Topic · social
Political Media Credibility
602 posts
· 19,429 engagement
· first seen 25 Apr 2008
· last seen 23 Jul 2026
The perceived trustworthiness and impartiality of New Zealand's news media and political journalists, encompassing public and political debate over whether outlets such as TVNZ, major newspapers, and prominent commentators meet standards of accurate, fair, and credible reporting.
Stance breakdown
How the per-edge framings classify across 559 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.
Supportive
13
Critical
489
Dismissive
4
Neutral / explainer
13
Mocking
40
Sentiment breakdown
Whole-post emotional valence across 559 classified posts that reference this topic. Distinct from stance: a post can be supportive of the topic and still negative in tone (an angry supporter) — the two together capture the texture short-form posts compress into very few words.
Positive
27
Neutral
33
Negative
499
Platform mix
Where the conversation is happening. Engagement is volume-weighted (likes + 2×shares + 3×replies); a small number of high-impact posts can outrank a high-volume but low-engagement platform.
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facebook
8 posts
· 5,912 engagement
5,912
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youtube
507 posts
· 4,057 engagement
4,057
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twitter
28 posts
· 3,531 engagement
3,531
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reddit
16 posts
· 2,264 engagement
2,264
Top posts by engagement
The most-engaged posts referencing this topic. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies; the order matches the digest ranking on /social.
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facebook
· winstonpeters
· sentiment: negative
· ♥ 1611
· ↻ 47
· 💬 979
· 4,642 engagement
29 May
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twitter
· @winstonpeters
· sentiment: negative
· ♥ 556
· ↻ 85
· 💬 47
· 867 engagement
29 May
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twitter
· @winstonpeters
· sentiment: negative
· ♥ 573
· ↻ 67
· 💬 53
· 866 engagement
25 Jun
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twitter
· @bobmccoskrienz
· sentiment: negative
· ♥ 367
· ↻ 37
· 💬 129
· 828 engagement
23 May
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youtube
· @the-platform-nz
· sentiment: negative
· ♥ 272
· ↻ 0
· 💬 179
· 809 engagement
23 Jun
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reddit
· u/Noels_Nose
· sentiment: negative
· ♥ 364
· ↻ 0
· 💬 83
· 613 engagement
9 May
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youtube
· @nzfirst
· sentiment: negative
· ♥ 419
· ↻ 0
· 💬 47
· 560 engagement
30 Jun
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twitter
· @bobmccoskrienz
· sentiment: negative
· ♥ 260
· ↻ 31
· 💬 22
· 388 engagement
25 May