Treasury CEO Iain Rennie on NZ’s deteriorating finances: ‘Let’s not panic, but let’s actually sort it out’ https://www.byteseu.com/595578/ #actually #agent #believes #but #career #CEO #change #chief #deteriorating #executive #Finance #finances #hes #iain #IT #lets #Minister #much #NewZealand #nicola #not #nzs #on #out #panic #public #rennie #role #secretary #sector #sort #spent #treasury #wanted #willis
Finally, #journalist #erupts at #media for #ignoring #Trump’s #deteriorating #mental #state.
#MikeBarnicle’s #throwdown Wednesday should open the #floodgates, #coverage of #DonaldTrump’s #mentalfitness for #office is not just #fairgame. It’s absolutely #necessary.
https://newrepublic.com/article/185622/finally-top-journo-erupts-media-ignoring-trumps-mental-state
Will the media learn the right lesson from the Ronna McDaniel debacle?
Sadly, #MSNBC #management couched the decision to drop #Ronna #McDaniel in a blizzard of corporate speak.
(“No organization, particularly a newsroom, can succeed unless it is cohesive and aligned … It has become clear that this appointment undermines that goal.”)
Funny — the journalists who spoke up said McDaniel’s departure was required to 
preserve their journalistic mission and the network’s credibility, not out of any need for “alignment.”
We can only hope that NBC and other news organizations take away something more than “don’t hire a MAGA mouthpiece”
A few ideas:
• Create a #mission #statement that affirms your goals are telling the #truth and defending #democracy, which protects the First Amendment — not fake balance.
• #Stop #pretending four-times-indicted former president Donald Trump and his movement are presenting #alternative “#policies” as a normal party would. They are fighting for an alternate system: authoritarianism.
• Politicians’ outright #lies must be identified, not just labeled as their “response” or “position.”
• Instead of obsessing over #polls, devote extensive coverage to #analyzing the Heritage Foundation’s “#Project2025” and Trump’s #fascist #agenda. Feature #historians and political #scientists during news segments (not only on panels) to put Trump’s views and statements in context.
• #Don’t excerpt a few words from a Trump rally or speech, dub it an “argument” and #ignore his mental short-circuits and #deteriorating #intellect.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/29/newsletter-ronna-mcdaniel-media-alsobrooks/ #Media #RonnaMcDaniel #Debacle
