Michael Laws on the State of Journalism & Mainstream media in New Zealand

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Komentáře • 387

  • @dearjulio
    @dearjulio Před 6 měsíci +121

    Mainstream TV is a cringe to watch 🤢 TV1 and TV3 are a two headed monster.

    • @hubristicmystic
      @hubristicmystic Před 6 měsíci

      Or two cheeks on the same arse, spewing out a big stream of brown stuff and foul gas.

    • @redishwine2041
      @redishwine2041 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Yes, but he watches Netflix and Marvel movies for his kids, and then criticizes woke culture... hmmm dissonance ... cable crossed there...

  • @peterlloyd1434
    @peterlloyd1434 Před 6 měsíci +98

    Friends don't let friends watch mainstream media.

    • @roberthooker4970
      @roberthooker4970 Před 6 měsíci

      When did term mainstream media start being used?

    • @peterlloyd1434
      @peterlloyd1434 Před 6 měsíci

      @@roberthooker4970 Around about the time fake news came about.

    • @roberthooker4970
      @roberthooker4970 Před 6 měsíci

      @@peterlloyd1434 so when was that?

    • @peterlloyd1434
      @peterlloyd1434 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@roberthooker4970 If you don't know it must have been before your time Boy .

    • @jeremyadrian233
      @jeremyadrian233 Před 6 měsíci

      @@roberthooker4970 Mainstream vs Alternative media, basically legacy vs internet, and most of the internet sites do not do news gathering, just use MSM reports to decode and push their own bias over the top. Rebel News and Breitbart are notable exceptions. So the term was invented and used in the early days of the internet, before "fake news" to describe what we saw on the telly and read in the papers. Blog posts tended to be more personal, but some journalist's or political activists' personal issues tended to have some news commentary.

  • @SteveWebby-uh6uf
    @SteveWebby-uh6uf Před 6 měsíci +79

    Can't agree more. Main stream journalism in this country has deteriorated so much over the last 6-7 years that I can't watch it anymore for fear my TV will end up as scrap.
    It appears this woke rubbish is now being taught in journalism school and to get a qualification you basically have to adhere to the wokeness of it all.
    A disgrace on our once fine unbiased media

  • @mellow5606
    @mellow5606 Před 6 měsíci +101

    I hope the NZ public are not the sheep the news media think we are. The activist journalist are out of balance in this country

    • @dsndicmsa7141
      @dsndicmsa7141 Před 6 měsíci

      The issue with NZ is that out largest demographic are boomer women who did watch and eat up this crap. but hey they're starting to die off now

  • @speedar2135
    @speedar2135 Před 6 měsíci +67

    Michael, Please keep laying down these Laws

  • @user-jh2sr8bl8v
    @user-jh2sr8bl8v Před 6 měsíci +67

    About a year ago I brought a house off a Maori guy for $420,000 which he brought 15 years ago for $185,000.
    Sounds like he violated the treaty and ripped me off, I deserve a $235,000 settlement please to right past wrongs and even the playing field.
    Tried to reach out to him but he just ignored me thus erased my existence and committed genocide against my people.

    • @roberthooker4970
      @roberthooker4970 Před 6 měsíci

      Was it general land? Was the inflation caused by ..... ?

    • @user-ox3eh7fx1j
      @user-ox3eh7fx1j Před 6 měsíci +7

      Lol.. Very appropriate and so true if it wasn’t so funny!

    • @Anonymous-c4p
      @Anonymous-c4p Před 6 měsíci +4

      Customary roits! ✊🏽

    • @ecosus2038
      @ecosus2038 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Haha! classic,

  • @bigthinker281
    @bigthinker281 Před 6 měsíci +42

    Michael dropping truth bombs

  • @user-wp4iv8iu3h
    @user-wp4iv8iu3h Před 4 měsíci

    Right on point Michael Laws.

  • @monsrc3122
    @monsrc3122 Před 6 měsíci +52

    you are a national treasure Michael

  • @isabelaldiss572
    @isabelaldiss572 Před 6 měsíci +38

    This the best commentary I have heard about the MSM. Keep going

  • @scipioafricanus4328
    @scipioafricanus4328 Před 6 měsíci +35

    I agree, defund TVNZ

  • @maidaursuladawn44glasgow3
    @maidaursuladawn44glasgow3 Před 6 měsíci +78

    Haven’t watched the mainstream news for almost 3 years because I thought we were being told how to think and behave as, New Zealand’s they can go,to,hell I will not watch or listen to woke rubbish.

    • @PontificusPinion
      @PontificusPinion Před 6 měsíci +6

      Yep. Haven't watched TV at all for years. Don't miss all the wokeness on the news, in ads, dramas, "comedy" etc.

    • @debaston7158
      @debaston7158 Před 6 měsíci

      I tune in to see what crap they’re throwing at the masses, if you’ve not seen it for awhile you wld be truely appalled. It used to be bad, now it’s much worse. All opinion pieces by left wing socialist talking heads, even the advertising is absolute blatant mind control messaging like you wld believe including rainbow bs

    • @debaston7158
      @debaston7158 Před 6 měsíci

      *wldn’t believe* edited

    • @user-rf9ws7hp3e
      @user-rf9ws7hp3e Před 6 měsíci +3

      5. Years for me,not my culture not my beliefs

    • @debaston7158
      @debaston7158 Před 6 měsíci

      Where is my comment ? 🤔

  • @granthambly8182
    @granthambly8182 Před 6 měsíci +34

    Well Said Michael absolute truth thankyou very much.

  • @5150show
    @5150show Před 6 měsíci +29

    Defund it now !!

  • @cyrillawless
    @cyrillawless Před 6 měsíci +28

    I agree with you 100% Michael

  • @DaphneWhitfort-Smith
    @DaphneWhitfort-Smith Před 6 měsíci

    ❤❤❤!!

  • @evelynbruton1805
    @evelynbruton1805 Před 6 měsíci

    Excellent report on attitudes

  • @toni_nz_
    @toni_nz_ Před 6 měsíci +45

    Michael you are so brave to watch that crap. I just can't.

    • @roberthooker4970
      @roberthooker4970 Před 6 měsíci

      The Patform is on a mission to become the only truth! And so it be mainstream.

  • @user-kl8op6hp1q
    @user-kl8op6hp1q Před 6 měsíci +48

    The weirdest thing Michael is the government after being ridiculed by the Media is doing nothing about sacking John Campbell or anyone else, so the fact that they haven't done anything, is disturbing to the fact that they are condoning te reo and Maoridom in every facet of NZ'ERS life, day after day Maoridom getting shoved down our throats, and if nothing is visibly done, ACT could be the big winners in 3yrs.

    • @jeremyadrian233
      @jeremyadrian233 Před 6 měsíci

      For now, the state TV is an arms-length institution, to remove the perception of being state propaganda. Put simply they cannot, in the same way they cannot in TV3. What they can do is change the chief or longer term change the operating structure to give the government, including the Greens when they get back, more control. Otherwise they could sell it, maybe to stuff TV?

  • @user-wp4iv8iu3h
    @user-wp4iv8iu3h Před 6 měsíci +16

    Go Michael, what a breath of fresh air .where have all the true journalists gone?

  • @5150show
    @5150show Před 6 měsíci +43

    Janet’s criticism is valid , it’s learning maori religious concepts that we , as free individuals have every right to not be part of , if we chose.

  • @justinlelievre427
    @justinlelievre427 Před 6 měsíci

    Well Said

  • @flyswatter45
    @flyswatter45 Před 6 měsíci +18

    This is the Michael Laws that rivals classic Radio Live days.
    Love it

  • @michellewhittleston7539
    @michellewhittleston7539 Před 6 měsíci

    Well said. I don’t watch the nz news any more for about 6 months

  • @andriesmaritz2055
    @andriesmaritz2055 Před 6 měsíci +34

    GREAT MICHAEL, Tare these stupid, woke, bias, puppets apart !!! I am grateful to you & Sean to get rid of these .I stopped watching TVNZ news for exactly the things you point out. Why does Government not react to this and fire these wankers ??? Launch a petition which people can sign electronically to submit to Luxon to take action.

  • @simondray9984
    @simondray9984 Před 6 měsíci +18

    I agree this time. Zero funding media.

  • @trevwenz4712
    @trevwenz4712 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Just switch TV off and don’t use the particular estate agency ever

  • @tuliiscute
    @tuliiscute Před 6 měsíci +40

    The compulsory learning of Maori can be viewed as a violation of Human/Civil rights. When teaching Maori often it begins with Karakia which is translated as prayer/ spell/incantation. The Human Rights Act states that you can not be discriminated against on the grounds of religious belief or ethical belief. For example - If you do not practice interfaith, then it is a violation of the Act.

    • @waynewright5571
      @waynewright5571 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Maori is not a compulsory subject in NZ schools.

    • @tuliiscute
      @tuliiscute Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@waynewright5571 Relevance???

    • @Anonymous-c4p
      @Anonymous-c4p Před 6 měsíci +4

      Michael the Maorification is spread far wider than just the public sector!
      This includes NZ charities...for example they spend people's donations on cultural awareness...Marae visits, karakea's and general biG Maori focus. 🤔💛

    • @rangisullivan1591
      @rangisullivan1591 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Why did the maori stop doing the haka? Every time they jumped in the air the pakeha stole thier land.grandad told me that,he was irish 1956

  • @annemackay-ib4gy
    @annemackay-ib4gy Před 6 měsíci +14

    Thank god for the platform showi g this crap out vor what it is...............CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY

  • @VikingZ-xo6mp
    @VikingZ-xo6mp Před 6 měsíci +13

    👍 correct. Go Michael🌷🤗

  • @rigley8830
    @rigley8830 Před 6 měsíci +9

    Well said Michael, couldn't have put it better 👏

  • @PhilCollier-eh1dd
    @PhilCollier-eh1dd Před 6 měsíci +20

    This person should not loose her job over this what a joke, How can we support her ?

  • @carolinepersson3512
    @carolinepersson3512 Před 6 měsíci

    Well said, and totally agree with everything you have said. Get rid of them and stop watching there Bullshit.

  • @pwjackson888
    @pwjackson888 Před 6 měsíci

    The most important fifteen minutes of commentary on the state of New Zealand journalism.

  • @garycody1929
    @garycody1929 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Great piece thanks Michael

  • @Katy99941
    @Katy99941 Před 6 měsíci +6

    Right on Michael. Appreciate your clip.❤

  • @peterbesant5901
    @peterbesant5901 Před 6 měsíci +11

    we should be able to sue them for calling it news

  • @andrewm8610
    @andrewm8610 Před 6 měsíci +24

    Don't always agree with Laws, but he is right on mark in this rant. Luxon and Co need to take note of Polieve in Canada on how to deal with lefty media.

  • @barrycuda3769
    @barrycuda3769 Před 6 měsíci +13

    Philip Sherry never ever displayed any bias.

  • @bertvandenberg8677
    @bertvandenberg8677 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Very much liked and agree with just about everything you said Mr. Laws. If the media continue to try to create the news in place of reporting the news then their financial support should be stopped.

  • @larryc7035
    @larryc7035 Před 6 měsíci +18

    Public media should be funded if they adhere to the journalistic code of conduct, I understand there is such a thing….And defunded if they don’t .

  • @bbbrisbaneaustralia5938
    @bbbrisbaneaustralia5938 Před 6 měsíci +1

    We have similar problems here in Australia with the state-funded ABC (Channel 2). However, "free to air" channels are not much different - in recent years they certainly towed the "party" line regarding everything Covid related
    .

  • @glenpiggott5815
    @glenpiggott5815 Před 6 měsíci +23

    News hub dosen't allow comments of there you tube Chanel to gauge any public opinion

    • @pgreen8531
      @pgreen8531 Před 6 měsíci +3

      Yes it is toally biast. People should have the right to make comments so there is a balance of views out there.

  • @PowerboatTraining
    @PowerboatTraining Před 6 měsíci

    Haven't had a TV for 8 years.

  • @evapeat5020
    @evapeat5020 Před 6 měsíci

    Couldn’t agree more, can’t stand watching the tv news now

  • @toycollector10
    @toycollector10 Před 6 měsíci +13

    First they came for the school kids, and I said nothing. Then they came for the real estate agents.....

  • @mikenewton9439
    @mikenewton9439 Před 6 měsíci

    The state broadcast board should be sacked
    They should be mandated to the dole

  •  Před 6 měsíci +11

    Jack knows where his paycheck comes from and is very enthusiast at maintaining it.

  • @humanitarianH
    @humanitarianH Před 6 měsíci +1

    Legacy media has been bought out. Investigative journalism is rare these days.

  • @bugseecooper940
    @bugseecooper940 Před 6 měsíci +9

    Don't forget Jack Tame has just gained more funding for his next Q&A program series. Yes another one on the handout gravy train for positive native reporting.

  • @davidcrosbie8762
    @davidcrosbie8762 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Some nights i turn TVOne News on and hope to be informed but within a minute my blood boils and I switch over and watch Frasier because that seems more real to me 😢

  • @mrsANGRYh
    @mrsANGRYh Před 6 měsíci +2

    On point Mr Laws

  • @michaeltawaka762
    @michaeltawaka762 Před 6 měsíci

    They have to force their relevance to get the money

  • @oldsoul3733
    @oldsoul3733 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Well said

  • @Phil-oj5nr
    @Phil-oj5nr Před 6 měsíci +3

    Got rid of our TV seven years ago. Don’t miss it especially the terribly biased news programme.
    Nice to hear you’re still on the case, Michael!

  • @gregg7617
    @gregg7617 Před 6 měsíci +5

    It's the same sort of thing with Universities and Polytechnics !🤔🤨
    Like Otago University terminated 200 jobs ,
    And said if you wish to reapply for your jobs ,
    You must complete (what you just said ),
    And sign a agreement to uphold and honour the treaty ,
    Before you even start wtf !🤔🤨
    That is a condition of employment !

  • @kennethcrafar6971
    @kennethcrafar6971 Před 6 měsíci +6

    You always were an extremely intelligent man! 'Talkback' is where the woke get their news?

  • @debbiewilliams4535
    @debbiewilliams4535 Před 6 měsíci +6

    That sort of ridiculousness is happening all the time on mainstream media

  • @NotSoAlarmed
    @NotSoAlarmed Před 6 měsíci +17

    The woke Maori push is still emphasised in Govt job ads. It's treaty this and that. thought they were supposed to be using their English name? That's not filtered through to Seek ads. Also, no point wasting time and energy applying unless you support racial division and have the 'right' DNA.

  • @philliprobertlawman2232
    @philliprobertlawman2232 Před 6 měsíci +12

    MSM .........🤢🤢🤢🤮

  • @user-ie2mg1zn8m
    @user-ie2mg1zn8m Před 6 měsíci +12

    Cut there funding

  • @williamconnell6541
    @williamconnell6541 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Simple Question Michael.....Does this Government have the Authority to Defund this Media system that the majority of the country does not like? If not Why not ?

  • @cashewnut2539
    @cashewnut2539 Před 6 měsíci +8

    Turn off MSM...simple

  • @djk200808
    @djk200808 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Agree on all points....nz journalism is terrible

  • @joanoconnor5456
    @joanoconnor5456 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Yes get rid asap

  • @brownernz862
    @brownernz862 Před 6 měsíci +1

    The MSM in NZ is appalling, does anyone actually watch the garbage?

  • @nickgibb4788
    @nickgibb4788 Před 6 měsíci +1

    So true. Goverment needs to step in and make these news channels speak facts or get fines.
    Same with these stuip opinion article's on stuff.
    It is brain washing and thank God the new zealand people have woken up.

  • @chriskiwi2601
    @chriskiwi2601 Před 6 měsíci +10

    What's Melissa Lee doing about this MSM crap?

    • @pgreen8531
      @pgreen8531 Před 6 měsíci

      😊she was only a diversity hire by national and will do nothing

  • @rolytnz
    @rolytnz Před 6 měsíci +10

    Excellent commentary Michael and spot on at every point. Just out of interest I busted out a stopwatch when watching One News on Monday 12th of Feb - here's the results:
    - 15 mins at the start talking about Cyclone Gabriel - so not news, more like "olds"
    - 18.5 mins (in total) of advetisments, including the 15-30 seconds before each ad where Simon says "and coming up after the break blah blah"
    - 5- mins (or so) for the weather
    - 10 mins or so for sports, also talking covewring the Super Bowl, which was talked about in another news segement for 3 mins
    ...all of which leaves about 11.5 mins for actual "new" news content. All of which is recycled mix of westernised propaganda relating to Trump, Israel/Hamas Conflict, and Ukraine.
    So the "One News Hour at 6pm" is not as advertised.
    So yeah, agreed, between that and Newshub, the main-stream media reporting and journalism is unbalanced, lifeless, with less-than-zero substance, and where opinions have become facts.

  • @cyhermann7147
    @cyhermann7147 Před 6 měsíci +2

    You speak the truth

  • @raoulduke4806
    @raoulduke4806 Před 6 měsíci +22

    You're better off reading a good book in the evenings

  • @roota007
    @roota007 Před 6 měsíci +1

    When I want to be indoctrinated with government policy I watch 1 news 👍

  • @geoffmckeown2236
    @geoffmckeown2236 Před 6 měsíci +3

    I gave up on legacy media years ago but like you I sometimes watch it on holiday away from home and am amazed at the biases it has , the employment of diverse reporters has got so diverse that now nobody represents me

  •  Před 6 měsíci +6

    What irritates me greatly is the compulsory addition of three to four medical misfortune "news" items per one hour broadcast. Then comes the necessary climate doom addendum to every story possible. We used to celebrate high twenties to mid thirties summer days. Now we get an "extreme" heat warning.

  • @skepticalkiwi69
    @skepticalkiwi69 Před 6 měsíci

    I think this is a test case to see what the reaction is. They've picked a small group of people that there isn't a lot of public support for to see how far it gets. If they let it go through I guarantee they'll be rolling it out for more groups in the future.

  • @robert3987
    @robert3987 Před 6 měsíci +3

    NZ's coalition government should cut TV1 funding and make it subscription only.

  • @gregg7617
    @gregg7617 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Neither should be a condition of employment !🤔🤨

  • @Karlburmister
    @Karlburmister Před 6 měsíci +9

    I watch it occasionally but only to yell at the telly. Gotta know the enemy to beat them

  • @lindamckenzie6500
    @lindamckenzie6500 Před 6 měsíci

    You could not be more correct...TV news is a no go ....totally insulting to our intellugence...state support has got to stop !

  • @allanknight7788
    @allanknight7788 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Whar can we do to put and end to this outrageous bias of tv1

  • @fiona4731
    @fiona4731 Před 6 měsíci +1

    The best commentary I have heard in a while.

  • @mark561
    @mark561 Před 6 měsíci

    A man after my own heart. Thank you sir!

  • @Marius_vanderLubbe
    @Marius_vanderLubbe Před 6 měsíci +5

    Love how you shoehorned 'antediluvian', in there, Michael.

  • @ruihmartins
    @ruihmartins Před 6 měsíci +4

    My exact sentiment about main stream media. I have ZERO time, respect or nterest for posturing idiots who have no clue, have no ability to be critical and respect the audience. My TV lives in a box, in the shed - for the past 5 years.

  • @andreatodd3095
    @andreatodd3095 Před 6 měsíci +7

    Yes I did watch that report on real-estate, there are a lot more agents who are right behind your opinion, which I share btw, 🙂

  • @J.Smith-rc6wh
    @J.Smith-rc6wh Před 6 měsíci +2

    Their ratings speak for themselves, they make all the excuses they want, but truth is, no one wants to hear their silly views any more.

    • @J.Smith-rc6wh
      @J.Smith-rc6wh Před 6 měsíci +1

      Janet Dickson said she is a christian, and she does not want to be educated in another religion she does not believe in, and that is her choice and her right.

    • @J.Smith-rc6wh
      @J.Smith-rc6wh Před 6 měsíci +1

      stop using the word Pakeha, it is a racist slur

  • @markstephens5118
    @markstephens5118 Před 6 měsíci +12

    I'm so glad you went away from that appalling report and reporting with the exact same feeling . MSM picked a side and only talked to people who support that side. We rightly fined this type of thing when the police do it when investigating crime unforgivable. And now we have the MSM shooting them selves in the head by doing the same thing . And as for JC, I think you're being too kind ,he is an automatic channel changer. I simply can't watch him .!?

  • @arirahall6918
    @arirahall6918 Před 6 měsíci +6

    “He can do it safe in the assumption a fair chunk of voters will feel he is more than justified." This is from RNZ. ‘He’ is Mr Luxon. Are you able to connect with RNZ to let them know we are not ‘voters’ we are tax-payers.

  • @Anonymous-c4p
    @Anonymous-c4p Před 6 měsíci +5

    Michael the Maorification is spread far wider than just the public sector!
    This includes NZ charities...for example they spend people's donations on cultural awareness...Marae visits, karakea's and general biG Maori focus. 🤔💛

  • @johnhewson8478
    @johnhewson8478 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Yes we do!! te reo is taught in schools at all levels also have been told if a child parent believe a maori myth to be true the teacher can not say its not.

  • @barryhicks6513
    @barryhicks6513 Před 6 měsíci +2

    There's something stinky in the media when we have our journalists turning on each other

    • @pgreen8531
      @pgreen8531 Před 6 měsíci

      Hahahaa good job you woke dickheads

  • @davidblake8612
    @davidblake8612 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Well said.

  • @chrisroger4416
    @chrisroger4416 Před 6 měsíci

    when i uploaded CV in Maori i got intervierws in public sector and govt. in english no interviews

  • @user-zk6nr3te2w
    @user-zk6nr3te2w Před 6 měsíci

    Nicely understated

  • @trevor6483
    @trevor6483 Před 6 měsíci +2

    second half. you are so right Michael.

  • @ianh2674
    @ianh2674 Před 6 měsíci

    Will only get the real news once this lot are de funded.

  • @lindachandler2247
    @lindachandler2247 Před 18 dny

    well said i never watch.

  • @garysum9121
    @garysum9121 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Not just John Campbell, dont forget the lefties queen Hillary Berry 7 Sharp as well.

  • @fredharper4059
    @fredharper4059 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Don't learn māori = sanction that person. Refuse to work on benefit = don't sanction that person it's mean.

  • @cullenkehoe5184
    @cullenkehoe5184 Před 6 měsíci +7

    Its ironic that many Maori are Christian and don't ascribe to this polytheistic worldview anyway. Brian Tamaki has a national church body of thousands of predominantly Maori Christians. But they don't figure into this "Māori culture" discussion.

    • @daveyboy6985
      @daveyboy6985 Před 6 měsíci +4

      The Maori Christians don't get sucked into the Maori spiritual belief system which is pure idolatry.
      They have been set free from it.