I'm curious where you get this often repeated figure of $100 million bribe to the media from.
It seems wildly inaccurate though am happy to be corrected.
Govt support to the media is clearly published & transparent for the last financial year.
The big media companies recieved -
TVNZ was biggest beneficiary with $5 million, + $1.1 million advertising spend.
Stuff, $2.37 million, + $1.15 million advertising spend
NZME (Herald and ZB radio ) $2.19 million + $1.9 million advertising spend
The rest spread among small publications, paywalls etc.
(In 2020 the govt announced a $50 million support package to help media through the Covid pandemic. Of that $50 million, $21 million was to cut transmission fees ).
Important to be reasonably in the ball park esp when often repeated, otherwise people might begin to accept $100 million as fact.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...--who-got-what