18 Sep 2022

Mediawatch for 18 September 2022

From Mediawatch, 9:08 am on 18 September 2022

This week Mediawatch looks at how pressure on the big online platforms to pay for news is building up - and hints that the government is forcing the issue.

Also: how a report on a local election contest caused controversy in the capital - and the death of the Queen still looming large in the media.

The Dominion Post's report on the result of its own "straw poll" on candidates for Mayor in the upcoming local elections.

The Dominion Post's report on the result of its own "straw poll" on candidates for Mayor in the upcoming local elections. Photo: RNZ Mediawatch