{"podcast":{"title":"Mediawatch","slug":"mediawatch-1043897","podcast_index_feed_id":1043897,"rss_url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcasts/acast/mediawatch.rss","website_url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch","image_url":"https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--9v6zbVmO--/t_kt-podcast-external-cover-feeds/4JV4MXK_mediawatch_external_cover_v2_png.jpg?_a=BAMAMiiu0.jpg","author":"RNZ","episode_count":300,"summary":"There's never a shortage of opinions on the media but Mediawatch looks at it all in detail for those keen to know more about the news - as well as those who work in media.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T20:19:01.783141+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mediawatch-1043897"},"episode":{"title":"Midweek - media  v Hegseth, TVNZ defamation win, SNL from USA to UK. peas piffle","slug":"midweek-media-v-hegseth-tvnz-defamation-win-snl-from-usa-to-uk-peas-piffle","published_at":"2026-03-25T08:30:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mediawatch-1043897/midweek-media-v-hegseth-tvnz-defamation-win-snl-from-usa-to-uk-peas-piffle","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mediawatch-1043897","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=27a10cb7-0a1e-426a-945c-bccb3a5fbbcd","audio_url":"https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1774429673/audio/mwatch/mwatch-20260325-2158-midweek_-_media_v_hegseth_tvnz_defamation_win.mp3","summary":"The media chalk up a win in the Pentagon - maybe. Also: TVNZ's comprehensive court win over co-governance campaigner, some bold journalism from newspapers in the South Island, SNL in the UK, Emile's sweary surprise save. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details","meta_description":"The media chalk up a win in the Pentagon - maybe. Also: TVNZ's comprehensive court win over co-governance campaigner, some bold journalism from newspapers…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1206,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mediawatch-1043897/episodes/midweek-media-v-hegseth-tvnz-defamation-win-snl-from-usa-to-uk-peas-piffle/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mediawatch-1043897/midweek-media-v-hegseth-tvnz-defamation-win-snl-from-usa-to-uk-peas-piffle.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}