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March 9, 2024
Pacific Media Watch About 25 pro-Palestinian protesters picketed the Auckland headquarters of Radio New Zealand today in the second of two demonstrations claiming that media is providing biased coverage of Israeli’s war on Gaza that is now in its fifth month. Last week protesters directed their criticism at Television New Zealand which never reported the ... <a title="Palestine supporters picket RNZ studios and call for ‘truth’ on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/09/palestine-supporters-picket-rnz-studios-and-call-for-truth-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine supporters picket RNZ studios and call for ‘truth’ on Gaza">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Donna Miles-Mojab Recently, there was a serious revelation that some wire service reports were edited, without attribution, by an individual employee of our national broadcaster, RNZ. Now, let’s examine the way I composed the above sentence. I included the word “serious” to signal to readers that this news is of significant importance. The ... <a title="Donna Miles-Mojab: Is there such a thing as unbiased reporting?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/donna-miles-mojab-is-there-such-a-thing-as-unbiased-reporting/" aria-label="Read more about Donna Miles-Mojab: Is there such a thing as unbiased reporting?">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2023
RNZ News A Ukrainian man who complained about an RNZ story last year having Russian propaganda says his concerns are only now being noticed. It comes after the revelation a staff member altered Reuters copy to include pro-Russian sentiment. Since Friday, 250 articles published on RNZ back to January last year have been audited. Of ... <a title="‘We are in the war’: Ukrainian man says RNZ altered news stories must be taken seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/12/we-are-in-the-war-ukrainian-man-says-rnz-altered-news-stories-must-be-taken-seriously/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We are in the war’: Ukrainian man says RNZ altered news stories must be taken seriously">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
By Lincoln Tan of The New Zealand Herald Former TVNZ Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria, who quit following complaints about inappropriate workplace behaviour, has broken his silence and started a podcast he says would “set some records straight”. The Emmy-nominated broadcaster lasted just 32 days at TVNZ after working at Al Jazeera, where he had also ... <a title="Former TVNZ Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria breaks year-long silence in The Balance podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/former-tvnz-breakfast-host-kamahl-santamaria-breaks-year-long-silence-in-the-balance-podcast/" aria-label="Read more about Former TVNZ Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria breaks year-long silence in The Balance podcast">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva FijiFirst party general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum claims they are fighting The Fiji Times and Communications Fiji Ltd — not political parties — in the lead up to the 2022 general election. He said this while taking a swipe at The Times during a news conference this week at the FijiFirst ... <a title="Sayed-Khaiyum blasts Fiji Times, CFL media – editor replies ‘doing our job’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/sayed-khaiyum-blasts-fiji-times-cfl-media-editor-replies-doing-our-job/" aria-label="Read more about Sayed-Khaiyum blasts Fiji Times, CFL media – editor replies ‘doing our job’">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
COMMENTARY: EMTV’s deputy news editor Jack Lapauve Jr in Port Moresby writes in defence of the newsroom’s decision to walk out in protest over the suspension of head of news and current affairs Sincha Dimara on February 7. The EMTV News editorial decision to run the two stories [about the court cases involving Australian hotel ... <a title="Jack Lapauve: Why we walked out in protest over EMTV news independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/jack-lapauve-why-we-walked-out-in-protest-over-emtv-news-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Jack Lapauve: Why we walked out in protest over EMTV news independence">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley Fiji’s Assistant Minister for iTaukei Affairs Selai Adimaitoga said quite a lot on Friday in her end of week statement on the Media Industry Development Act 2010 in Parliament. She blamed reckless reporting by journalists as “one of the causes of violence and economic destruction over the ... <a title="The Fiji Times: The role of the media – holding power to account" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/the-fiji-times-the-role-of-the-media-holding-power-to-account/" aria-label="Read more about The Fiji Times: The role of the media – holding power to account">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Shailendra Singh in Suva Do the Fiji news media represent a wide range of political perspectives?Fiji’s national media, like media elsewhere, would cover a wider berth collectively, rather than as individual media organisations, because individual media have obvious leanings and priorities. But do the media, even as whole, provide a wide enough perspective?Not ... <a title="Slippery slope for Fiji’s media in politically charged climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/14/slippery-slope-for-fijis-media-in-politically-charged-climate/" aria-label="Read more about Slippery slope for Fiji’s media in politically charged climate">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2021
MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter A counter-terrorism hui intended to help heal the wounds inflicted in Christchurch two years ago sparked a walk-out which hit the headlines. The news media were also there to be questioned about their rights and responsibilities after 15 March 2019. When police National Security Adviser Cameron Bayly revealed ... <a title="Mediawatch: Hui over Christchurch terror attacks puts media under the spotlight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/20/mediawatch-hui-over-christchurch-terror-attacks-puts-media-under-the-spotlight/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Hui over Christchurch terror attacks puts media under the spotlight">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2021
EDITORIAL: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Asia Pacific Report, the Auckland-based independent news and analysis website, has been increasingly targeted by Indonesian trolls over the past three months, involving a spate of “letters to the editor” and social media attacks. One of the most frequent letter writers, an “Abel Lekahena”, who claims ... <a title="Dear editor, we have you in our sights for reporting ‘the truth’ on Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/11/dear-editor-we-have-you-in-our-sights-for-reporting-the-truth-on-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Dear editor, we have you in our sights for reporting ‘the truth’ on Papua">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2021
By Lusa News in Dili The Timorese Press Council today asked journalists to avoid being “messenger boys”, referring to the publication of a statement about former Timor-Leste president Xanana Gusmão’s controversial visit to a former priest accused of child abuse without identifying the source. “Journalists are urged to reflect on their role in society and ... <a title="Timorese Press Council criticises media coverage of Xanana’s controversial visit to defrocked priest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/06/timorese-press-council-criticises-media-coverage-of-xananas-controversial-visit-to-defrocked-priest/" aria-label="Read more about Timorese Press Council criticises media coverage of Xanana’s controversial visit to defrocked priest">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
COMMENT: By Scott Waide, deputy regional head of news of EMTV News Yesterday [Saturday], we received a lot of criticism over our coverage of the death of Senior Inspector Andrew Tovere. As a news organisation, we have several responsibilities one of which is to deliver ACCURATE information. READ MORE: Former PNG Defence Force chief calls ... <a title="Scott Waide: Look at the big picture, not just a breaking news lust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/scott-waide-look-at-the-big-picture-not-just-a-breaking-news-lust/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Look at the big picture, not just a breaking news lust">Read more</a>
