David Farrar: Media Council finds Radio NZ inaccurate on alcohol reporting

Radio NZ reports:

The New Zealand Media Council has upheld a complaint from the Brewers Association of New Zealand against Radio New Zealand (RNZ), citing a breach of Principle (1) Accuracy, Fairness and Balance in its reporting on alcohol consumption guidelines.

David Farrar: The Press found to have breached Media Council rules with its school lunches article

The Media Council has upheld a complaint by David Seymour’s office against this article on school lunches. It was found to have breached both the fairness and conflict of interest principles.

The first issue was that they ran the article, and didn’t even ask the Minister for comment. They only quoted opponents of the new school lunch programme.

Barrie Davis: Stuff and the Media Council, an Open Letter

Dear Melissa Lee MP, 

Congratulations on your appointment as the Minister of Broadcasting and Media. Will you please consider the following issue regarding reporting by Stuff.

I expect that you are aware of the Maranga Mai Report (also Summary) published by the Human Rights Commission at the beginning of 2023. That Report says, “The principal recommendation of Maranga Mai! tasks the government with committing to constitutional transformation and establishing co-governance … Central to this reform would be the government condemning and rejecting the constitutional application of the Doctrine of Discovery to Aotearoa…”