Graham Adams: Fear and loathing grips the left over NZME shake-up

As a range of commentators on the left of politics pop up to denounce James Grenon’s proposed NZME board takeover, the objections by E tū director Michael Wood seem particularly hypocritical. 

In a press release last week, the head of the journalists’ union complained the Canada-born billionaire had a clear agenda to use NZME for his own interests. “[He] clearly wants to use his financial clout to steer the editorial direction of one of New Zealand’s largest and most important media networks.”