In this episode of Daybreak – a spectacular own goal in the left & the media’s fight against the government on school lunches; why are principals quitting; radical transgender group says that ban on puberty blockers is just political – despite health research; is there strong support for a social media ban in NZ; the NZ Listener is freaking out about conservatism; a US survey of teens reveals a distaste for the news media; Radio NZ thinks their ratings have ‘bounced back’ – but have they?; the Oxford Publishing word of the year; and the photo from the Labour party conference last weekend that tells you everything.
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School lunch program in New Zealand. Bob discusses the media’s relentless focus on school lunches, deemed as a failure by the government, particularly citing an incident involving bad lunches at Haeata Community Campus in Christchurch. He accuses the media of rushing the story for ideological reasons without proper due diligence.
Bob then moves on to another media story about the turnover rate of new school principals, providing context that the issue predates the current government.
Radical transgender activist group PATHA continues its fight against the ban on puberty blockers, and is desperate to push their ideology and puberty blockers into children – despite all the world research exposing its harms.
A US survey reveals that most American teenagers hold a negative view of the news media, attributing these opinions largely to earned suspicions rather than mere misperceptions. Bob also talks about the Oxford University Press naming ‘rage bait’ as the Word of the Year for 2025, linking it to the media’s efforts to provoke anger and outrage. The latest ratings for Newstalk ZB and Radio NZ should also be causing them concern as the audience continues to dwindle away over time.
A bizarre photo of the Labour party conference which features drag queens says a lot about the current focus of the political left.
