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How to deal with contradictory scientific information
It's not news that scientists don't always agree. So how do non-scientists work out who to believe and what advice to follow? Rainer Bromme talks about how to navigate scientific disputes. Audio
Media merger refusal in court
Mediawatch - Two major media companies - NZME and Stuff - head to court today in a bid to overturn a refusal to green-light a merger.
Fairfax, NZME take merger bid to High Court
New Zealand's biggest publishers of news go to court today to try to overturn the competition watchdog's refusal to allow them to merge. Fairfax Media (recently rebranded as Stuff) and NZME say the… Audio
Media merger saga goes to court
New Zealand's two biggest publishers of news go to court today to try and overturn the competition watchdog's refusal to green-light a merger.
Media merger saga goes to court
New Zealand's two biggest publishers of news go to court today to try and overturn the competition watchdog's refusal to green-light a merger.
AudioFeedback for 15 October 2017
Listeners' feedback about the show from Sunday Morning, hosted this week by Jim Mora. Audio
Niall Ferguson: contrarian historian
Networks and hierarchies have together shaped society and we need to balance out the tension between them, historian Niall Ferguson says in his new book. Audio
Mediawatch for 15 October 2017
Twitter turns toxic for two big-name broadcasters; reporting the anti-terror raids ten years on; sports stars taking a stand under the media spotlight. Audio
Turning away from toxic Twitter
Broadcaster Duncan Garner has quit Twitter after a newspaper column on immigration sparked online outrage and abuse. Sean Plunket also stepped away from Twitter and then stepped down from the… Audio
Turning away from toxic Twitter
Broadcaster Duncan Garner has quit Twitter after a newspaper column on immigration sparked online outrage and abuse. Sean Plunket also stepped away from Twitter and then stepped down from the…
AudioThe fallout from reporting the raids - ten years on
The police, politicians and people caught up in the anti-terror raids ten years ago all felt the fallout from them. So did the media, criticised for amplifying fears of terrorism and accused of… Audio
The fallout from reporting the raids - ten years on
The police, politicians and people caught up in the anti-terror raids ten years ago all felt the fallout from them. So did the media, criticised for amplifying fears of terrorism and accused of…
AudioSports stars taking a stand
In Spain, the US and Australia top sportspeople have used the media to make bold political statements on contentious issues like independence, racism, same-sex marriage. Would it happen here?
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Sports stars taking a stand
In Spain, the US and Australia top sportspeople have used the media to make bold political statements on contentious issues like independence, racism, same-sex marriage. Would it happen here?
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Wairere Iti: Tuhoe raids 10 years on
Today marks 10 years since police swooped on the people of Tuhoe on a Monday morning in the Urewera raids. None of the 17 people arrested ended up facing charges under the Terrorism Suppression act… Audio
Radio Dunedin still going strong
Documentary Director Grant Findlay joins John Campbell in the studio to talk about his documentary about Radio Dunedin, and the story of the volunteer announcers who launched the station 95 years ago.
…Trump threatens to revoke licence of NBC news
US President Donald Trump says it's "disgusting" that reporters can publish whatever they want, after NBC reported he demanded a tenfold increase in the United States' nuclear arsenal. Audio
Urgent BSA meeting over Plunket tweet
A tweet by former broadcaster Sean Plunket about producer Harvey Weinstein has prompted an urgent meeting of the Broadcasting Standards Authority.
Harvey Weinstein – how did this go on for decades?
As more allegations of sexual assault are coming out against the American film producer Harvey Weinstein, questions are now being asked how this could have gone on unreported for decades. Some of… Audio
Trump's takes aim at NBC in latest attack
Donald Trump has stepped up his war with the United States media, making a veiled threat against leading NBC in a tweet a few hours ago. Responding to a report that he was considering increasing the… Audio
