I've just been watching Martin Bomber Bradbury on Alt TV's Sunday Newspaper Brunch Club, live from Verona cafe. The show is billed as sticking it to the mainstream media, but it's really just a bunch of people sitting around talking about the news of the day.

Martin suggested the SST's report on an exodus from Auckland was some kind of "white flight". Of course, to do this he had to ignore the statistics and pretend Aucklanders were streaming down to the South Island, when in fact they seem to be moving to the Waikato.

Never mind. It was a fun show and having a radical perspective on the news was pretty engaging, especially when talking about our troubled Police, with a capital "P". It was also refreshing to see young people, okay tattooed people, reading newspapers. Next week's special guest is Bill Ralston ...

As part of my new technology regime I've subscribed to Nat Rad's Mediawatch podcast, and am now awaiting the podcast of today's show. I was a big fan of the TV version of Mediawatch in Australia and the local radio show compares rather well, I think, keeping a close eye the detail of reporting and how it is done.

Finally, I've also subscribed to The Guardian's Media Talk podcast, which gives a great UK and global view. The issue of the 23rd of March was from the paper's Changing Media Summit and is well worth a download.