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Media ‘impartiality’ on climate change ethically misguided and dangerous

February 2, 2020

By Denis Muller in Melbourne In September 2019, the editor of The Conversation, Misha Ketchell, declared The Conversation’s editorial team in Australia was henceforth taking what he called a “zero-tolerance” approach to climate change deniers and sceptics. Their comments would be blocked and their accounts locked. His reasons were succinct: Climate change deniers and those ... <a title="Media ‘impartiality’ on climate change ethically misguided and dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/02/media-impartiality-on-climate-change-ethically-misguided-and-dangerous/" aria-label="Read more about Media ‘impartiality’ on climate change ethically misguided and dangerous">Read more</a>

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Andreas Harsono: Jakarta punishes journalists – leaves them in limbo

February 1, 2020

By Andreas Harsono in Jakarta Mongabay environmental editor Phil Jacobson was deported from Indonesia last evening, flying from Jakarta to New York after he was ordered not to leave Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, for 45 days. It is tragic that an American environmentalist who dedicated his energies to protecting Indonesia’s rain forests and indigenous people ... <a title="Andreas Harsono: Jakarta punishes journalists – leaves them in limbo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/01/andreas-harsono-jakarta-punishes-journalists-leaves-them-in-limbo/" aria-label="Read more about Andreas Harsono: Jakarta punishes journalists – leaves them in limbo">Read more</a>

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RSF calls on Philippines Congress to renew ABS-CBN network’s franchise

January 31, 2020

Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Philippine parliamentarians to resist President Rodrigo Duterte’s threats and ensure the survival of ABS-CBN, the country’s leading TV and radio network, by renewing its franchise. If its 25-year franchise is not renewed, as Parliament last did on 30 March 1995, all of ABS-CBN’s radio and ... <a title="RSF calls on Philippines Congress to renew ABS-CBN network’s franchise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/rsf-calls-on-philippines-congress-to-renew-abs-cbn-networks-franchise/" aria-label="Read more about RSF calls on Philippines Congress to renew ABS-CBN network’s franchise">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 31 2020

January 31, 2020

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content National Party’s Serious Fraud Office charges Steve Forbes (Stuff): MP Jami-Lee Ross avoiding media after Serious Fraud Office charges four people Tova O’Brien (Newshub): National Party donors silent after Serious Fraud Office lays charges RNZ: Moral questions remain ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 31 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-31-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 31 2020">Read more</a>

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Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan virus outbreak – panic

January 29, 2020

Rappler editorial It’s not the virus. It’s not the Chinese flying into the Philippines. Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan crisis is panic. Here’s the situation: a new strain of the coronavirus has caused an outbreak in the city of Wuhan in central China. It has so far killed 106 people and infected more than ... <a title="Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan virus outbreak – panic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/29/our-biggest-enemy-amid-the-wuhan-virus-outbreak-panic/" aria-label="Read more about Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan virus outbreak – panic">Read more</a>

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Indonesia releases US Mongabay journalist held on visa charge

January 26, 2020

Pacific Media Watch An American environmental journalist accused of violating the terms of his visa has been freed after three days in jail and is likely to be deported soon, a top Indonesian government minister said, reports The New York Times. The journalist, Philip Jacobson, 30, who works for the nonprofit news site Mongabay and ... <a title="Indonesia releases US Mongabay journalist held on visa charge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/26/indonesia-releases-us-mongabay-journalist-held-on-visa-charge/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia releases US Mongabay journalist held on visa charge">Read more</a>

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Samoan PM Tuilaepa attacks Observer over criticism of media ban

January 26, 2020

By Mata’afa Keni Lesa in Apia Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has attacked the Samoa Observer, accusing the nation’s only daily newspaper of being “nosy,” spreading “lies” and employing “kids” whose writing, he says, are misleading the public. Tuilaepa issued his attack in response to the Samoa Observer’s coverage of the Legislative Assembly’s decision ... <a title="Samoan PM Tuilaepa attacks Observer over criticism of media ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/26/samoan-pm-tuilaepa-attacks-observer-over-criticism-of-media-ban/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan PM Tuilaepa attacks Observer over criticism of media ban">Read more</a>

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Global media decry Indonesia’s arrest of environmental journalist

January 24, 2020

A Mongabay video message to supporters of the US journalist Philip Jacobson arrested in Indonesia. By Michael Andrew in Jakarta International journalists and agencies have condemned the arrest of American environmental journalist Philip Jacobson, who has been detained in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, for allegedly misusing his residency permit. The reporter and editor of Mongabay, a ... <a title="Global media decry Indonesia’s arrest of environmental journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/24/global-media-decry-indonesias-arrest-of-environmental-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about Global media decry Indonesia’s arrest of environmental journalist">Read more</a>

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Rappler challenges president’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back

January 23, 2020

By David Robie in Manila Rappler, the innovative online publisher that has been at the media freedom frontline in the Philippines for the past three years, has challenged President Rodrigo Duterte by taking the executive to the Supreme Court. The news website has called on the court to rule on whether President Duterte – or ... <a title="Rappler challenges president’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/23/rappler-challenges-presidents-media-powers-in-democracy-fight-back/" aria-label="Read more about Rappler challenges president’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back">Read more</a>

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Indonesia ‘arrests’ Mongabay editor – one month after first detaining him

January 22, 2020

Pacific Media Watch Philip Jacobson, an award-winning editor for the non-profit environmental science news outlet Mongabay, has been arrested for an alleged visa violation in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, after being put under city arrest for a month. Jacobson, 30, was first detained on 17 December 2019 after attending a hearing between the Central Kalimantan parliament ... <a title="Indonesia ‘arrests’ Mongabay editor – one month after first detaining him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/indonesia-arrests-mongabay-editor-one-month-after-first-detaining-him/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia ‘arrests’ Mongabay editor – one month after first detaining him">Read more</a>

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Hidden women of history: Australian undercover journalist in hospitals

January 21, 2020

By Kerrie Davies and Willa McDonald in Sydney In 1886, a year before American journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to enter an asylum in New York and became a household name, Catherine Hay Thomson arrived at the entrance of Kew Asylum in Melbourne on “a hot grey morning with a lowering sky”. Hay Thomson’s two-part ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Australian undercover journalist in hospitals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/hidden-women-of-history-australian-undercover-journalist-in-hospitals/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Australian undercover journalist in hospitals">Read more</a>

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Textbooks should highlight Marcos dictatorship atrocities, says Robredo

January 21, 2020

By Llanesca T. Panti in Manila Textbooks should be changed to underscore the atrocities committed by the Philippines martial law regime of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, rather than make light of these violations and rehabilitate the Marcos’ reputation as proposed by former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., says Vice-President Leni Robredo.advertisement “Medyo nakakatawa kasi [na] ... <a title="Textbooks should highlight Marcos dictatorship atrocities, says Robredo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/textbooks-should-highlight-marcos-dictatorship-atrocities-says-robredo/" aria-label="Read more about Textbooks should highlight Marcos dictatorship atrocities, says Robredo">Read more</a>