Political food fights, pondering the passing of journalism

Mediawatch by RNZ

Sep 12, 202600:35:20News & Politics

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 matt...

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