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May 12, 2026
In a fawning softball 60 Minutes interview released on Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu stressed the importance of winning “the propaganda war” on social media. This comes as Israel moves to quadruple its propaganda budget to $730 million a year. Major Garrett (which apparently is a real name belonging to a real guy who works for 60 ... <a title="Netanyahu stresses the need for more propaganda as Israel’s Hasbara budget soars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/netanyahu-stresses-the-need-for-more-propaganda-as-israels-hasbara-budget-soars/" aria-label="Read more about Netanyahu stresses the need for more propaganda as Israel’s Hasbara budget soars">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2026
Amid revelations of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s association with Jeffrey Epstein, the Australian government and media have entirely lost control of the Israel narrative. As thousands massed around the country tonight to protest against the visit of President Herzog, the government’s claims of fostering “social cohesion” are a shambles. The mainstream media, too. Any remaining ... <a title="Herzog backlash crushes Albo’s ‘social cohesion’ – thousands protest nationwide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/09/herzog-backlash-crushes-albos-social-cohesion-thousands-protest-nationwide/" aria-label="Read more about Herzog backlash crushes Albo’s ‘social cohesion’ – thousands protest nationwide">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
By Asiye Latife Yilmaz in Istanbul Canadian photojournalist Valerie Zink has resigned after eight years with Reuters, criticising the news agency’s stance on Gaza as a “betrayal of journalists” and accusing it of “justifying and enabling” the killing of 245 journalists in the Palestinian enclave. “At this point it’s become impossible for me to maintain ... <a title="Photojournalist resigns from Reuters over its ‘betrayal of journalists’ in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/photojournalist-resigns-from-reuters-over-its-betrayal-of-journalists-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Photojournalist resigns from Reuters over its ‘betrayal of journalists’ in Gaza">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2025
By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch I never knew Anas al-Sharif personally. But somehow he seemed to be part of our whānau. We watched so many of his reports from Gaza that it just appeared he would be always around keeping us up-to-date on the horrifying events in the besieged enclave. Although he ... <a title="Why Israel’s assassination of Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif and crew threatens all journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/12/why-israels-assassination-of-al-jazeeras-anas-al-sharif-and-crew-threatens-all-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Why Israel’s assassination of Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif and crew threatens all journalists">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Protesters demonstrated outside several major US media outlets in Washington this week condemning their coverage of the genocide in Gaza, claiming they were to blame over misinformation and the worsening catastrophe. Banging pots and pans to spotlight the starvation crisis, they accused the media of “complicity in genocide”. Banners and placards proclaimed ... <a title="As protesters condemn Western media ‘complicity’, Gaza journalists struggle for survival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/as-protesters-condemn-western-media-complicity-gaza-journalists-struggle-for-survival/" aria-label="Read more about As protesters condemn Western media ‘complicity’, Gaza journalists struggle for survival">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Benjamin Netanyahu said last Thursday that freeing the Israeli hostages in Gaza was not his top priority, suggesting instead that defeating Hamas should take precedence over a hostage deal. “We have many objectives, many goals in this war,” Netanyahu said. “We want ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: It was never about hostages. It was never about Hamas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/caitlin-johnstone-it-was-never-about-hostages-it-was-never-about-hamas/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: It was never about hostages. It was never about Hamas">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – By David Robie on World Press Freedom Day 2025 I ask you now: Do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories – until Palestine is free. These are not my words, although I believe and ... <a title="Too many journalists remain silent over the Gaza genocide, a threat to our media credibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/too-many-journalists-remain-silent-over-the-gaza-genocide-a-threat-to-our-media-credibility/" aria-label="Read more about Too many journalists remain silent over the Gaza genocide, a threat to our media credibility">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2025
Dear Mr Zuckerberg, Nine years ago, we wrote to you about the real-world harms caused by false information on Facebook. In response, Meta created a fact-checking programme that helped protect millions of users from hoaxes and conspiracy theories. This week, you announced you’re ending that programme in the United States because of concerns about “too ... <a title="An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers – nine years later" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/an-open-letter-to-mark-zuckerberg-from-the-worlds-fact-checkers-nine-years-later/" aria-label="Read more about An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers – nine years later">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2024
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Western publics are being subjected to a campaign of psychological warfare, where genocide is classed as ‘self-defence’ and opposition to it ‘terrorism’. Jonathan Cook reports as the world marked the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists at the weekend. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook ... <a title="Jonathan Cook: Israel kills the journalists. Western media kills the truth of genocide in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/jonathan-cook-israel-kills-the-journalists-western-media-kills-the-truth-of-genocide-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Jonathan Cook: Israel kills the journalists. Western media kills the truth of genocide in Gaza">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2024
Democracy Now! This is Democracy Now!, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I am Amy Goodman, with Juan González: The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post newspapers are facing mounting backlash after the papers’ publishers announced no presidential endorsements would be made this year. The LA Times is owned by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, and The ... <a title="US elections: Editorial writers at LA Times, Washington Post resign after billionaire owners block Kamala Harris endorsements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/30/us-elections-editorial-writers-at-la-times-washington-post-resign-after-billionaire-owners-block-kamala-harris-endorsements/" aria-label="Read more about US elections: Editorial writers at LA Times, Washington Post resign after billionaire owners block Kamala Harris endorsements">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2024
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Dr Gavin Ellis Integrity is the most valued element of a news organisation’s reputation. Without it, it cannot expect its audience to lend credence to what it publishes or broadcasts. So, The New Zealand Herald has dealt itself an awful blow. Its admission that ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: AI-created editorials: What in HAL’s name was the Herald thinking?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/06/gavin-ellis-ai-created-editorials-what-in-hals-name-was-the-herald-thinking/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: AI-created editorials: What in HAL’s name was the Herald thinking?">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
RNZ News Media publisher NZME has come under fire for admitting it used artificial intelligence to create editorials that ran in the Weekend Herald and other publications, with a media commentator saying it “can only damage trust”. RNZ’s Mediawatch revealed late yesterday that NZME had used AI to write an editorial about “Who the All ... <a title="NZME cops criticism after using AI to write rugby editorial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/nzme-cops-criticism-after-using-ai-to-write-rugby-editorial/" aria-label="Read more about NZME cops criticism after using AI to write rugby editorial">Read more</a>
