Mediawatch

The media seized on the politics of food this week, when the Greens floated state-owned supermarkets and 1News lifted the lid on emergency food grant refusals. Also: who pays when journalism dies? And does it really matter if it does?
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TVNZ takes Stuff exec for next news chief - next year, the legacy of a long-serving cartoonist, mascots make a marketing comeback, Sky TV offside again with fans again for live foul-up

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Odds from Polymarket are popping up in our news, even though it's illegal here. But are prediction markets a legit source of news anyway? Also: head-to-head clashes between politicians, and with presenters, are heating up, but not always generating light.
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In this episode:
1:10 Media picking apart political bickering over delayed fuel tax.
5:50 Greens double down on misleading claims about MPs houses.
8:02 Act pushed back on media criticism of policy to put ‘reside’ back in ‘residency’ rules.
11:35 ZB host takes on Wellington mayor on Tiaki Wai rollout.
17:05 Polymarket predictions popping up in our news, six months after it became illegal for NZers to use.
23:11 Newsroom.co..nz senior business reporter Andrew Bevin on how prediction markets work and whether their odds are legit news or not.
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Was the Capetown flyover a PR masterstroke or disaster? Also - netball's bounceback, animal ads & monkey media mascots and an election debate update.
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The two big political parties want to pull the plug on social media for teens. But will ‘fast-following’ Australia work? Also: TV broadcasters cite soccer in boosted financials - and Dolly’s death triggers sadness.
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