"You only have to add a few adjectives in there and then you're telling people what *you* think ... And then you can put 'analysis' at the top. But in today's world the public wants and is ask for a much clearer distinction between news and opinion."

Dr #GregTreadwell, 2026

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019031554/news-trust-up-after-years-of-slumps-storm-before-the-calm

Maybe news websites ought to have their opinion sections under subdomains, eg opinion.rnz.co.nz, with a recognizably different masthead and page appearance?

#NewsMedia #MediaWatch #RNZ #podcasts

News trust up after years of slumps, storm before the calm

Trust in the news is up again after years of decline, the latest annual survey says. But it als says trust in social media is up and more of us tune out the news more often. What's going on? Also: Vaianu wasn't as deadly as the media warned. Did they get it wrong?

RNZ
MediaWatch: Chat Control bloccato in Europa, ma la lotta per la privacy non è finita https://www.peacelink.it/mediawatch/a/51177.html #MediaWatch
Chat Control bloccato in Europa, ma la lotta per la privacy non è finita

A dirlo è l'Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), una delle più autorevoli organizzazioni mondiali per la difesa dei diritti digitali, che da anni si impegna contro la sorveglianza di massa e a favore della crittografia.

PeaceLink
Harry Calls Reporter "Friend"? The Truth Behind The "Ambush"
https://youtu.be/ergz4--dAbg
#PrinceHarry #MeghanMarkle #Melbourne #RoyalNews #MediaWatch
Harry Calls Reporter "Friend"? The Truth Behind The "Ambush"

YouTube

"Dr Bryce Edwards is a transparency campaigner, used to run a thing called the Integrity Institute, which had backing to research these issues, now it's called The Democracy Project ..."

#ColinPeacock, 2026

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=e7df26f7-0add-4051-a4ac-36568ba69994

Really? It's news to me that The Democracy Project is a rebranding of the Integrity Institute. I thought the latter was a newer initiative. Can anyone confirm?

#MediaWatch #IntegrityInstitute #DemocracyProject #RNZ #podcasts

Mediawatch podcast

A critical look at the New Zealand media.

RNZ

Le accuse nei confronti di Meta, il colosso di Mark Zuckerberg, riguardanti presunte interferenze nelle elezioni politiche italiane del 2022 e nelle successive elezioni regionali, hanno sollevato gravi preoccupazioni.

Un’inchiesta condotta dalla trasmissione Rai Report, anticipata dal Fatto Quotidiano, ha rilevato come Meta avrebbe raccolto e analizzato i dati di oltre 6,5 milioni di utenti italiani.

https://politicamag.it/report-accusa-meta-di-interferenze-nelle-elezioni-del-2022/

#Meta #politica #mediawatch #Report #Zuckerberg #Facebook

The Sun-Herald, complaining that its reporters had to commit journalism. #MediaWatch #SundayPapers

"Sean Plunket ... also had NZ First leader Winston Peters on, and he said the move to regulate online content was 'bordering on fascist', and called for the [Broadcasting Standards Authority] agency to be abolished."

#PhilVine, RNZ Senior Podcast Producer, 2026

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=09e9f485-f47e-492a-9e15-9e43e38ef641

My knee-jerk reaction is people often know their neighbours. So given Dogwhistle Peters has been bordering on fascism for years, he'd know

But seriously ...

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#podcasts #RNZ #MediaWatch #MediaRegulation

Mediawatch podcast

A critical look at the New Zealand media.

RNZ
MediaWatch: Il drone "russo" sconfinato in Estonia era ucraino https://www.peacelink.it/mediawatch/a/51138.html #MediaWatch
Il drone "russo" sconfinato in Estonia era ucraino

Molti media italiani ed europei hanno immediatamente parlato di una "incursione russa". Questa narrazione è rimbalzata ovunque, alimentando tensioni geopolitiche senza alcuna verifica preliminare. Persino l'ANSA ha titolato "Drone russo colpisce centrale elettrica in Estonia".

PeaceLink

Non era un drone russo

#Auvere #mediawatch

Leggete con attenzione, questa è la verifica odierna su Perplexity. Viene smentita la notizia del drone russo in Estonia.

#Russia #Ucraina #droni #mediawatch #Auvere #Estonia