NZCPR Podcast
Weekly podcast of current affairs in New Zealand by Dr Muriel Newman, founding director of the New Zealand Centre for Political Research.
NZCPR Podcast
Media Influence
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Muriel Newman
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Season 2023
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Episode 20
It is highly likely that Labour will suffer a historic defeat on the 14th of October.
Voters will be sending politicians a very clear message that they were elected to serve the public not dictate to them.
It’s a message all politicians should heed.
But there is another political player that is being sent a message – and that’s the media.
They are copping as much verbal abuse as the politicians, and for that, they have only themselves to blame.
If journalists are to regain public trust they need to put aside their left-wing bias and become reporters instead of political advocates.