On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 20:46:42 -0000 (UTC), Tony
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lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
https://breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/02/graham-adams-media-chiefs-struggle-to.html
Just how damaging to democracy is the venal press like Stuff? Massively, I >believe.
We should not pay any news outlets from government funds unless they are are >non-partisan and the Media Council or similar ensures that they are. Stuff is >hugely biased, they love government money.
Correct. The Government should not be subsidising private industry.
I just had a look at the composition of the Parliamentary Press
Gallery:
https://www.parliament.nz/en/get-involved/information-for-the-press/press-gallery/
This is a measure of the number of organisations interested in NZ
politics and it seems there is no shortage of them. While a number of
them are owned offshore or local offices of offshore publishers there
is still enough NZ-owned publishers. This means if Stuff or NZME
failed there only be a major impact on print media - not political
commentary.
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