Is Winston Peters right to call state-funded journalism ‘bribery’ – or is there a bigger threat to democracy?
- Written by: Peter Thompson, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Winston Peters had only just been sworn in as deputy prime minister when his long-standing antipathy to the news media emerged in the form of a serious accusation.
Referring to the Public Interest Journalism Fund (PIJF) set up under the previous Labour government (and no longer operating), the NZ First leader claimed “you can’t defend...
