Hosking's worst week (pn709)

So very, very close

 I'm not sure whether Mike Hosking is looking for a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the most abuses in one article or whether  he wants to try his luck before the Media Council, but he must have come close to both  this week with Mike's Minute: Could this be the worst week for the Government? 

PM gives up NewstalkZB slot; rescheduling and not reducing her time with the media but that's not how some media see it (pn700)

UPDATE. Chris Trotter compares the old interviewer style of examiner with today's style of prosecutor, and thinks Jacinda correct in giving Hosking the metaphorical finger.

I really have more important things to do than criticise the media but if it continues as it has been, I have little  choice.  It must be challenged when its selection and comments on the news are so unbalanced and politically motivated. 

Today's NZ Politics Daily, presented by Bryce Edwards, is another example. It has 14 items on Jacinda no longer appearing weekly on Mike Hosking's early morning NewstalkZB programme. Almost all criticise her for doing so. 

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Kiss and make up finale. Part 5. The gift exchange (pn655)

Mike Hosking and Jacinda Ardern exchanged prank-like Christmas gifts over Zoom on Friday.

Ardern gifted the Newstalk ZB radio host with two Laboaur election billboards, where Hosking is pictured alongside the Prime Minister.