5 Jun 2018

Media reaction to the journalist who faked his death

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am on 5 June 2018

Media commentator Gavin Ellis has the reaction to the the Russian journalist who agreed to fake his own death: Damned if he did, dead if he didn't? Also the Sunday Star Times' embarrassing 200-year survey of media's portrayal of Maori is a good lesson for today's journalists and Todd Niall's contribution to RNZ as he leaves the organisation. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz