#BHN Mehdi threatened on CNN | Willis on the health system | Cheree Kinnear on NZME news

***Scroll down and give us a hand at the NZ Podcast awards*** Mehdi Hasan was threatened on CNN by alt-right commentator Ryan Girdusky as Girdusky suggested Hasan was a terrorist hoping his "pager doesn't go off" Nicola Willis and Keiran McAnulty were on Breakfast talking about the systemic issues with the health system with Willis being challenged that all the "back room" cuts were impacting the frontline The long running NZME news show Focus was disestablished last week. The host of the show for the last four years was Cheree Kinnear joins us to talk about the changes in media and survival in media in the 21st century ================================= Help us win another listeners choice award, entries close 27 November Head to https://www.nzpodcastawards.com/nominate Enter the podcast name BHN or Big Hairy News Link to the podcast is https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/bhn-big-hairy-news/id1629215711 ================================= Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ