
Objective Journalism Isn’t Up To The Challenge Of Now
Traditional journalism’s focus on neutrality, balance and objectivity is its weakness — and it’s a weakness that reactionary and regressive groups are ready to exploit.
It all feels out of control sometimes
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Traditional journalism’s focus on neutrality, balance and objectivity is its weakness — and it’s a weakness that reactionary and regressive groups are ready to exploit.

Is Aotearoa’s largest university, the University of Auckland, the recipient of hundreds of millions of US dollars from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)?

Maybe, but the images purporting to prove it probably aren't real.

In light of a high profile event that aligns with existing political cynicism, perhaps a conspiracy might be at play?

Some conspiracy politics observations from Fake Believe.

Can tinfoil-hat wearing protesters point to police admissions to insist they aren't really conspiracy theorists?

Self-appointed law enforcers have convinced themselves that only they truly understand the law, and the peril faced by New Zealanders.

Clarke's in prison. Or maybe home detention. Or did he use diplomatic immunity to get out of trouble? The details aren’t important to the thousands who are convinced the First Man is a criminal.

I grew up with the internet.