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- Mediawatch for 14 March 2010
- A courageous Kiwi soldier in Afghanistan is hailed as a hero, but how did he end up in the headlines? An Australian initiative offers journalists here a platform to probe their own industry; more private lives being made public in the press. (duration: 33′56″)
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- Mediawatch for 7 March 2010
- Sounding the tsunami alert last weekend, RWC TV deal finally done, telling the tale of the Princess Ahsika from Tonga and with politicians' spending under scrutiny, do journalists get a free lunch. (duration: 35′25″)
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- Mediawatch Extra 1 March 2010
- The online-only companion to Mediawatch, taking in listeners' queries and comments and following up on recent stories in the programme. This month: the rights and wrongs of fatal footage in the news; more revision of the 'Unfortunate Experiment'; broadcasters using the news to plug their own programmes; and should New Zealanders go abroad for the big stories - or just use the locals? (duration: 39′17″)
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- Mediawatch for 28 February 2010
- Does Radio New Zealand need to be "saved" from the government as campaigners are claiming?; the challenge to a made-up climate change quote; journalists' gripes go global online. (duration: 35′26″)
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- Mediawatch for 21 February 2010
- Dwelling on a death in the TV news, whats the government expects from the governors of RNZ, a presnter pursuing a personal agenda on the air. (duration: 35′24″)
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- Mediawatch for 14 February 2010
- Sunday papers turning tabloid, the media condemn a court ruling shielding a local man from shame and how the PM got bumped by a shamed sportsman while Alan Bollard got gazumped by a pie. (duration: 35′45″)
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- Mediawatch for 7 February 2010
- The iPad, TV in HD and even 3D: hi-tech advances to enhance the future of the modern media? Or will they make the job even harder and confuse consumers, while making a buck for the makers? And - how the loose use of email can end up in the news. (duration: 36′40″)
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- Mediawatch for 31 January 2010
- TV3's Mike McRoberts and Dr Martin Hirst on the journalists getting involved in the catastrophe that's hit Haiti; stumbling upon suppression orders. (duration: 34′37″)
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- Mediawatch Extra 30 December 2009
- The online-only companion to 'Mediawatch' which takes in queries and comments from the listeners and updates recent 'Mediawatch' stories. This month - reviewing reviews of the year; Jim Salinger's sacking; Paul Henry's sanction; a one-sided exclusive; verdicts on the Weatherston trial coverage. (duration: 36′12″)
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- Mediawatch for 20 December 2009
- Mediawatch looks back at the good, the bad and the ugly in the media in 2009 - and gives out a few 'awards' for some of the ugliest. (duration: 35′04″)
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- Mediawatch for 13 December 2009
- Commercial broadcasters cutting costs and jobs. media boss Brent Impey on why he's quitting. a prize to help scientists manage the media and bring out your dead - the art of the obituary. (duration: 38′19″)
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- Mediawatch for 6 December 2009
- TV3 is 20 years old, but its boss for the last 10 years is stepping aside; top-class TV shows about the world around us are made here - but not many are screened; and reviving a survivor - the future of the tabloid Truth. (duration: 35′28″)
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- Mediawatch for 29 November 2009
- A view on the future of NZ newspapers from a man who knows their past; reporting Rotorua's airport controversey; 'newsmercials' and naming names in the news. (duration: 35′32″)
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- Mediawatch Extra for November 2009
- The online-only edition of Mediawatch, which takes in questions and comments from listeners and updates Mediawatch stories from recent weeks. This month: companies covering reporters' costs; taking offence at satire; jazzing up a newspaper; tough and tacky treatment for a luckless new movie. (duration: 34′12″)
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- Mediawatch for 22 November 2009
- This week the Mediawatch team look at: rugby's grip on the sports media - and soccer suddenly in the spotlight; claims that cash-strapped media companies are going soft on the rich and powerful plus; the response to the revelation that a prominent writer has borrowed bits of other authors' books. (duration: 35′08″)
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- Mediawatch for 15 November 2009
- Lack of scepticism in stories about stem cell treatments; the role of the media amid moves for more democracy in Tonga; more on businesses covering reportersÂ’costs. (duration: 35′31″)
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- Mediawatch for 8 November 2009
- This week the Mediawatch team look at: assisted passage - companies encouraging media coverage by covering reporters' expenses; television news leaving little to the imagination and; the quest to get words right in the era of blogging, spellcheck and texting. (duration: 35′33″)
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- Mediawatch for 1 November 2009
- TVNZ promo poses political problems; taking offence at what's in the news; the difficulties of sending up sensitive issues; 3D returns to TV, Hollywood . . . and Stratford. (duration: 35′33″)
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- Mediawatch Extra 29 October 2009
- The online-only companion to Radio New Zealand's Mediawatch programme, taking in comments from listeners and updating recent stories from the show. This month: Samoa's tsunami; covering climate change and copied comment; the 'Mad Men' mocking us with their ads; and those silly schoolboys - fascist or just foolish? (duration: 39′16″)
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- Mediawatch for 25 October 2009
- The prospect of wall-to-wall rugby on TV; talk radio boss Bill Francis on tough economic times and difficult personalities; belt-tightening at RNZ; scantily-sourced stories about male vanity. (duration: 34′58″)
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