May 22, 2025 10:08pm by David Farrar

A good example of media bias

The media bias here is a joke.

If 'the man' was supporting the centre right, his name would be plastered over every media channel. Like the Tamaki protest DJ, he'd be Maike's lead story on @1News.

But because he's a leftie, he's just…'the man'.https://t.co/Jw3JKKvApE
— 0pinionistNZ (@OpinionistNZ) May 22, 2025

There is definitely a double standard here. We even have an excellent example to highlight it.

In 2021 an Auckland Transport manager posted a message to a Facebook group cautioning against a bill that was being considered by Parliament. It turned into an employment issue due to complaints from activists, and the media named and shamed him. It was Stephen Rainbow, incidentally.

In this case we have someone wearing their work lanyard yelling abuse at the Deputy Prime Minister during a live media event, and insulting him in front of TV cameras. In this case the media don’t name him.