How would AMPP reform the media?

We'd massively increase funding for public media, regardless of RNZ/TVNZ involvement in the projects. $50 million a year or more. - We want to take NZ back to the 1980's, when every rural city had a TV station. That's really easy now. We'll give them assistance with syndicating stories and setting up a studio with cheap DSLR cameras, like the one that I shot AMPP on. Then we'd actively encourage people to watch the local news. It's easy in rural communities, as long as it's broadcast quality. - The recent Local Democracy Reporting stories were widely syndicated, so it's possible that these little stations could launch careers, much like in the old days. - The BSA is gone, but we need something better. My suggestion is reforming censorship in general so that it has a broad remit. While I hate censorship, our media environment is uniquely prone to pile-ons. We're still a small country where everyone is within six degrees of separation. An idea that popped into my head is independent censors in every newsroom. Not lawyers contracted to the company, but people with the power to pull a story. That would've saved RNZ from looking like a bunch of trans haters. - Journalists need to be accountable to society. That's our current failing. The entire thing is a bunch of people wanking each other off. In the current landscape, it's definitely who you know rather than what you know... - One thing that the coalition has seized on (correctly) is Beltway bias, though they're obviously not calling out Beltway bias in think tanks and policy bullshit. Red Peak was a good example of how even minor issues are ruined by this shit.