@barray on Tue Jul 27 22:40:27 UTC 2021 said:
&e#aardvark is on point during the last few days and raises a great point about the state of #nz #news #media https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2021/0728.s.. You can't have reliable and independent #journalism if you put #race based criteria on #funding ... Imagine for example that you need to be critical of the #maori community - under this funding criteria you are unable to do so. This *doesn't* help them in the long run either, issues in the Maori communities continue to get worse, not better.