Yeah...let's keep up to speed by money laundering the Mongrel Mob's proceeds of crime for them. All aboard JT? You can bark and sieg heil as well if you like. You'll fit right in!
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LOL - Maybe you need to revisit your position in the political spectrum? If you disagree with the majority of the people (that's whom the media try to please) - than maybe it is not the majority who is leaving the centre?
Anyway - not many extremists around, who realise that this is what they are. I am sure that even Adolf, Joseph as well as chairman Mao always thought that they are very reasonable people without extremist views.
One indicator I found useful to decide whether people are still democrats or whether they crossed already the line to the dark side: if they start to bash the free press (like e.g. the orange gorilla who used to be POTUS), then you know that they crossed the line and moved too far away from the democratic centre.
Anybody who needs to bash the free press has something to hide.
Wised up or fed a state funded propaganda campaign to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars?
Anything incorrect in what I posted? Are you happy for proceeds of crime money to be laundered back to the arseholes who wreak havoc on our communities? Seig heiling, barking arseholes!
Actually - I think that Radio NZ is doing a quite reasonable and balanced job. And yes, they are taxpayer funded.
Both the NZ Herald as well as stuff are private entities - and while they are both a bit "thin" resource wise, I don't see any systematic political bias. NZ Herald publishes a lot of articles written by Richard Prebble. Do you consider him as too left?
Ah - and I assume you realise that Matthew Hooton (another regular for the Herald) used to work for National. He too left as well?
Not really a view on the TV news. Sure, they are shallow and often trespass the line from news to entertainment (I think infotainment is the word) but a propaganda machine???
Again - if you find that most people including the (yes - free) press and senior National as well as Act Party members are standing left of you, than maybe you are not standing in the centre :):
Please provide proof that the press is state-funded to the point that they JUST do the Govt's bidding.
I am well aware of the funding that gave to keep them afloat but that is for projects, not general media.
There are a lot of articles negative to the govt (in mainstream media) - how do you reconcile that with doing the Govt's bidding?
And how hard are these private entities going to bite the hand that feeds them? Is it a coincidence that both Stuff and the Herald both now have specialised Maori Issues sections? Stuff are currently are running propaganda on both Covid and Climate Change as well. They regularly run "explainer" pieces which suit Ardern's position very well. Only now the Minister for Propaganda's name isn't Joseph Goebbels, it's Jacinda Ardern.
But everything is OK. Cindy is keeping you safe. She's spending your grandchildren's tax dollars, but you'll be safe and warm....cosy. Sleep well.
Smell the coffee dobby41. Bribe money to prop them up in an economy that we are told is doing well. Funds for "special projects" like their new Maori Issues sections and Covid propaganda campaign (2 areas that suit Ardern very well), frees up funds for elsewhere.
What are you more comfortable with? A Press that is receiving unneeded government subsidy or an independent Press beholden only to its readers?