Luxon repeats defeat of foes, indie operator fires up election debates
About this episode
The episode discusses a political drama involving the PM and the upcoming election debates, featuring insights from Pat Brittenden on independent media's role.
A single Herald story sparked a political drama and a media frenzy could have toppled the PM, but didn't . . . again. Also: the big TV election debates have yet to be set yet this time. But one indie outlet is already getting heavy hitters together to talk policy. In this episode: 1:23 The media didn’t make up the move against the PM this week - but the made a lot of it, any many picked the wrong victor 14:13 Election debates are usually hotly contested - but not yet this time, so far 24:00 Pat Brittenden on the Big Hairy News debates around the country, persuading politicians to take part - and indie media eating the MSM’s lunch Follow Mediawatch and listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any podcast app to make sure you never miss an episode. Find more RNZ Podcasts at the new section of the RNZ website at rnz.co.nz/podcasts Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
People in this episode
Guest: Pat Brittenden
Topics covered
- political drama
- media frenzy
- election debates
- independent media
- policy discussions
Keywords
- politics
- election
- media
- debates
- independent media
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Herald, Big Hairy News, MSM
Places: New Zealand
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