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Mar 2023
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Midweek Mediawatch - Lobbyists, Iraq, pr...

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In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Lei'ataua about revelations on political lobbying from RNZ, a new online outlet seeking to provoke the woke; how US media boosted the war in Iraq 20 years ago - and challenges for reporters covering an anti-trans rights campaigner's tour. 
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