{"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":"Putting down the broadcast watchdog, deputy PM lashes RNZ & TVNZ","slug":"putting-down-the-broadcast-watchdog-deputy-pm-lashes-rnz-tvnz","published_at":"2026-05-09T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mediawatch-1043897/putting-down-the-broadcast-watchdog-deputy-pm-lashes-rnz-tvnz","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mediawatch-1043897","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=bdb1a4a8-a91f-48a0-ac5e-f81f354a7021","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/v1778364522/audio/mwatch/mwatch-20260510-0900-scrapping_watchdog_for_self-regulation_deputy_pm_vs_rnz_and_tvnz.mp3","summary":"The government wants to scrap the BSA and fill the accountability void with self-regulation. Would that work? Would standards suffer? Will it happen at all? Also: ministers must not interfere in public broadcasters, but the Deputy PM has sounded off about RNZ, TVNZ and its outgoing political editor. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details","meta_description":"The government wants to scrap the BSA and fill the accountability void with self-regulation. Would that work? Would standards suffer? Will it happen at al…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2668,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mediawatch-1043897/episodes/putting-down-the-broadcast-watchdog-deputy-pm-lashes-rnz-tvnz/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mediawatch-1043897/putting-down-the-broadcast-watchdog-deputy-pm-lashes-rnz-tvnz.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}