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Inaccurate 1News reporting on football violence breached broadcasting standards, rules BSA

April 30, 2025

Broadcasting Standards Authority New Zealand’s Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has upheld complaints about two 1News reports relating to violence around a football match in Amsterdam between local team Ajax and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv. The authority found an item on “antisemitic violence” surrounding the match, and another on heightened security in Paris the following week, ... <a title="Inaccurate 1News reporting on football violence breached broadcasting standards, rules BSA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/inaccurate-1news-reporting-on-football-violence-breached-broadcasting-standards-rules-bsa/" aria-label="Read more about Inaccurate 1News reporting on football violence breached broadcasting standards, rules BSA">Read more</a>

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PNG’s Masiu denies ‘control of media’ but calls for ‘accountability’

March 29, 2023

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Communication Minister Timothy Masiu has hit back at recent reports termed as “inaccurate” over the control of media in Papua New Guinea from his ministerial statement in Parliament. He said it was not true that the government was trying to control the media by setting up a Media Council. ... <a title="PNG’s Masiu denies ‘control of media’ but calls for ‘accountability’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/pngs-masiu-denies-control-of-media-but-calls-for-accountability/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Masiu denies ‘control of media’ but calls for ‘accountability’">Read more</a>

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ABC blasts Honiara for ‘factual errors’ in attack over Pacific Capture doco

August 25, 2022

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The ABC has soundly condemned the Solomon Islands Office of the Prime Minister for a series of “factual errors” in a statement released which criticised the Four Corners investigative report Pacific Capture: How Chinese money is buying the Solomons. In a rare statement defending its independent journalism, it said today the ... <a title="ABC blasts Honiara for ‘factual errors’ in attack over Pacific Capture doco" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/25/abc-blasts-honiara-for-factual-errors-in-attack-over-pacific-capture-doco/" aria-label="Read more about ABC blasts Honiara for ‘factual errors’ in attack over Pacific Capture doco">Read more</a>

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Our Truth, Tā Mātou Pono: Stuff introduces new Treaty of Waitangi based charter following historic apology

November 30, 2020

By Katarina Williams, a senior reporter of Stuff Stuff has introduced a new company charter with Te Tiriti o Waitangi at its core, after a major internal investigation uncovered evidence of racism and marginalisation against Māori. The media organisation issued an historic public apology today following the Our Truth, Tā Mātou Pono investigation which saw ... <a title="Our Truth, Tā Mātou Pono: Stuff introduces new Treaty of Waitangi based charter following historic apology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/our-truth-ta-matou-pono-stuff-introduces-new-treaty-of-waitangi-based-charter-following-historic-apology/" aria-label="Read more about Our Truth, Tā Mātou Pono: Stuff introduces new Treaty of Waitangi based charter following historic apology">Read more</a>