Media commentator Gavin Ellis

Gavin says a US analyst and academic has added her support to the New Zealand media's decision to minimise the coverage of the Christchurch mosque shooter's ideological beliefs. Also Gavin examines the decision by most media not to name a gas fitter before he was interviewed by police over the blast that destroyed a Christchurch home. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz