Peter Bale
Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘garbage’
External experts are poring over the ‘inappropriate editing’ of international news published online by RNZ. It has already tightened editorial checks and stood down an online journalist. Will this… Audio
Mediawatch for 18 June 2023
Mediawatch looks at the response to the revelation of 'inappropriate editing' of online world news at RNZ - and asks two experts what may come out of the investigation into how it happened. Also… Audio
Can the crowd fix Facebook and boost online news?
Under pressure over misinformation, founder Mark Zuckerberg says he will “fix Facebook” by prioritising “trustworthy and informative” news recommended by readers. Audio
Skewing our news - and screwing the business?
More and more of us have news fed to us from Facebook or we get it via Google. While they're making it easy to find what we want, they also influence which news and views we get - and the ones we… Audio
Give facts a chance
False claims can spread faster than ever in the media these days - far faster than the truth about them can be established. Journalists make things worse "behaving like young people online", says one… Video, Audio
Peter Bale: Panama Papers, and the state of the media
Kim Hill talks to Peter Bale, CEO of The Center for Public Integrity. He has a long career in journalism that includes 15 years as a correspondent and editor for Reuters, then positions as online… Audio
NZ'er involved in Panama Papers investigation talks about this NZ links in leak
As the Opposition loudly makes claims about the Panama Papers, Mossack Fonseca, John Key and John Shewan, what the papers themselves actually reveal about New Zealand and the foreign money in very… Audio