Frank Newman: Media Watch - Inside Journalism

Massey University has just published the results of a survey in a report called, “Worlds of Journalism Study 2.0. Journalists in Aotearoa/New Zealand”.

In the introduction they describe the report as follows:

“This is the third survey of journalists undertaken by the Worlds of Journalism Study group. The WJS is a collaboration of academics from more than 120 countries…These preliminary results are from the Aotearoa/ New Zealand part of the WJS study…this is the first time NZ journalists have been asked about their attitudes to the Treaty of Waitangi…”

Here are their key findings:

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On Sunday, two weeks ago, Newshub Nation ran a discussion on Three Waters that has again raised eyebrows and questions of balance and fairness. The show featured three commentators and three politicians all of whom firmly agree that the Three Waters reforms are right and should go ahead.

Furthermore, ACT Party leader David Seymour contends that his party was labelled racist by those involved in the discussion and he points to “Labour’s $55m Public Interest Journalism Fund that requires journalists to present a co-governance view of the Treaty.”