Political head-to-heads hot up, are prediction markets legit news?

<p>Odds from Polymarket are popping up in our news, even though it's illegal here. But are prediction markets a legit source of news anyway? Also: head-to-head clashes between politicians, and with presenters, are heating up, but not always generating light.</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/mediawatch">Read more</a> about this episode of Mediawatch on the RNZ website</p><p>In this episode:</p><p>1:10 Media picking apart political bickering over delayed fuel tax.</p><p>5:50 Greens double down on misleading claims about MPs houses.</p><p>8:02 Act pushed back on media criticism of policy to put ‘reside’ back in ‘residency’ rules.</p><p>11:35 ZB host takes on Wellington mayor on Tiaki Wai rollout.</p><p>17:05 Polymarket predictions popping up in our news, six months after it became illegal for NZers to use.</p><p>23:11 Newsroom.co..nz senior business reporter Andrew Bevin on how prediction markets work and whether their odds are legit news or not.</p><p><em>Follow Mediawatch and listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any podcast app to make sure you never miss an episode.</em></p><p><em>Find more RNZ Podcasts at the new section of the RNZ website at <a href="http://rnz.co.nz/podcasts">rnz.co.nz/podcasts</a></em></p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=ec4dc46e-9bd3-4def-a8ad-fc49ba71e521">Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details</a></p>