pn820. A Media Obsessed with Covid. Reports on other matters squeezed out.

[This is a little dated and overtaken by one event, Chris Luxon becoming the National Party leader, but the information and main points raised remain valid. -- ACW]

 
Bryce Edwards and VUW Democracy Project publish NZ Politics Daily which anyone may subscribe to free. (https://mailchi.mp/democracyproject/nz-politics-daily-23-november-2021?e=1d93717e49) 23 November 2012. 

It is extremely useful in providing links to all (or almost all) significant media and some blog articles arranged under topic headings.

NZPD does not make the news. It records what's in the media. The media makes the news. 

Let's see what sort of topic balance there was today (23 Nov.) with headings and the number of media articles:

pn815. Māori Covid rates a matter of concern: Poor Te Tiriti-centred policies. Now typically over half of daily new cases

Dr Rawiri Taonui

Sunday's article in Te Ao Māori News provides information on Māori Covid rates and disparities between Māori and Pākehā. Dr Rawiti Taoniu predicts 6,000 Māori cases by Christmas.  Here are some of the facts:

Māori are the highest daily cases for 42 consecutive days. There was a new record of 121 Māori cases today. Māori cases are rising both in number as a percentage of all cases.

The three highest number of daily Māori cases have come in the last three days. Friday - 108 Māori cases or 53.7% of 201 new cases; Saturday - 103 or 58.9% of 175 new cases; and Sunday - 121 or 58.5% of 207 new cases.

This is the first-time new Māori cases have been over 50% of all new cases for three days in a row.

At the current 7-day rate of 91.9 new Māori cases per day, there will be 6,000 Māori cases by Christmas.

pn804. Sir Russell Coutts makes a fool of himself, and the Anti-Lockdown Hikoi

And I know a lot about boats.

Sir Russell Coutts makes a fool of himself by saying New Zealand’s “freedom of choice” is being “eroded” under lockdown  Covid-19 restrictions, while life in the rest of the world “has largely returned to normal". 

He said this as  Europe's "normal" witnessed an increase in Covid-19 cases. Yesterday, Victoria recorded 1,923  cases and 25 people died, the highest daily death toll from the current outbreak. Yesterday, the UK had 263 and the USA 1,783 deaths.