Ever Diminishing Circles

 I keep reading how NewstalkZB is on the right wing of NZ media.

It becomes obvious why New Zealand media keep going round in circles - ever diminishing circles at that.

A quick perusal of the front page just now shows three different laments for the closure of Newshub and/or four, unlikely to be lamented TVNZ programs - one from a fellow who once appeared on one of the shows and, when I met him, was so far up his own arse I figured he was an innie.

Other news stories - the few that aren't paywalled - displaying either a leftie slant or complete irrelevance to New Zealand.

There is some actual news there - stuff that would have made page 13 of a provincial daily on a slow-news day.

Even the soon-to-be-dead Pravda Mk II (Newshub) has more news and, dare I suggest it, a more balanced look to that news.

 

Newsroom, 50,000,000 reasons

 Each morning while enjoying my first coffee and breakfast I visit several "news" sites.

This morning has been interesting indeed, with those organisations demonstrating in their own way their political bias.

None more so than Newsroom which has gone full Pravda, with negative to National, often dubious at best, stories covering the front page.

Has the word gone out that the dictatorship is in trouble?

Merger

I note the news that Pravda for the brain-dead are going to merge with Pravda the red noise.

The Spinoff reckons NZ journalists better watch out.

Are there NZ journalists?

Barring the very odd report everything I see is from commentators.