2021 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210718-0908-money_for_the_mob_and_hoha_over_koha-02.ogg" length="6565613" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018804301/money-for-the-mob-and-hoha-over-koha</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 18 July 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Labour market's mixed messsages; new journalism fund unveils first projects; angst over money and the mob; good, bad and gruesome of sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2021 09:05:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-sun-20210718-0905-mediawatch_for_18_july_2021-02.ogg" length="24398039" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018804420/mediawatch-for-18-july-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - revenge for pineapple on pizza </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about controversial sportscaster Martin Devlin reportedly returning to the radio; the Forever War in Afghanistan; football not coming home after all - but dominating the media.  
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:58:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210714-0958-midweek_mediawatch_-_revenge_for_pineapple_on_pizza-02.ogg" length="11018124" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018803904/midweek-mediawatch-revenge-for-pineapple-on-pizza</link>
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  <title>Afghanistan’s war dropping out of sight</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Twenty years after the US invaded Afghanistan in pursuit of Al Qaeda, it suddenly pulled its troops out this week.  It’s the end of the longest war in modern history in which 3500 New Zealanders also served and 10 died.  Will it be out of sight and out of mind for the media now the country is on its own again? 

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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2021 09:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210711-0913-afghanistans_plight_dropping_out_of_sight-02.ogg" length="4731132" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018803286/afghanistan-s-war-dropping-out-of-sight</link>
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  <title>Do top stars trump media power in sport?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Naomi Osaka will be a star at the Tokyo Olympics after taking time out for her mental health. Some say giving stressful press conferences a swerve was no-one else’s business, but those in the business of selling sport saw the seeds of doom in the tennis star’s stance. After all the noise, has she changed sports media for good - or for the better? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2021 09:11:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018799051/do-top-stars-trump-media-power-in-sport</link>
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  <title>Sexist sports spray sparks startling sacking </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A story about a little-known sports journalist losing a brand new job on a radio network that’s not even on air yet surged to the top of the ‘most-viewed’ lists on news websites this week. Why was producer Sam ‘Lashes’ Casey sacked for something he wrote for another media outlet?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210711-0910-sexist_sports_spray_sparks_a_startling_sacking-02.ogg" length="6568557" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018803296/sexist-sports-spray-sparks-startling-sacking</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 11 July 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Afghanistan's war dropping out of sight; a sexist sports spray sparks a startling sacking; does star power trump media power in sport?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2021 09:05:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018803477/mediawatch-for-11-july-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: A sport radio sacking</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Leiataua about a sacking prompted by a sexist column, some illuminating commentary on proposed hate speech legislation, and some missing voices in  thhe media's coverage of a restaurant industry campaign.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2021 21:27:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210707-2127-midweek_mediawatch_7_july_2021-02.ogg" length="9797369" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018803026/midweek-mediawatch-a-sport-radio-sacking</link>
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  <title>Media turn up heat on hate speech </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A discussion document on proposed hate speech laws generated plenty of discussion in the media - and spurious claims that merely insulting people could be criminalised. Some senior journalists seized on ministers muddying the waters - but did they give the public a clear picture of what’s actually at stake
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2021 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018802186/media-turn-up-heat-on-hate-speech</link>
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  <title>Putting victims at the centre of reporting</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The media has sometimes been guilty of sidelining, shrugging off, or silencing sexual assault and harassment victims. Stuff's Kirsty Johnston talked to Mediawatch about how to centre those victims in reporting.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2021 09:11:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210704-0911-putting_victims_at_the_centre_of_sexual_violence_reporting_iv-02.ogg" length="10789712" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018802100/putting-victims-at-the-centre-of-reporting</link>
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  <title>Reporters stand in storm, confirm it's cold and wet</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Most of us waited out this week's winter storm indoors, with heaters set to high. Not so the nation's journalists, who instead sought out the most miserable places in the country, and stood in the middle of them.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2021 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210704-0907-reporters_stand_in_storm_confirm_its_cold_and_wet-02.ogg" length="4056575" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018802088/reporters-stand-in-storm-confirm-it-s-cold-and-wet</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 4 July 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media turn up heat on hate speech; victim-cantered reporting; reporters weathering the storm.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2021 09:05:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018802445/mediawatch-for-4-july-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - 30 June 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about new data on the media and misinformation in New Zealand - and a new podcast airing anxiety about China’s influence here. Also: a southern stalwart honoured by the ODT and a new talkback takedown on TV. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:05:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018801980/midweek-mediawatch-30-june-2021</link>
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  <title>Covid in the capital fires up media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[How did our media react when a Covid case imported via the trans-Tasman travel bubble compromised this countryâ€™s long run without cases in the community?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2021 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018801293/covid-in-the-capital-fires-up-media</link>
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  <title>New public media plan enters uncharted waters </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The clock is ticking for the government’s proposed new public media entity. The next step is a business case and a new charter being drafted behind closed doors. But RNZ already has a charter that’s now under review  - and could mean more scrutiny of government's plan.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210627-0910-new_public_media_entity_plan_enters_un-chartered_waters-02.ogg" length="8475894" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018801299/new-public-media-plan-enters-uncharted-waters</link>
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  <title>Small screen ‘sex scandal’ drama?  Old news, actually</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The shock - horror response sparked by news of a publicly-funded ‘sex scandal’ TV drama was almost as stale as the decade-old affair it was based on.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2021 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210627-0907-small_screen_sex_scandal_drama_old_news_actually-02.ogg" length="4152923" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018801160/small-screen-sex-scandal-drama-old-news-actually</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 27 June 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Covid in the capital fires up media; government media plan enters un-chartered waters, more sport on air for free around the corner, angst over sleaze on screen is old news
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2021 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210627-0906-mediawatch_for_27_june_2021-02.ogg" length="19586535" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018801476/mediawatch-for-27-june-2021</link>
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  <title>More free-to-air sport around the corner</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A new national radio network dedicated to sport will go live on air on Monday 19 July - just in time for the Tokyo Olympics. Australian-owned SENZ will fill a void left by the closure of NZME's Radio Sport in April 2020 during the Covid lockdown. Meanwhile TVNZ and Discovery have done deals with Sky to get the Olympics and Wimbledon on screen for free. 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210624-1107-more_sport_on_air_and_on_screen_for_free-02.ogg" length="2474870" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018801127/more-free-to-air-sport-around-the-corner</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: A silent night</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[On this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about media angst over the Ministry of Health's communications concerning the Covid case in the capital, sensitive and insensitive reporting on Laurel Hubbard - and a New York Times headline for the ages.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:49:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210623-2149-midweek_mediawatch_-_a_silent_night-02.ogg" length="11538794" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018801045/midweek-mediawatch-a-silent-night</link>
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  <title>Hui over Christchurch terror attacks puts media under the spotlight </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[

A counter-terrorism hui intended to help heal the wounds inflicted in Christchurch two years ago sparked a walk-out which hit the headlines. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2021 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018800332/hui-over-christchurch-terror-attacks-puts-media-under-the-spotlight</link>
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  <title>Running the numbers on the PM's media schedule</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When Jacinda Ardern changed her media schedule earlier this year, it raised heckles from commentators who felt she was ducking scrutiny. But what have the changes actually meant?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Undeclared SponCon causing political and editorial headaches</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Herald's dedicated property section printed 64 articles under the banner 'Our New Auckland' without declaring they were sponsored by Kāinga Ora, prompting NZME to review its processes on sponsored content.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2021 09:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018800326/undeclared-sponcon-causing-political-and-editorial-headaches</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 20 June 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media under the spotlight at Christchurch hui, running the numbers on the PM's media diary; Undeclared SponCon causing political and editorial headaches.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2021 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018800499/mediawatch-for-20-june-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - game of life and death</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talked to Karyn Hay about the launch of the new news channel labelled ‘Fox News for the UK,’ the bike bridge beat-up that’s still creating comment - and how a football game turned into a life and death dilemma for broadcasters.  

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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:55:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018799885/midweek-mediawatch-game-of-life-and-death</link>
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  <title>Climate message cutting through </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When the Climate Change Commission released its first blueprint for cutting our carbon emissions earlier this year, there were plenty of spurious stories about the end of gas-fired barbies and private cars - and a slump in meat and dairy production. But there was a lot less of that when the Commission's final advice to the government was made public this week.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2021 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018799047/climate-message-cutting-through</link>
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  <title>Too much heat makes transport fraught</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The big budget for a new non-car harbour bridge in Auckland sparked a big 'bike-lash' in the media last week - and how we build and use our roads has become a huge wedge issue all around the country. Mediawatch asks a journalist dedicated to covering transport: do the deep divisions and inflamed opinions make it hard to report all this effectively?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018799050/too-much-heat-makes-transport-fraught</link>
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  <title>Wrong numbers amplify anxiety over vaccine supplies</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Against a backdrop of news reports about shortages and anger over delayed Covid-19 vaccinations, a Herald opinion piece this week claimed our supply would run dry within days. But swift fact-checking elsewhere established it was based on the wrong numbers. 

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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2021 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018799475/wrong-numbers-amplify-anxiety-over-vaccine-supplies</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 13 June 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Climate message cutting through; too much heat makes transport fraught; wrong numbers dial up anxiety over vaccine supplies.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2021 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018799507/mediawatch-for-13-june-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch 9 June 2021 </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about journalists hitting out at government spin and information  control - and unhappiness over the release of a major climate report. Also: an odd documentary about a celebrity accused of harassment who’s accusing his accusers of manipulation.

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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 20:29:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018799046/midweek-mediawatch-9-june-2021</link>
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  <title>For whom the bell trolls - cyclists</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[While record-breaking floods threatened to sweep away bridges in Canterbury, the inundation of the Auckland Harbour Bridge by cyclists  made headlines too - and sparked a big backlash on talk radio. The subsequent announcement of a new big-budget bridge just for cyclists and walkers further inflamed the divisive urban issue of ‘bikes vs cars’. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2021 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018798258/for-whom-the-bell-trolls-cyclists</link>
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  <title>The Nimby photo formula</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Stories about local issues, from housing developments to cycleway constructions, are nearly always illustrated the same way. Mediawatch asked a Voyager-winning photographer why angry people with their arms folded are so ubiquitous in our media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018798432/the-nimby-photo-formula</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 6 June 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[For whom the bell trolls - cyclists; the NIMBY photo formula; Aussie China crisis report falls flat.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2021 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018798625/mediawatch-for-6-june-2021</link>
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  <title> Aussie China crisis report falls flat</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Last week a comically overwrought ad for Australia’s 60 Minutes TV show hit headlines here, promoting an item suggesting ‘New Xi-land’ had gone soft in China. It aired across the ditch on TV this week. What was all the fuss about? Not much . . . 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2021 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018798437/aussie-china-crisis-report-falls-flat</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Eyes on the prizes  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talked to Susana Leiataua about who won what at journalism’s night-of-nights - and how it matters more to the companies than their journalists. Also - the wealth and health of top-level tennis under the media spotlight

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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2021 22:01:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018798175/midweek-mediawatch-eyes-on-the-prizes</link>
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  <title>The Australian outfit rebooting 24/7 sport on the radio </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[More than a year after Radio Sport shut down, an Australian outfit wants to set up a new national network here - and it's hired some big names to get it off the ground. But who is driving this across the Tasman? And what's their plan? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2021 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018797232/the-australian-outfit-rebooting-24-7-sport-on-the-radio</link>
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  <title>A belated investigation into a skifield founder's Nazi past</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Most of the media stories on Willi Huber focused on his work founding the Mt Hutt skifield. This month, North & South finally unravelled the other central event of Huber's life: his role in one of the most brutal divisions of the Nazi army.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2021 09:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018796417/a-belated-investigation-into-a-skifield-founder-s-nazi-past</link>
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  <title>Bob's big birthday's goes round the clock</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Did you know Bob Dylan turned 80 this week?  You did if you were tuned in to RNZ National last Monday.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2021 09:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018797236/bob-s-big-birthday-s-goes-round-the-clock</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 30 May 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Aussie outfits rebooting 24/7 sport on radio; a belated investigation into a skifield founder's Nazi past; Bob's big birthday goes round the clock.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2021 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018797548/mediawatch-for-30-may-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Who gets a voice?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's episode of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a run of bad headlines for radio networks, an AP journalist's controversial firing, and an about-turn in the media's coverage of the Samoan election.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2021 09:46:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018797192/midweek-mediawatch-who-gets-a-voice</link>
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  <title>Media can make and break leadership in volatile times</title>
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    <![CDATA[A new analysis finds media coverage is more important than ever after Covid in shaping our perception of leaders’ success, trustworthiness  and transparency (or a perceived lack of them). But - as we hear so often these days - trust in the media themselves is falling fast.  So how does that work?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2021 17:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018796276/media-can-make-and-break-leadership-in-volatile-times</link>
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  <title>Sportscaster's conduct put spotlight back on media culture</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Newstalk ZB sports host Martin Devlin was back on air this weekend, after he apologised for lashing out at one junior colleague - and sending inappropriate messages and unwanted invitations to women in his newsroom. The  incidents went unreported for ten days - but they're not the only ones that raised alarm about the culture in our media companies this week.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2021 09:14:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018796576/sportscaster-s-conduct-put-spotlight-back-on-media-culture</link>
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  <title>Poll piles pressure on party leader - but do we care? </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Political reporters and pundits confidently claied the end is nigh for Judith Collins’ National Party leadership - following another opinion poll showing she’s not particularly popular right now - and neither is her stance on race. But the relentless focus on her grip on the job is obscuring other issues. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2021 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018796273/poll-piles-pressure-on-party-leader-but-do-we-care</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 23 May 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Sportscaster's conduct put spotlight back on media culture; poll piles pressure on party leader - but do we care?; media make and break leadership in volatile times.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2021 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018796606/mediawatch-for-23-may-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Gaza, a gaffe and a brutal review</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the media targeted in Gaza live on TV - and the Gaza crisis spilling over into sport on screen. Also - an epic US broadcasting deal that could change the game here, a front-page foul-up and a brutal book review.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2021 22:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018795969/midweek-mediawatch-gaza-a-gaffe-and-a-brutal-review</link>
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  <title>Shocking news reveals southern reporting cutbacks</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[That shocking knife attack in Dunedin’s central city this week came out of the blue - but the coverage also revealed the ranks of reporters there are thinning out. One major TV broadcaster had to cover it from Christchurch on the day -  and the other is set to scrap its office in Dunedin altogether. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2021 09:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018795483/shocking-news-reveals-southern-reporting-cutbacks</link>
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  <title>Crown Law takes aim at Newsroom</title>
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    <![CDATA[An online investigation that exposed Oranga Tamariki tactics - and prompted five inquiries and significant changes in policy and practice at the agency - is now being investigated by the Police. The publisher has also been ordered to pay thousands of dollars in costs incurred when Crown Law sought an injunction to take it offline, raising concern about media freedom and a chilling effect on journalism exploring the state’s use of its power over people.


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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018795444/crown-law-takes-aim-at-newsroom</link>
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  <title>Access all areas? The past and future of community broadcasting</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Access Radio movement is 40 years old and today 12 stations broadcast locally and online. Some fill local gaps left by stations hooked into national networks - and some produce programmes up for national awards. But low-budget broadcasting isn’t the only way to reach communities with content these days. Does access radio have a digital-age future?  

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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2021 09:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018795446/access-all-areas-the-past-and-future-of-community-broadcasting</link>
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  <title>Host takes a swing at slack media - but misses </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Top-rating talk host Mike Hosking apologised recently after he slammed political reporters for missing a big story  - and a colleague publicly pointed out he was wrong.  It didn’t stop Mike Hosking hitting out again this week  - but being wrong, again. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2021 09:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018795510/host-takes-a-swing-at-slack-media-but-misses</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 16 May 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Shocking news reveals southern reporting cutbacks; Crown Law takes aim at Newsroom; Access all areas? Community broadcasting turns 40; host takes swing at slack media - but misses.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2021 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - 12 May 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a magazine telling the full story of an SS soldier who became a "hometown hero" and a tourism pioneer here - and another mag's in-depth account of Tom Scott's piles. Also - reporting Covid vaccines without fueling doubts and the doubters; the government pushing back on reports of the 'pay freeze,' and ZB getting a bit more diversity on air.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 07:32:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018795285/midweek-mediawatch-12-may-2021</link>
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  <title>China’s PR intensifies as media focus falls on Uyghurs</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[China used to deny or ignore media queries about the human rights of the ethnic Uighur minority. But before our government debated its response in Parliament this week, China’s embassy held an invite-only briefing for reporters and experts. What did they learn from the event one reporter called “extraordinary to the point of farce”?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 17:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018794414/china-s-pr-intensifies-as-media-focus-falls-on-uyghurs</link>
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  <title>Upping the game in women’s sport coverage</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Not good enough” was the verdict of Sport NZ boss Raelene Castle after a fresh analysis of thousands of sports reports across our media found women feature in only about one in seven. But offshore reports of the same results said our media lead the world in women’s sports coverage. What’s the story?  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018794420/upping-the-game-in-women-s-sport-coverage</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 9 May 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[China's PR intensifies as media focus falls on Xinjang; the state of play in coverage of women's sport; more clarity on online polls.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018794731/mediawatch-for-9-may-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Return of Orewa, rabbits and The Apprentice</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catchup with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn Hay about the media unpicking the political strategy behind warnings of “separatism.” Also: ‘Bunny-pocalypse Now’ in the South, diminishing returns for The Apprentice - and anonymous agony advice in print.  
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 20:26:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018794296/midweek-mediawatch-return-of-orewa-rabbits-and-the-apprentice</link>
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  <title>Silver Lake buy-in to Silver Fern no silver bullet for media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[To sell or not to sell a slice of the commercial rights to New Zealand rugby was the squabble that pre-occupied the sports media this week. But the media couldn’t agree on who has the power over the ailing national sport’s direction.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2021 09:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018793564/silver-lake-buy-in-to-silver-fern-no-silver-bullet-for-media</link>
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  <title>The news stories making readers dumber</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[News organisations often report the results of informal polls they carry out by embedding surveys in stories or on social media. Mathematically minded people argue that in doing so, they're misinforming their audience members, and leaving them worse off.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018793607/the-news-stories-making-readers-dumber</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 2 May 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Silverlake buy-in to silver fern triggers sports media; trust on media on the slide; online polls misrepresent public opinion.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2021 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018793786/mediawatch-for-2-may-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch 28 April 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Leiataua about change at the top in the Herald's political coverage - sparked by a change for veteran political editor Audrey Young - as the Press gallery marks 150 years.         
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  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:02:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018793444/midweek-mediawatch-28-april-2021</link>
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  <title>We’ve got trust issues - with news</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[New research shows New Zealanders' trust in the news media slipping, even when it comes to the news they choose themselves. That's obviously a bad news story for our media - but what can they really learn from asking us what we think?
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  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 21:03:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018793371/we-ve-got-trust-issues-with-news</link>
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  <title>Reporters finally have a nice day</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[On Monday, New Zealanders tuning into the news witnessed something rare: bulletins filled almost entirely with joy, relief, and even a bit of singing.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2021 09:11:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210425-0911-reporters_finally_have_good_news_day-02.ogg" length="2781043" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018792788/reporters-finally-have-a-nice-day</link>
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  <title>Coping with Covid chaos disrupting sport on screen </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A core part of your business is screening the world’s sport to customers keen enough to pay for it. Then Covid stops almost all of it stone dead. What do you do? Mediawatch asks a Sky exec how they handled that - and the threat of Covid chaos hanging over the Olympics and this week’s ill-fated effort to fire up an elite European football league.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210425-0910-coping_with_the_chaos_that_crushed_live_sport-02.ogg" length="20798048" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018792592/coping-with-covid-chaos-disrupting-sport-on-screen</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 25 April 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Coping with Covid chaos disrupting sport on screen; reporters finally have one nice day; following the flow of public money to the media and screen industry.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2021 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018792959/mediawatch-for-25-april-2021</link>
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  <title>Following the money flowing to the media  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Huge sums in subsidies will go to Amazon when a Lord of the Rings series is made here in the years to come. In the year just gone, a much more modest amount of public money was spent helping local media companies through the worst of the Covid crisis.  Mediawatch talks to Stuff's Thomas Coughlan, who deployed the Official Information Act to follow the money.
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  <pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2021 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018792659/following-the-money-flowing-to-the-media</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Football fans v billionnaires, Popstars v Fair Go</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn Hay about Prince Philip's funeral pulling in viewers, the emergency housing crisis coming into focus; football fans vs billionaires - and Popstars vs Fair Go.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 21:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210421-2100-midweek_mediawatch_-_fans_v_billionnaires_popstars_v_fair_go-02.ogg" length="9289043" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018792545/midweek-mediawatch-football-fans-v-billionnaires-popstars-v-fair-go</link>
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  <title>Directory inquiries: Does the Yellow Pages have a future?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Once a billion-dollar business, its critics claim the country’s most widely circulated publication is a redundant and wasteful throwback to pre-digital times. But now under new management, the Yellow Pages has a digital plan.What’s the future for the once-ubiquitous directory whose fortunes mirror those of the news media?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2021 16:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210418-0909-directory_inquiries_does_the_yellow_pages_have_a_future-02.ogg" length="6849902" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018790753/directory-inquiries-does-the-yellow-pages-have-a-future</link>
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  <title>‘Dead leader walking’ a familiar line from media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Last weekend political pundits and presenters reckoned the leader of the opposition was ripe for rolling and her days in the job were numbered. But - as in the past - it was all based on rumours recycled by political reporters with secret sources who offered the public few reasons to believe it was true.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2021 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018791410/dead-leader-walking-a-familiar-line-from-media</link>
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  <title>Samoa election cliffhanger overlooked locally  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[After 23 years with one political party and one prime minister in charge, Samoa’s general election last weekend delivered a surprise neck-and-neck result. But it was barely reported in most national media outlets here. How come? And what might improve the situation?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018791853/samoa-election-cliffhanger-overlooked-locally</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 18 April 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA['Dead leader walking' a familiar line from media; Samoa's election cliff-hanger overlooked locally; Directory inquiries: Yellow Pages under pressure
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-sun-20210418-0900-mediawatch_for_18_april_2021-02.ogg" length="21477734" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018792002/mediawatch-for-18-april-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: A disparity in coverage</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately.  This week Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Leiataua about a surprising statement from MediaWorks about reported allegations of misconduct by company staff - and a reporter suffering a social media backlash because of mistaken identity. But first: how the intense coverage of the death of the Duke of Edinburgh last weekend overshadowed an international story much closer to home.  
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  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 09:54:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018791662/midweek-mediawatch-a-disparity-in-coverage</link>
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  <title>Pent-up travel demand bubbles up</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A green light for a travel bubble with Australia was a good news story for people separated from loved ones - and businesses needing the cash of free-spending foreigners. But were the bubble-happy media too keen to accentuate the positive when the likely benefits are far from clear?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2021 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210411-0912-pent-up_travel_demand_bubbles_up-02.ogg" length="6736428" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018790734/pent-up-travel-demand-bubbles-up</link>
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  <title>Timing of Duke's death gives our media a headache</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The media planned for the Duke of Edinburgh's death - but the timing of the announcement last night could hardly have been worse for firing up special coverage from scratch.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2021 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018791028/timing-of-duke-s-death-gives-our-media-a-headache</link>
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  <title>Cam Wallace - New broom fighting fires at MediaWorks</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Cam Wallace has had a rocky start in charge at MediaWorks, the outfit that owns half the country's radio stations. Whistleblowers lifted the lid on a corrosive culture at the company that's now under investigation - and talk radio hosts went rogue on issues of race and Covid-19. That's put deep dents in its reputation as it faces the future as 'radio without pictures.'
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2021 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018790748/cam-wallace-new-broom-fighting-fires-at-mediaworks</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 11 April 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Timing of Duke's death trick for our media; Cam Wallace - new boss fights fires at MediaWorks; pent up demand travel demand bubbles up in media.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018791063/mediawatch-for-11-april-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - hold on to the rails</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately on RNZ National. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about claims a new train service is a "railway renaissance" or a slow train to nowhere. Also: Stuff beefs up its business news; a tramping mag makes a fool of DoC - and a month after Jacinda turned Mike down, he says he doesn't want her back. Confused? You will be after this episode of Midweek Mediawatch.         
 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2021 16:39:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018790641/midweek-mediawatch-hold-on-to-the-rails</link>
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  <title>Simon Collins - a lifetime in journalism </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Long-serving reporter Simon Collins spoke to literally hundreds of people to cover major public issues. He also confronted his own bosses to defend journalism from cuts and compromises undermining the quality of journalism.  As 45 years on the job come to an end, many reporters reckon we’ll never see another journalist like him (though he's not one of them).
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:11:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018790029/simon-collins-a-lifetime-in-journalism</link>
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  <title>Public media plan moves forward behind closed doors   </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The government appointed eight people this week to oversee a business case which could be a blueprint for a new public media entity to replace TVNZ and RNZ - but the public won't see it before the government decides the issue later this year. Why are RNZ's top brass backing an idea about which so little is clear? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2021 09:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018790008/public-media-plan-moves-forward-behind-closed-doors</link>
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  <title>Local current affairs with a heavy Aussie accent</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[TVNZ recently launched its first new local TV current affairs show for years. But A Current Affair has a heavy Australian accent - and the local content revolves around TVNZ’s other entertainment shows.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2021 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018786278/local-current-affairs-with-a-heavy-aussie-accent</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 4 April 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Public media plan moves forward - but behind closed doors; Simon Collins - a lifetime in journalism; local current affairs with a heavy Aussie accent.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2021 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018790239/mediawatch-for-4-april-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: One step closer to fusion</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Leiataua about the latest move towards a new a public media behemoth, Judith Collins' rough ride on RNZ triggering claims of bias, MediaWorks' inquiry into the conduct of its own employees amid reports of resignations.  
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  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2021 08:05:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018789974/midweek-mediawatch-one-step-closer-to-fusion</link>
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  <title>Investor-economist alliance dominates media's housing response</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A  squadron of investors and economists blitzed the airwaves following the government's big housing announcement, often drowning out other voices.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2021 18:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018789167/investor-economist-alliance-dominates-media-s-housing-response</link>
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  <title>Clamour to cancel TVNZ's top popular cop show</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A single tweet sparked bulletin-leading calls to scrap one of our most enduring and most-watched local TV shows this week. Many arguing whether the show was racist or not also admitted they don't watch it, while the show's makers rejected the claim and TVNZ kept its head down.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2021 09:13:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210328-0913-clamour_to_cancel_tvnzs_top_popular_cop_show-02.ogg" length="5881191" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018789169/clamour-to-cancel-tvnz-s-top-popular-cop-show</link>
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  <title>Even more public money for journalism? </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Last month the government announced $55m of public money will be made available for “at risk” public interest journalism over the next three years. But a recently-released cabinet paper has another $20m in the mix. What's the money for - and how will it be spent? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2021 09:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018789186/even-more-public-money-for-journalism</link>
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  <title>‘Trashy’ TV report from Australia “an error” </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A news report showing restrained 501-ers being herded onto a repatriation flight while being harassed by an Aussie TV reporter raised hackles here because an Australian minister called it “taking out the trash.”  But how did this heartless report get made in the first place? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2021 09:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210328-0906-trashy_tv_report_from_australia_deemed_an_error-02.ogg" length="2077880" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018789190/trashy-tv-report-from-australia-an-error</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 28 March 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Clamour to cancel top cop show; investors and economists dominate media response to housing announcement; much-admired reporter retires;  more millions for public interest journalism; trashy Aussie report finds scapegoat.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2021 09:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-sun-20210328-0906-mediawatch_for_28_march_2021-02.ogg" length="18133571" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018789346/mediawatch-for-28-march-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch  - mean streets, mean tunes </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catchup with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about reports that the streets of the capital are increasingly unsafe and unpleasant- especially for women. Also - doubling down on political polls and an RNZ stalwart cops it for straying out of his lane on K-Pop. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:43:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018788700/midweek-mediawatch-mean-streets-mean-tunes</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 21 March 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[One nation under Cup delirium; bid to boost censors' powers; Preferred PM? Don't ask me.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2021 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018788381/mediawatch-for-21-march-2021</link>
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  <title>Battle against online harm beefs up censor's power</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The government wants to beef up the chief censor’s power to root out harmful and hateful stuff online - but opposition politicians and internet freedom advocates say this is an overreach which could even mean significant newsworthy stuff could be censored. Mediawatch asks the chief censor what he thinks of his potential new powers.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2021 09:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018788055/battle-against-online-harm-beefs-up-censor-s-power</link>
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  <title>Preferred PM? Don’t ask me</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[TVNZ and its pollsters will only call you on your mobile from now on - and the first poll under the new rules delivered a telling result in response to one of its key questions.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2021 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018788044/preferred-pm-don-t-ask-me</link>
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  <title>Total eclipse of the news </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[As the crowd went wild after the big win on the water on Wednesday, so did much of the media - triggering a total eclipse of the news. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2021 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018788223/total-eclipse-of-the-news</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: A nationwide delirium </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the media's delirious coverage of Team NZ's America's Cup win, a trashy bit of Australian reporting, and Google's latest moves to fund news.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:36:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018788023/midweek-mediawatch-a-nationwide-delerium</link>
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  <title>Claims of cancel culture and media bias get political </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Against a backdrop of gripes about ‘cancel culture’ in the media, the National Party’s broadcasting spokesperson has warned bias, balance and political influence need to be addressed - and news media might go soft on the government giving them more money. But she was once a programme-maker who faced similar questions herself. Mediawatch asks her where she thinks the problem lies.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:42:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018787264/claims-of-cancel-culture-and-media-bias-get-political</link>
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  <title>A week of media meltdowns</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's decision to dump her weekly interview with Mike Hosking and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah sparked a series of media meltdowns this week.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2021 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018787254/a-week-of-media-meltdowns</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 14 March 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Claims of cancel culture and media bias get political; National's broadcasting spokesperson Melissa Lee; media meltdowns and overreactions over the PM's media policy - and Oprah's chat with the rogue royals
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018787429/mediawatch-for-14-march-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - PM drops Mike Hosking</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the PM upsetting Newstalk ZB by giving a longstanding Monday slot a swerve and further fallout from NZME's Michael Bassett ban
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2021 21:48:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018787002/midweek-mediawatch-pm-drops-mike-hosking</link>
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  <title>Scramble to cover tsunami and earthquake emergency</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The scramble to cover the tsunami alerts and evacuations on Friday - after the much of the nation was shaken awake by a swarm of hefty quakes - was seat-of-the-pants stuff. But it threw up some memorable moments of Kiwis keeping calm and carrying on.    
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:13:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018786320/scramble-to-cover-tsunami-and-earthquake-emergency</link>
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  <title>Covid-19 blame game and comms strategy questioned</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at how the blame game played out in the media over the latest Covid cluster and the rulebreakers - while the previously-praised Covid communications strategy was called into question by the media, along with the concept of our team of 5 million.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018786240/covid-19-blame-game-and-comms-strategy-questioned</link>
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  <title>Broadcast bosses quizzed about bias - but not the big picture</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The bosses of state-owned RNZ and TVNZ fronted up to MPs for their annual review at Parliament this week. The government’s proposal to replace both of them by 2023 is the big issue for both of them - but that wasn’t what opposition MPs zeroed in on.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018786253/broadcast-bosses-quizzed-about-bias-but-not-the-big-picture</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 7 March 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Scramble to cover tsunami and earthquake emergency; Covid blame game and comms strategy questioned; Broadcast bosses quizzed about bias - but not the big picture.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018786460/mediawatch-for-7-march-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Broadcast bosses grilled on balance and bias</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about RNZ and TVNZ's bosses getting grilled by MPs about balance, bias and biting the hand that feeds (but not much about the proposal to replace both broadcasters within three years) - and the retirement of a much-admired reporter at the Herald.   
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  <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:49:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018786070/midweek-mediawatch-broadcast-bosses-grilled-on-balance-and-bias</link>
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  <title>Ten years after: Marking a major milestone in Christchurch</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Commemorating the anniversary of the deadly Canterbury quake was a huge undertaking for the media this week. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 17:32:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018785172/ten-years-after-marking-a-major-milestone-in-christchurch</link>
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  <title>Coverage of MIQ martyr raises red flags</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Lucinda Baulch became an MIQ martyr and a cause celebre for Covid sceptics when she refused a Covid test and was held for a second stint in MIQ. The media reported her reasons for refusal in detail and made her stance appear almost rational - but not her fringe beliefs and anti-lockdown activism which were easy to find on the internet.
 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 09:11:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018785284/coverage-of-miq-martyr-raises-red-flags</link>
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  <title>Facebook refriends Australia after face-off over news</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Last week Facebook turned off Australian users’ access to news over a looming law change to make them pay to distribute it. This week news is back in their feeds after a face-off with the government there. Australia’s been praised for taking Zuckerberg on - but would news media be better off in the long run without Facebook?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018785259/facebook-refriends-australia-after-face-off-over-news</link>
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  <title>It's newsworthy, I swear</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When Simon Bridges called the Speaker "a twat" in Parliament, media pondered whether this unparliamentary insult was fit to print  - and broadcast. They all decided it was - with one surprising exception. Meanwhile, much worse could be heard during the cricket . . .
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018785188/it-s-newsworthy-i-swear</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 28 February 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Covid cases spark Saturday night scramble for media; MIQ martyr raises red flags10 years after - marking a major milestone in Christchurch; Facebook re-friends Australia after face-off over news; insult for Speaker raises decency dilemma.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018785456/mediawatch-for-28-february-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - curious case of the MIQ martyr </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn Hay about a Covid campaigner getting the oxygen of publicity. Also: 'Novax' Djokovic being a sore winner, a mindblowing radio resource and new apps from Māori TV.
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  <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 19:43:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210223-1943-midweek_mediawatch_curious_case_of_the_miq_martyr-02.ogg" length="10891293" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018784843/midweek-mediawatch-curious-case-of-the-miq-martyr</link>
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  <title>Taking it up a level (and down again)</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[How did the media break last Sunday’s sudden news of a change to Covid-19 alert levels? And how did they cover the response, the science behind it and the decision to shift back down again - just as the arrival of the first vaccine doses fired up sceptics and social media - and kicked off a public campaign to get the facts out.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2021 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018784224/taking-it-up-a-level-and-down-again</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 21 February 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Taking it up a level - and down again; Facebook backs away from news across the Tasman; private correspondence vs public interest.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2021 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018784491/mediawatch-for-21-february-2021</link>
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  <title>Private correspondence vs the public interest</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The New York Times revealed texts telling the truth about Ted Cruz’s trip to Mexico this week to widespread acclaim. But Meghan Markle had a big win in court against a paper that published one of her letters unlawfully. Critics claim  that case "puts manacles on the media" - and it could crop up in privacy cases here.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2021 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210221-0908-will_royals_revenge_put_manacles_on_the_media-02.ogg" length="12482799" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018784225/private-correspondence-vs-the-public-interest</link>
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  <title>Facebook backs away from news across the Tasman</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[News editors in Australia woke up to shock news that Facebook is effectively cutting itself off as an avenue for sharing their stories - after years of building a pre-eminent position as a digital distributor. It's the tech giant's unilateral response to a government-backed move to prompt digital platforms to pay the makers of news they share among Australians - and it could have a huge impact around the world, as well as here.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:53:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018784154/facebook-backs-away-from-news-across-the-tasman</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Framing Britney</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about Google cutting deals with Australian news media which will mean millions more dollars for journalism, more Magic Talk fallout - and an eye-opening documentary about Britney Spears and the role the media played as she lost control of her own life.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:48:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018784147/midweek-mediawatch-framing-britney</link>
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  <title>Telco unveils ethical advertising policy amid talkback turmoil</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Vodafone was quick to pull advertising from Magic Talk after a recent racist outburst sparked outrage. Now it’s gone further, launching an Ethical Advertising Policy, described by one media outlet as as a “blacklist of hateful media”. How will it work? And is it a contradiction for a company supposedly all about connectivity?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 14:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018783137/telco-unveils-ethical-advertising-policy-amid-talkback-turmoil</link>
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  <title>Turbulent times for travel - and Air New Zealand </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Some positive press for our national airline and its boss last week was overwhelmed this week by harsh headlines about a controversy it should have seen coming. Meanwhile, the push to kickstart international flights as soon as possible is also playing out in the media  - and creating conflict with the public health plan.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018783130/turbulent-times-for-travel-and-air-new-zealand</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 14 February 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Turbulent times for travel - and Air New Zealand; public purse to bankroll more news; telco rolls out ethical ad policy amid talkback turmoil
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 09:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018783486/mediawatch-for-14-february-2021</link>
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  <title>Public purse to bankroll more of our news </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The government has pledged $55 million for a new fund for public interest news and journalism - the biggest single boost in media funding for many years. Media companies countrywide will compete for the cash from NZ on Air over the next three years. Mediawatch looks at what it’s for and what it means for our media.

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  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:39:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018783145/public-purse-to-bankroll-more-of-our-news</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - talk radio turmoil   </title>
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    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about another host leaving the troubled network Magic Talk after John Banks' recent dumping - while another spread doubts and misinformation about Covid vaccines on air this in the week Facebook finally banned anti-vax misinformation.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:21:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018783108/midweek-mediawatch-talk-radio-turmoil</link>
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  <title>Climate blueprint release annoys reporters, confounds broadcasters </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A blueprint to bring down our carbon emissions by 2050  - and change the way we all live - came out this week. There was excellent media coverage of the detail but some journalists complained they were denied the time to report it properly. Meanwhile, some broadcasters leading debate in the media didn’t seem to have read much of it.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018782268/climate-blueprint-release-annoys-reporters-confounds-broadcasters</link>
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  <title>Talkback toxicity problem bigger than Banks, say critics</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[After the sacking of John Banks for racist blurts on air last week, critics are questioning the health of today’s talkback radio. It pulls a crowd and airs important issues, but can the bosses and the staff, the listeners and the advertisers still stomach the trolling that’s now part of the mix?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018782287/talkback-toxicity-problem-bigger-than-banks-say-critics</link>
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  <title>Media milk sensitivity over suspicions of special treatment</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Against the backdrop of anger over denying MIQ to a terminally-ill Kiwi in Japan - while the Wiggles got a fast-track through the border from Australia - a story about special arrangements for a top sportsman’s family was sure to get a reaction. But once the full story was out, they stood accused of ‘ragebait’.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018782292/media-milk-sensitivity-over-suspicions-of-special-treatment</link>
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  <title>Piling on pressure for a costly ‘miracle’ drug</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Last year Newshub put its weight behind a campaign to fund a treatment for cystic fibrosis from the public purse even though the cost was sky-high and the US-based maker never applied to register it here. Newshub fired up the campaign again this week. What’s changed?  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018782450/piling-on-pressure-for-a-costly-miracle-drug</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 7 February 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Big climate blueprint challenges reporters - and confounds broadcasters; talkback toxicity bigger than just Banks, say critics; piling on pressure for a costly drug; Media milk sensitivity over suspicions of special treatment.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 09:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018782606/mediawatch-for-7-february-2021</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: News that’s fit to print - and not</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately.This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about two stories pulled by publishers this week, Covid vaccine scepticism confronted on talk radio, how close Stuff came to closing - and a profile of a high-profile prisoner that rubbed some readers up the wrong way.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210203-1509-midweek_mediawatch_news_fit_to_print_-_and_not-02.ogg" length="10617545" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018782139/midweek-mediawatch-news-that-s-fit-to-print-and-not</link>
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  <title>Rātana keeps politicians and press at bay</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The celebrations at Rātana in January are often described by media as the event that kicks off the political year. This year far fewer guests were invited - including mainstream media journalists - and coverage was scant. But one former reporter tells Mediawatch it may be no bad thing.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 17:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210131-0906-ratana_keeps_politicians_and_press_at_bay-02.ogg" length="6209083" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018781495/ratana-keeps-politicians-and-press-at-bay</link>
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  <title>Media still covering house price rises as good news</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Even in a spiralling housing crisis, record property price rises keep getting covered like they're good news. Can the media break its habit of speaking from the perspective of existing homeowners?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20210131-0909-media_still_covering_house_price_rises_as_good_news-02.ogg" length="4378909" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018781334/media-still-covering-house-price-rises-as-good-news</link>
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  <title>The story of summer (so far)</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch has been off the air since Christmas. What did we miss in the news while we were away? 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018781518/the-story-of-summer-so-far</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 31 January 2021</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The story of a strange summer (so far); John Banks booted often racist blurts - and the talk radio dilemma; housing coverage highlights homeowners - not the 'have-nots; Rātana gives politicians and media a swerve.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 09:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018781643/mediawatch-for-31-january-2021</link>
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  <title>Banks’ blurts bring boot from broadcaster</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[MediaWorks has replaced former politician John Banks as a talkback host and apologised for his comments condemning "stone age" Maori culture and warning "these people will be coming through your bathroom window." But there was plenty more in his programme to offend listeners and alarm advertisers.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:48:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018781228/banks-blurts-bring-boot-from-broadcaster</link>
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  <title>2020 hindsight - media in the year of Covid-19</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[It was the worst of times for the media industry but in spite of that, many people produced the work of their lives to give us crucial news-you-could-use in a crisis - as well as sorely needed entertainment. But some also put out mixed messages that countered the collective effort to crush Covid - and the internal dramas of others made the headlines too. Mediawatch sifts through 2020 - a year like no other in the media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20201220-0910-2020_hindsight_-_media_in_the_year_of_covid-19-02.ogg" length="15723051" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018777800/2020-hindsight-media-in-the-year-of-covid-19</link>
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  <title>Substack - the platform that boomed under Covid-19</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[US news media took a beating from Covid-19 in 2020. Kiwi journalist and entrepreneur Hamish McKenzie runs a publishing platform-Substack - that boomed in 2020, giving journalists important audiences and income. But that success has also given him editorial conundrums to confront.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 09:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20201220-0909-substack_-_the_platform_that_boomed_under_covid-19-02.ogg" length="9853828" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018777816/substack-the-platform-that-boomed-under-covid-19</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch 16 December 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately.This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about a disputed and deleted (for now) documentary, a foreign-owned beer brand co-opting a patriotic protest for peace; an underwhelming memo for the minister of media - and overwrought reviews of an overwhelming year.  
 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 23:32:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018777525/midweek-mediawatch-16-december-2020</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 13 December 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch looks at how our media companies weathered the storm of Covid-19 in 2020 - and how we've ended up with more independent and locally-owned outlets than we’ve had for years. The chief executive of Stuff Sinead Boucher bought the company for one dollar earlier this year.  What will she do with the company in 2021?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 09:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018776954/mediawatch-for-13-december-2020</link>
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  <title>Please, no more stories about young people buying houses</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[As the housing crisis continues to spiral out of control, Hayden Donnell calls for a moratorium on stories about young first home buyers.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:34:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018776797/please-no-more-stories-about-young-people-buying-houses</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: The case for a media moratorium</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the need for a ban on a certain type of housing story, a terrible prank played on TV1's Breakfast, and a Steinlager ad getting smuggled into news stories.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 18:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20201209-1808-midweek_mediawatch_9_december_2020-02.ogg" length="7660132" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018776484/midweek-mediawatch-the-case-for-a-media-moratorium</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 6 December 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Our biggest national news publisher said sorry to Maori this week for racism in its reporting spanning three centuries. Mediawatch asks some who have confronted media racism in the past - and been confronted by it - if Stuff's stance is significant.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2020 09:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20201206-0906-mediawatch_for_6_december_2020-02.ogg" length="26769597" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018775860/mediawatch-for-6-december-2020</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Real regional reality TV</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about a reality TV showing us real regional life. Also: another big name in newspapers confronting its racist past; a sudden switch at the top for Sky TV; a ‘ridealong’ report that raised questions. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2020 12:28:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018775350/midweek-mediawatch-real-regional-reality-tv</link>
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  <title>Opposition potshots at the media messenger</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The National Party’s AGM delivered mixed messages last weekend as the president claimed the media lined up against the party at election time - while former PM John Key said the poor performance  at the polls was the party’s own fault.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2020 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018774678/opposition-potshots-at-the-media-messenger</link>
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  <title>News as a social enterprise?  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[People are used to getting news from public broadcasters paid for by taxpayers - or as a customer of commercial media organisations. But is news as a social enterprise an idea whose time has come? South Island online outfit Crux now wants its local audience to take ownership. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2020 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20201129-0910-news_as_a_social_enterprise-02.ogg" length="13256072" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018774682/news-as-a-social-enterprise</link>
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  <title>Mystery animals beguile media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A Canterbury black panther, mysterious moose sightings in Fiordland - and big cats reportedly roaming rurally in the South Island. All of these have been reported by serious news outlets this past month. It makes for novel news, but do these sightings stack up as stories?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2020 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018774696/mystery-animals-beguile-media</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 29 November 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Opposition potshots at the media messenger; Crux's bold bid to sell itself to its readers; the moose is out there? Mysterious animals beguile media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2020 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018774871/mediawatch-for-29-november-2020</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - housing hell and capital city pile-on</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately: Hayden Donnell chats to Susana Lei'ataua about the new Metro adding momentum to the comeback of local magazines; stories of housing hell hogging headlines; criticism of the not-so-cool capital piles up; the 'boomer ' slur debate - and the watchdog's verdict on 'Karen.'
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2020 11:36:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018774484/midweek-mediawatch-housing-hell-and-capital-city-pile-on</link>
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  <title>Dodgy digital election ads: Does the watchdog need teeth?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The election was done and dusted weeks ago, but this week the advertising watchdog ruled another online election campaign ad was misleading. Mediawatch asks the Advertising Standards Authority: is the system working if dodgy ads are only called out long after they might have had an impact - and the parties who place them aren't penalised?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2020 16:38:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20201122-0908-can_dodgy_political_party_ads_on_facebook_be_stopped-02.ogg" length="6333751" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018773656/dodgy-digital-election-ads-does-the-watchdog-need-teeth</link>
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  <title>Bringing the chilling ‘teen terrorist’ tale to light</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Last weekend the same startling scoop appeared in the papers of both major publishers: a teenager arrested for plotting a school massacre which was completely suppressed for nearly two years. Both companies fought a long legal battle to publish details of a story that could have had an impact on the gun law debate.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2020 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018773619/bringing-the-chilling-teen-terrorist-tale-to-light</link>
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  <title>Epic interview with Trump’s Kiwi </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[New Zealander Chris Liddell  kept a low profile during his time on Trump’s team in the White House over the past four years. But last weekend TVNZ aired an hour-long chat with the man who’s now seeking support to lead the OECD. It was the longest interview with a political figure on New Zealand TV for years. How did it go?  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2020 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018773643/epic-interview-with-trump-s-kiwi</link>
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  <title>Going in (pink) boots’n’all</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[While the All Blacks' defeat to the underdone underdogs from Argentina last weekend was unexpected the emotional media response was pretty predictable. The critics went in boots’n’all on the men in black (and their pink boots) and  veteran commentator Keith Quinn copped it for an unforced error on social media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2020 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018773615/going-in-pink-boots-n-all</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 22 November 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Bringing the chilling 'teen terrorist' tale to light; an epic interview with Trump's Kiwi can dodgy digital election ads be stopped?; critics cane defeated men in black - and pink boots
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2020 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018773847/mediawatch-for-22-november-2020</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch 18 November 2020  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. This week: an old-school broadcaster cops a new media backlash as critics went in boots ‘n’ all against the men in Black (with pink boots). Also: North and South magazine back on the shelves; new stories about Kiwis coming home and a Kiwi’s search for Russian roots -  and Mad Man in kiwi music plagiarism shock.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 06:54:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018773263/midweek-mediawatch-18-november-2020</link>
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  <title>Reporting the fact-free claims of Team Trump</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Since losing the US election, president Donald Trump and his allies have mounted an evidence-free campaign to portray the vote as rigged. That's thrown the dysfunctions of the country's media ecosystem into sharp relief.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2020 16:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018772712/reporting-the-fact-free-claims-of-team-trump</link>
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  <title>Slim pickings - reporting the shortage of labour for fruit and veges </title>
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    <![CDATA[
With borders closed, a severe shortage of people to pick fruit and vegetables could create serious shortages and high prices this summer. Politicians, growers and media personalities have all sounded off about it in the media - but the people who actually do the work are almost entirely absent in coverage of a problem brewing long before Covid-19.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2020 10:30:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018772730/slim-pickings-reporting-the-shortage-of-labour-for-fruit-and-veges</link>
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  <title>National’s sober new deputy</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[National Party leader Judith Collins revealed her front bench picks from its shrunken caucus this week. She elevated Dr Shane Reti to be her deputy - and his drinking habits were leading the bulletins of one broadcaster.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2020 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018772816/national-s-sober-new-deputy</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 15 November 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Slim pickings - reports of the looming fruit and veg crisis; how to report the fact-free claims of Team Trump; unexpected scrutiny of National's new deputy.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2020 09:05:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018772864/mediawatch-for-15-november-2020</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - covering an attempted coup   </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about how the US media cover the 'stolen election' claims from Team Trump that not only mislead and misinform people - but could actually undermine democracy itself. Also - flabby ex-All Blacks make real and good reality TV - and can current affairs be covered in songs?  
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2020 23:30:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018772414/midweek-mediawatch-covering-an-attempted-coup</link>
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  <title>Trump v Biden turns into Trump v democracy</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Media networks were at last able to name the winner of the 'Race to the White House' this morning after treading water for days. Meanwhile the sitting President gave them all a huge headache: how to handle the cascade of false claims made in the vacuum of uncertainty?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2020 12:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20201108-0912-trump_v_biden_turns_into_trump_v_democracy-02.ogg" length="7654748" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018771644/trump-v-biden-turns-into-trump-v-democracy</link>
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  <title>Coverage of new Cabinet sparks debates over diversity 	</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week the PM picked the minsters to form the top tier of the new government - and said we should be proud to have the most diverse Cabinet we’ve ever had. That prompted some in the media to claim political expediency and ethnicity had trumped merit
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2020 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018771647/coverage-of-new-cabinet-sparks-debates-over-diversity</link>
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  <title>Rural women's stories for rural readers</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The magazine scene is being rejuvenated by small publishers after the Covid crisis turned it upside down. Among the new titles launched in a difficult market is Shepherdess - made for rural women by rural women.

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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2020 09:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018771742/rural-women-s-stories-for-rural-readers</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 8 November 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Trump v Biden turns into Trump v democracy; coverage of new Cabinet sparks debates over diversity; rural women's stories for rural readers.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2020 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018771838/mediawatch-for-8-november-2020</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: truth sandwiches and the theatre of autocracy   </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. this week Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the media coverage of a confusing, stressful and ultimately inconclusive US election. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2020 22:48:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018771389/midweek-mediawatch-truth-sandwiches-and-the-theatre-of-autocracy</link>
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  <title>Political points, talking points, moot points </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[President Trump wants his Kiwi right-hand man in the White House to be the next head of the OECD, sparking political debate this week about whether New Zealand should endorse him. While parties sought to score political points, talk radio milked the talking points - even though it was essentially a moot point anyway. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2020 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018770655/political-points-talking-points-moot-points</link>
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  <title>New magazines for new times</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Among thousands of women who lost jobs when Covid-19 hit were those who make our women's magazines. One was Sido Kitchin, former editor of Woman's Day and the NZ Woman's Weekly which closed down without warning during the level 4 lockdown. Now she's back with a new magazine and a company launching three more designed to reflect the new times.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2020 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018770671/new-magazines-for-new-times</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 1 November 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Job bid for Trump's Kiwi colleague; magazines bouncing back from Covid chaos; councilors restrict their own media opportunities.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2020 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018770805/mediawatch-for-1-november-2020</link>
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  <title>Local councillors gagging themselves?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[It's not unusual for local council bosses and mayors to try to control what councillors say when the media come calling. But one council’s elected representatives have created a code of conduct obliging them to clear comments to reporters in advance  - and the mayor and the media say transparency is the loser.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2020 09:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018770690/local-councillors-gagging-themselves</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - celebs living their best life</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's midweek catch-up with Lately on RNZ National. This week in the wake of Kim Kardashian's kaning for that tone-deaf 'private island' tweet, he looks at chats with celebrities and their relatability. Also - invisible Labour Day, long reads over Labour weekend.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 22:17:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018770352/midweek-mediawatch-celebs-living-their-best-life</link>
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  <title>A new twist on fake news</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A recent Newshub story about a Kiwi golliwog seller seemed to be standard outrage bait. But the journalist David Farrier says the story's actual origins are mixed up in a campaign of harassment against him.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20201025-0907-a_new_twist_on_fake_news-02.ogg" length="8182260" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018769718/a-new-twist-on-fake-news</link>
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  <title>Should we fear fake news in our politics?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Fears that foreign political consultants and fringe parties would turn Facebook followers and fake news into votes in the election proved unfounded. The major parties mostly ran a clean game online too. So is misinformation in political messages really something to worry about?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018769801/should-we-fear-fake-news-in-our-politics</link>
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  <title>Dairy me: vegan promise comes back to bite broadcaster </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In July, Duncan Garner promised to go vegan for a year if Labour was able to govern alone at the election. Following a flood of messages from people looking to hold him to account, he's keeping his word.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 09:03:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018769691/dairy-me-vegan-promise-comes-back-to-bite-broadcaster</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 25 October 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Do we need to fear misleading online ads at election time?; hoax plays the media - and targets a journalist; prediction comes back to bite big name broadcaster; a green light for 'dickhead'?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 09:00:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018769884/mediawatch-for-25-october-2020</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch 21 October 2020 </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about a post-election political exit interview that went global; the benefits of non-aligned political coverage. Also: is it OK to label a politician a 'dickhead’?
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  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 18:24:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018769426/midweek-mediawatch-21-october-2020</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 18 October 2020 Election Special </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week Mediawatch - and some special guests - took a live look back at how the media covered election night on Saturday  - and some of the issues that arose during a long election campaign that left some people complaining of election fatigue. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2020 14:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018768906/mediawatch-for-18-october-2020-election-special</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Facebook's belated ban</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[On this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about Facebook's belated decision to ban QAnon and holocaust denial, and a documentary on New Zealand's most prominent conspiracy theorist. He also shares a few media gripes.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:55:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018768451/midweek-mediawatch-facebook-s-belated-ban</link>
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  <title>Election 2020: Media policy slips down the queue</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Vote-chasing political parties push policies on big ticket issues like tax, health and education in the run-up to an election, and plans for broadcasting and media are often left to the last minute - or overlooked entirely. But the media are important to many Kiwis and the government spends nearly a quarter of a billion dollars of their money on them each year. Mediawatch looks at what's in parties' manifestos for media in 2020.   
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2020 10:40:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018767731/election-2020-media-policy-slips-down-the-queue</link>
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  <title>Auckland levels out </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Auckland’s return to Level One after cleaning out community transmission was a cause for celebrations - but not in certain circles of the media who criticised the timing.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2020 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018767645/auckland-levels-out</link>
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  <title>Media tools to help us pick out policy</title>
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    <![CDATA[You want to use your vote to back the sort of policies that matter - or find out which parties pledges align with you. But parties making promises all at once, how do you weigh up what they’re all offering? Mediawatch looks at the tools the media made to help us compare and contrast the party’s proposals - and asks an expert which ones help.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2020 09:09:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018767734/media-tools-to-help-us-pick-out-policy</link>
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  <title>Right wing and a prayer</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Pictures of Judith Collins kneeling in prayer in church raised eyebrows last weekend - and accusations of using faith for electoral advantage. Media were criticised too for intruding on a private moment uninvited - but journalists there at the told Mediawatch that's not so.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2020 09:07:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018767738/right-wing-and-a-prayer</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 11 October</title>
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    <![CDATA[Auckland levels out; Judith Collins at prayer prompt claims of politicising faith - and media intrusion; the media tools that pick through policy on our behalf; what's in political parties' manifestos for the media?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2020 09:06:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018767840/mediawatch-for-11-october</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: debate over debates - and political parties 'faking it'</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the latest debate in an election campaign testing people’s patience; two parties busted for faking their electioneering; unhelpful election videos - and thoughts, prayers and barbs for Trump.  
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2020 10:25:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018767281/midweek-mediawatch-debate-over-debates-and-political-parties-faking-it</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 4 October 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Stuff adopts new code of ethics and practice; Anna Fifield swaps Washington Post for Dominion Post; the BBC’s Nick Bryant on lessons learned reporting Trump
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2020 09:11:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018766761/mediawatch-for-4-october-2020</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: A day of debates</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about three debates: one horrible, one good, and one excellent. 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:02:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018766403/midweek-mediawatch-a-day-of-debates</link>
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  <title>The dark news poetry of Stuff's push notifications</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An anonymous artist is hiding somewhere in Stuff's social media team. Their works are usually no more than 50 words long. Their medium is the push notification.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2020 17:17:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018765609/the-dark-news-poetry-of-stuff-s-push-notifications</link>
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  <title>A not-so-great debate</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[TVNZ's leaders debate on Tuesday night was a mostly bloodless affair - one that ended up being notable for what didn't take place than what did.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2020 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018765620/a-not-so-great-debate</link>
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  <title>Lifting the lid on abuse in state care</title>
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    <![CDATA[Media revelations of alleged abuse at Auckland's Dilworth School came as a shock to many people, but not those who know the long history of abuse of children in state care around New Zealand, finally being aired in public this week before a Royal Commission. Mediawatch asks a journalist who’s lifted the lid on historic abuse why it’s taken so long for the story to be told in the media. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2020 09:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018765446/lifting-the-lid-on-abuse-in-state-care</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - house prices up; columnists punching down </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. This week: The 'big debate' debate, a revealing political poll, more Patrick Gower and more weed; some unpleasant fallout from a broadcasting complaint; cranky columnist facing a big bill - and house prices soar as economy tanks but is it an election issue?
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018764992/midweek-mediawatch-house-prices-up-columnists-punching-down</link>
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  <title>Political football</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The government got blamed for dropping the ball on Rugby Championship hosting last week by insisting on strict quarantine. This week it moved to make sure Bledisloe Cup games happen here, prompting claims of political opportunism. Sport and politics don't mix, the old slogan says  - but they do with political points at stake at election time.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2020 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018764407/political-football</link>
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  <title>School sports streaming stoush still simmering </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Herald recently lifted the lid on  divisions over a deal that’s allowed Sky TV to screen school-age sports since late last year. Critics claim it commodifies kids’ sports - and one high-profile sportscaster’s even threatened to disrupt broadcasts. But First XV rugby has been on Sky Sports for years so what’s the problem?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2020 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Watchdog runs the numbers on Covid death claims</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week the broadcasting watchdog upheld a complaint that comments about Covid-19 death rates by Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking were misleading - and highlighted “the importance of data literacy” in the media. It wasn't the only time the broadcaster had misread Covid-19 stats - and misled his listeners.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2020 09:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018764431/watchdog-runs-the-numbers-on-covid-death-claims</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 20 September 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Political football; school sport screening stoush still simmering; watchdog runs the numbers on Covid death claim; gentle Judith eclipses Crusher.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2020 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018764788/mediawatch-for-20-september-2020</link>
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  <title>Crusher Collins eclipsed by gentler Judith</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When she became the National Party leader in July, many in the media reckoned combative Crusher Collins guaranteed a confrontational contest for Election 2020. Now some seem disappointed she's showing a softer side instead.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2020 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018764435/crusher-collins-eclipsed-by-gentler-judith</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: A maelstrom of misinformation</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[On this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about who's responsible for Facebook comments, and how the media should cover peddlers of misinformation.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 20:05:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018764319/midweek-mediawatch-a-maelstrom-of-misinformation</link>
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  <title>A closer look at a 'good news' survey</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a prestigious publisher said New Zealand was the second-safest country in the whole Covid-stricken globe, it was no surprise that made headlines here - and it was touted as evidence that we’re on the right track. But did this story really belong in our bulletins?        
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2020 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Could China become a western news desert?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Australian media’s last news journalists in China quit the country in a hurry this week. For the first time in nearly 50 years there’s no-one from across the ditch covering this critical country - and other western reporters who left have not been replaced. How might this change the picture of China we get from our media? 
 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2020 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018763435/could-china-become-a-western-news-desert</link>
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  <title>A call for less news</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Many reporters say they're experiencing burnout as they grapple with the endless demands of a 24/7 news cycle in sparsely resourced newsrooms. Journalist Tess Nichol says saving journalism might mean doing less of it.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2020 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018763588/a-call-for-less-news</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for September 3 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A closer look at a 'good news' survey; doing less with more in post-Covid journalism; foreign reporters leaving China.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2020 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018763793/mediawatch-for-september-3-2020</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Lame Tame name games - and still munted</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn Hay about two unusual interviews from young ‘James Tame’- and a personal perspective on a city still munted after all these years. 

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  <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 20:14:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018763159/midweek-mediawatch-lame-tame-name-games-and-still-munted</link>
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  <title>Unproven Covid 'cure' gets big dose of coverage</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[News of an effective and ready Covid-19 remedy made headlines this week with researchers here playing a big role.  Meanwhile media outlets in Australia - and one here - have backed a drug for headlice in humans and parasites in animals as a Covid cure, even though there’s no reliable proof yet it will help many patients.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2020 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018762446/unproven-covid-cure-gets-big-dose-of-coverage</link>
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  <title>Cracks in the team of 5 million? </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week the New Zealand Herald admitted a story about public resentment of Auckland's Covid-19 lockdowns didn’t quite fit the facts. But it wasn’t the only heavy headline lately about divisions revealed by surveys of public opinion and sentiment. What do they really tell us?  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2020 09:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018762425/cracks-in-the-team-of-5-million</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 6 September 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Reports of cracks in the team of 5 million; big dose of coverage for unproven Covid 'cure,' TVNZ News is not your 'mumma'; nationalisation phobia.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2020 09:05:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018762776/mediawatch-for-6-september-2020</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: A nation united</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[On this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a couple of slip-ups at the Herald, a run-in between Magic Talk and the WHO and another 1pm press conference question that caused controversy.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 19:38:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018762321/midweek-mediawatch-a-nation-united</link>
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  <title>Dark money, democracy and the media </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Warnings of possible overseas interference in our election haven’t made many headlines but UK-based journalist Peter  Geoghegan  says our media should be wary of 'dark money' and think tanks pushing issues onto the political agenda via the media.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2020 17:39:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018761609/dark-money-democracy-and-the-media</link>
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  <title>Media spotlight survivors and victims as gunman faces justice</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Many feared this week's sentencing of the 15 March gunman would become a pulpit for him to spread white supremacist dogma. But instead, the spotlight was on the righteous anger, resilience, compassion, and ultimately love, of his living victims.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2020 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018761554/media-spotlights-survivors-and-victims-as-gunman-faces-justice</link>
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  <title>Is the Covid crisis over for commercial media?</title>
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    <![CDATA[Six months ago, commercial media companies pleaded for government help and pundits warned their days could be numbered. Most cut costs, jobs and pay to stay afloat. But this week, two of New Zealand's biggest media companies posted positive annual results and claimed confidence about the year ahead. Is the commercial media Covid crisis over already?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2020 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018761577/is-the-covid-crisis-over-for-commercial-media</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 30 August 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Justice being seen to be done in Christchurch; media companies bounce back from Covid crisis; 'dark money' and think tanks putting political issues on the media agenda; overwrought warnings of a state takeover of industry.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2020 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018761750/mediawatch-for-30-august-2020</link>
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  <title>Ports proposal prompts ‘communist’ conclusions </title>
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    <![CDATA[One Auckland councilor’s proposal to offload half of a key public asset prompted a talk radio star to say the state takeover of major industries was imminent - drawing a puzzled response from the PM.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2020 09:05:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018761578/ports-proposal-prompts-communist-conclusions</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Justice seen to be done</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Karyn Hay on Lately. This week Colin Peacock chats to Karyn about the tricky task of keeping the focus on the victims  - and not the killer or the crimes - during this week's sentencing in Christchurch.  Also: fresh election content coming thick and fast - and sports pundits telling it like it really is.   
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  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018760918/midweek-mediawatch-justice-seen-to-be-done</link>
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  <title>A backlash over tough questions for Dr Ashley Bloomfield</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Journalists are facing a backlash for asking tough questions of Dr Ashley Bloomfield. Are they being too harsh, or is the director general of health’s popularity prompting efforts to shield him from accountability?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018760556/a-backlash-over-tough-questions-for-dr-ashley-bloomfield</link>
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  <title>Kea Kids News: 'kidsplaining' current affairs </title>
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    <![CDATA[

Kids are almost absent in our news and current affairs. This week a service that breaks the mould is back - offering news on topics chosen by local kids and - crucially - reported and produced by them as well. And it doesn’t shy away from the tough stuff in the headlines. 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018760569/kea-kids-news-kidsplaining-current-affairs</link>
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  <title>Conspiracy talk on talk radio</title>
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    <![CDATA[Amid concern about conspiratorial thinking destabilising our politics, Magic Talk’s Peter Williams this week raised the possibility the PM knew more than she was letting on when adjourning Parliament.  But the truth was out there all along . . .
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018760573/conspiracy-talk-on-talk-radio</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 23 August 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Reporters cop backlash for tough questions on Covid-19 response; Kidsplaining the news; conspiracy talk on talk radio.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018760706/mediawatch-for-23-august-2020</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Calls for accountability meet angry backlash</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[On this week's episode of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about an angry backlash over Ashley Bloomfield being asked a pointed question, and some sympathetic coverage for a Nazi who went on to help found a South Island ski field.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2020 09:43:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018760327/midweek-mediawatch-calls-for-accountability-meet-angry-backlash</link>
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  <title>Covid’s comeback sparks calls for more transparency</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The breaking news no-one wanted to hear this week upped the pressure on the government and officials to make more information public - and more quickly. Meanwhile critics have cast doubt on whether we can trust what we're told - and the media find themselves in the middle of political claims and counter claims during an election campaign.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2020 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018759491/covid-s-comeback-sparks-calls-for-more-transparency</link>
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  <title>Covid-19: Confronting the deluge of conspiracies over the latest lockdown</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The announcement that Auckland was going into lockdown for a second time was met with a deluge of conspiracy theories and misinformation, including from several prominent political figures. That "infodemic" is forcing journalists to confront the question of how they should report on the rapid rise of social media-fueled conspiracy movements.

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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2020 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018759504/covid-19-confronting-the-deluge-of-conspiracies-over-the-latest-lockdown</link>
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  <title>Merv’s moment &amp; Paula’s callers - politicos on talk radio</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[One political player made headlines this week calling in to talk radio posing as someone else - while MP Paula Bennett was handed the mic on a talk radio network for the week.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2020 09:04:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018759512/merv-s-moment-and-paula-s-callers-politicos-on-talk-radio</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 16 August 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Covid's comeback sparks demand for more transparency; confronting the deluge of Covid-19 conspiracies; Merv's moment & Paula's callers - politicos on talk radio
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2020 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018759687/mediawatch-for-16-august-2020</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Breaking bad news</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn Hay about how the media broke the bad news from Auckland - and Paula Bennett's talkback debut and confronting cranky Covid callers. Also - a glut of fresh political podcasts. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 21:55:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018759216/midweek-mediawatch-breaking-bad-news</link>
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  <title>'Hit and Run' runs its course</title>
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    <![CDATA[It’s three years since ‘Hit and Run’ first put Operation Burnham in the headlines, throwing light on a situation that unfolded far from the public gaze.  The official report is out after a long and costly inquiry. What did the media make of the outcome?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2020 15:47:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018758322/hit-and-run-runs-its-course</link>
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  <title>MPs on the way out strike back at media  </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Politicians’ conduct has sparked stacks of media condemnation lately amid a surge of scandals and sudden resignations. But two MPs quitting politics this past week took a swipe at the media on the way out for being part of the problem. 

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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2020 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018758321/mps-on-the-way-out-strike-back-at-media</link>
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  <title>Controversial campaign for costly new drug</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Newshub has put its weight behind a campaign to fund a “miracle drug” for cystic fibrosis patients from the public purse. But are its viewers getting the full picture?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2020 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018758421/controversial-campaign-for-costly-new-drug</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 9 August 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[MPs on the way out take a swing at the media; Operation Burnham report delivers verdict on 'Hut and Run'; new media campaign for a costly drug
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2020 09:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018758628/mediawatch-for-9-august-2020</link>
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  <title>Contradictory polls create confusion   </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Two more TV opinion polls energised political reporters this week and put the opposition on the defensive. This created lots of drama but was it news voters can use?  

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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2020 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018757224/contradictory-polls-create-confusion</link>
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  <title>North &amp; South takes new direction under new management</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A giant German company pulled the plug on our best and biggest magazines in April, casting out many of the nation’s best journalists. Now two journalists from Germany living here are determined to make North & South a home for in-depth coverage of this country once again.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2020 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018757240/north-and-south-takes-new-direction-under-new-management</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 2 August 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Bold poll claims create confusion; survey of post-Christchurch attack coverage reveals 'unprecedented' response; North & South magazine under new management.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2020 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018757592/mediawatch-for-2-august-2020</link>
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  <title>Research looks at media's 'unprecedented' response to the March 15 attacks</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The New Zealand media's "unprecedented" refusal to name or focus attention on the killer behind the March 15 terror attacks may have paved the way for gun control legislation, according to new research from Otago University.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2020 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018757402/research-looks-at-media-s-unprecedented-response-to-the-march-15-attacks</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch MPs exit with swipes at the media </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about two MPs' parting shots at the media, John 'last of the lions' Lewis' advice for journalists, a particularly pastoral complaint - and a local chat show breaking new ground.   
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  <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2020 18:15:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018756941/midweek-mediawatch-mps-exit-with-swipes-at-the-media</link>
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  <title>Sudden surge of scandal pushes bigger issues into the background </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A sudden surge of MPs quitting - some in disgrace - dominated political reporting this week, pushing pre-election policy into the background and painting a poor picture of Parliament. 

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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018756421/sudden-surge-of-scandal-pushes-bigger-issues-into-the-background</link>
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  <title>Ad industry confronts diversity deficit</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Some well-known ads from years gone by employed crude racial stereotypes which would cause a outcry if they were aired today. But is advertising and marketing any more diverse than in days gone by? As the Black Lives Matter movement prompts industries to re-examine their record or race and diversity, Mediawatch asks if our advertising and marketing industry is committed to diversity.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 09:11:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20200724-0910-ad_industry_confronts_diversity_deficit-02.ogg" length="7670740" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018756451/ad-industry-confronts-diversity-deficit</link>
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<item>
  <title>Big bill for Covid communications </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Unite to Fight COVID-19 campaign has been lauded as highly effective and the PM said it was crucial to crushing the curve so quickly. But it wasn’t cheap. 

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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20200726-0910-big_bill_for_covid_communications-02.ogg" length="2814444" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018756423/big-bill-for-covid-communications</link>
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  <title>Bauer finds buyers for return of the mags</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Bauer Media says some of the nation’s most important magazines will be back within weeks now that new buyers have been found. But four months after it shut down the likes of New Zealand Woman's Weekly and The Listener, many staff have moved on and some subscribers have asked for their money back. So what's the plan for bringing them back? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20200726-0907-bauer_finds_buyers_-_but_what_now-02.ogg" length="4816559" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018756498/bauer-finds-buyers-for-return-of-the-mags</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 26 July 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Sudden surge of political scandals pushes bigger issues into the background; ad industry confronts its diversity deficit; Bauer finds buyers - but what next?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018756587/mediawatch-for-26-july-2020</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Anger over MP's mental health smokescreen</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talked to Robert Kelly about the outcry over mental health used as a smokescreen for an MP's bad behaviour, complaints about the editorial decisions of Stuff's climate change section - and a potential missed opportunity at TVNZ
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2020 20:46:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20200722-2046-midweek_mediawatch_mps_mental_health_in_the_headlines-02.ogg" length="11357434" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018756144/midweek-mediawatch-anger-over-mp-s-mental-health-smokescreen</link>
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<item>
  <title>Bolts from the Blues </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Turbulent times at the top of the National Party as Todd Muller quit - clearing the way for a new leader who has excited political reporters and pundits a lot more. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2020 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018755418/bolts-from-the-blues</link>
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  <title>RNZ’s ‘toddler steps’ towards diversity</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Black Lives Matter movement has prompted many institutions - including media - to re-examine their own records on race and diversity.  Four years ago RNZ made a long-term commitment to high-quality Māori content, te reo Māori and Māori journalism after criticism that it wasn't offering enough. Mediawatch asks chief executive Paul Thompson what RNZ’s achieved and what’s still to do.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2020 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018755426/rnz-s-toddler-steps-towards-diversity</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 19 July 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Bolts from the Blues; RNZ's 'toddler steps' towards diversity; Mike's mistake boosts Maori party campaign .
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2020 09:05:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018755579/mediawatch-for-19-july-2020</link>
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  <title>Broadcaster and NZME apologise to John Tamihere</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[NZME broadcaster Mike Hosking apologised on air this week for "reckless" claims about John Tamihere and Whānau Ora funding. It was part of a confidential settlement which the  Māori Party's co-leader says he will use to fund his party's upcoming election campaign.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2020 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20200715-0800-mikes_mistake_boosts_maori_party_campaign-02.ogg" length="4338069" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018754945/broadcaster-and-nzme-apologise-to-john-tamihere</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: the story of the Blues </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about some uncool capital cringe, confusing 'most read' lists - and the pursuit of politicians going into overdrive in the quest for a new National leader.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 18:01:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20200715-1801-midweek_mediawatch_the_story_of_the_blues-02.ogg" length="9321163" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018755056/midweek-mediawatch-the-story-of-the-blues</link>
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<item>
  <title>Walkergate revives Dirty Politics vibes</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A universally-condemned leak of Covid-19 patients' personal data for political purposes - by an MP and a big-name pundit - prompted the media to ask if 'Dirty Politics' was back - or had ever gone away.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2020 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018754242/walkergate-revives-dirty-politics-vibes</link>
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  <title>Kiwi kids screening out local media</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Kiwi kids use a lot less Kiwi media than they used to. New research shows its Netflix, YouTube and TikTok engaging their eyeballs big time these days. If our kids screen out our local media, what does the future hold for them?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2020 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018754237/kiwi-kids-screening-out-local-media</link>
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  <title>Where has all the clickbait gone?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Under new ownership, Stuff has stopped farming its stuff out on Facebook and it's hiring several senior journalists. Another part of the mission to win the trust and respect of readers is a rejigged website free of tabloid-style stuff that used to clog up the homepage. Mediawatch asks editor Mark Stevens where has all the clickbait gone - and why?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2020 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018754241/where-has-all-the-clickbait-gone</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 12 July 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA['Walkergate' revives Dirty Politics vibe; Kiwi kids screening out local media; where has all the clickbait gone?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2020 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018754570/mediawatch-for-12-july-2020</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - ethical conundrums</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the ethical minefield facing reporters charged with telling the story of the Covid-19 patient data leak, and Stuff's decision to back away from Facebook.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2020 12:22:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20200709-1222-midweek_mediawatch_-_ethical_conundrums-02.ogg" length="10138106" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018754217/midweek-mediawatch-ethical-conundrums</link>
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<item>
  <title>Breaking for the borders</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[There are more than 10 million Covid cases around the world and climbing - and more than half a million dead so far.  New South Wales won’t take flights from neighbouring Victoria right now. But there have been long, loud calls in the media to open the border and fire up international tourism.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2020 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20200705-0912-breaking_for_the_border-02.ogg" length="9596231" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018753262/breaking-for-the-borders</link>
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  <title>Forcing the issue of race at the Herald</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Herald published a column this week questioning its own record on race. Teuila Fuatai explains why she felt she had to call out the paper that commissioned her.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2020 09:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018753447/forcing-the-issue-of-race-at-the-herald</link>
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<item>
  <title>Safety on a slippery slope </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The capital's daily paper highlighted the tragic consequences of a dangerous job on Tuesday. On Wednesday, it minimised the risks of another one when highlighting motorists' frustration.   
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2020 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018753278/safety-on-a-slippery-slope</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 5 July 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Breaking for the border; forcing the issue of race at the Herald; slippery slope of safety.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2020 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018753583/mediawatch-for-5-july-2020</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch 1 July 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn about Newshub serving up a scoop with fish battering Winston Peters - and two politicians who sought out the media spotlight this week, while one dodged it. 
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2020 18:04:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018752943/midweek-mediawatch-1-july-2020</link>
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  <title>Cut-through for the climate in the times of Covid-19</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Stuff published the first edition of its climate change initiative The Forever Project in late March - the very day we went into lockdown. Understandably, it didn't make much impact but this week it’s back with a supplement in the papers pushing the message that post-Covid recovery must have climate and sustainability at its heart. Mediawatch asks the editor if it's an uphill battle they can't win against the drive to fire up the economy as quickly as possible.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2020 15:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018752276/cut-through-for-the-climate-in-the-times-of-covid-19</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 28 June 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Quarantine coverage prompts 'calm down' call from critics; cut-through for the climate in the times of Covid-19; 'Influence'- the inside story of a global PR firm destroying its own reputation   
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2020 12:17:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018752580/mediawatch-for-28-june-2020</link>
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  <title>Quarantine coverage prompts 'calm down' call from critics</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[More details emerge over isolation and quarantine failures at the border, raising urgent questions about the risk of further transmission COViD-19. But the media also raised the level of alarm prompting some experts and commentators to tell the media to calm down.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2020 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018752278/quarantine-coverage-prompts-calm-down-call-from-critics</link>
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  <title>Behind the scenes of an epic PR fail</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The documentary film Influence lifts the lid on how one of the world’s biggest PR companies - Bell Pottinger - destroyed itself when its unethical conduct in South Africa was exposed. Mediawatch asks the film’s makers what we should learn about modern political communications.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2020 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018752378/behind-the-scenes-of-an-epic-pr-fail</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch: Reporters criticised for being too critical</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a new semi-secret start-up for journalism in Canada, more movement from former makers of Bauer magazines after the sale of the company - and criticism of the media accentuating the negative on 'botch-ups at the border'.         
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:51:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20200625-0751-midweek_mediawatch-02.ogg" length="8946629" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018752161/midweek-mediawatch-reporters-criticised-for-being-too-critical</link>
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  <title>The journalists who helped save New Zealand's health response</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The government has taken urgent steps to overhaul the systems in place at the country's managed isolation facilities. Journalists' persistent, tough reporting on failures at those facilities helped bring about the reforms.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20200621-0912-lifting_the_lid_on_quarantine_calamity-02.ogg" length="5468281" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018751377/the-journalists-who-helped-save-new-zealand-s-health-response</link>
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  <title>Māori media rejig creates confusion, meets resistance</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A 'one-stop-shop' for Māori news based at Māori Television is proposed in a controversial report on the future of Māori media.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="https://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mwatch/mwatch-20200621-0910-maori_media_rejig_creates_confusion_meets_resistance-02.ogg" length="14188223" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018751388/maori-media-rejig-creates-confusion-meets-resistance</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 21 June 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week Mediawatch looks at how the media lifted the lid on startling failures in Covid-19 quarantine.Also: new developments in a major review of Maori media - and claims its critics have misunderstood it.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018751560/mediawatch-for-21-june-2020</link>
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  <title>Midweek Mediawatch - Covid's compassionate comeback</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn Hay about a Fawlty woke joke that turned out not to be a Major, some deep and troubling stuff from Stuff - and how the comeback of COViD-19 didn;t bother broadcasters who urged more compassion from the government.    
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  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2020 18:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018750955/midweek-mediawatch-covid-s-compassionate-comeback</link>
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  <title>'Arms Down' demands win the day</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week, the police canned its controversial Armed Response Teams after plenty of critical coverage in the media - much of it drawing parallels with George Floyd’s killing in the US and the conduct of heavily-armed cops there. But did we get a full picture of how and why our police bear arms in the first place? 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2020 09:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018750255/arms-down-demands-win-the-day</link>
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  <title>Freedom or fear? Mixed messages on Level One </title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[This week's move down to Level One was heralded by the media here and overseas as a major achievement - and the welcome return of more freedom in our daily lives, including sport with fans in  the stands. But some talk radio hosts painted a picture of crippling fear which often at odds with their own opinions in the past. ​ 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2020 09:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018750251/freedom-or-fear-mixed-messages-on-level-one</link>
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  <title>Shit Towns vs Poo Towns in name change showdown</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A dispute is brewing between the popular Facebook page 'Shit Towns of New Zealand' and The Rock over the station's weekly segment 'Poo Towns of NZ'.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2020 09:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018750417/shit-towns-vs-poo-towns-in-name-change-showdown</link>
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  <title>Mediawatch for 14 June 2020</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA['Arms Down' call wins the day; controversial proposal for Maori news 'one stop shop' returns; freedom or fear - mixed messages on Level One; Shit Towns v Poo Towns showdown.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2020 09:06:00 +1200</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[A long-awaited and overdue official report on the future of Māori media has raised fears among journalists that a ‘one-stop-shop’ for Māori news may reduce the range of reporting in order to save money. But the idea is not new, says Mediawatch - and neither is the concern about it. 
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    <![CDATA[In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a revolt inside the New York Times newsroom, and questions whether New Zealand media should be stricter about the opinions they broadcast.
 
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