This story was originally published on The Spinoff.
A new member of NZ On Air’s board has sent a ripple of fear through the media. Duncan Greive explains why Philip Crump has them spooked.
In May of 2020, a new Twitter account debuted, under the pseudonym Thomas Cranmer, a prominent figure in 16th century English religious politics. Over the coming years, it attracted a cult following among those who believed that the combination of the post-George Floyd racial reckoning and pandemic-era restrictions had produced an over-correction in New Zealand’s government and media. By late 2022, Cranmer moved to Substack, saying “it’s become increasingly unwieldy to summarise all of the issues in Twitter threads”.
