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The lack of an explicit reference to ‘Occupied Territories’ or to ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’ did not result in the items as a whole being inaccurate or misleading.Not Upheld: AccuracyIntroduction[1] An item on Newshub reported on the shooting of a wounded Palestinian man by an Israeli soldier in the city of Hebron in the West Bank.
The Authority has not upheld a complaint that a Newshub Live at 6pm item suggesting Labour’s Affordable Water Reform policy encompassed controls over all freshwater breached the accuracy standard. The Authority found the relevant references to freshwater were inaccurate.
The broadcaster’s response [5] RNZ did not uphold the complaint, stating that Willis had confirmed on Newshub several days earlier that the ‘Smokefree laws were being scrapped to fund tax cuts.’1 [6] RNZ stated that in the previous interview with Newshub, Willis was questioned on how National intended to fund the tax cuts it had campaigned on.
Summary[This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority did not uphold an accuracy complaint about a Newshub item describing a new solar paint product as potentially ‘160 times less’ expensive than solar panels.
Summary [This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority did not uphold a complaint that a Newshub segment that discussed the potential rise of far-right ideology in New Zealand breached the balance and accuracy standards. The Authority found that the segment was balanced as it contained multiple points of view.
Summary [This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority has declined to determine a complaint, under the accuracy standard, about an item on Newshub Live at 6pm. The complainant alleged that analysis of a New Zealand political poll, including a translation of the poll results into seats in Parliament and the statement Labour ‘no longer governs alone’, was misleading, noting it was just a poll and Labour has a Co-operation Agreement with the Green Party.
(online ed, New Zealand, 18 February 2020); Rachel Sadler “Andrew Little clashes with Ryan Bridge over 'right to silence' law changes” Newshub (online ed, New Zealand, 18 February 2020); Vita Molyneux “Time for the right to silence to be amended or abolished, says Children's Commissioner” Newshub (online ed, New Zealand, 17 February 2020)2 Anna Whyte “What is the right to silence?”
The Authority has not upheld a complaint that a Newshub Live broadcast reporting on the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s treatment for COVID-19 was inaccurate when it referred to President Donald Trump as ‘the world’s leading expert on fake news’.
Newshub’s Chief News Officer was willing to provide a written apology to IY.
An item on Newshub reported on ‘cash for job’ work scams in New Zealand. The reporter described the experiences of one worker, who alleged he had been exploited by his employer and told to pay $30,000 for his job as a technician at an internet café. GL, who was named and whose photo was shown during the item, was said to have ‘demanded’ $15,000 from the worker as part of the scam.
Summary[This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority has not upheld a complaint that the use of the term ‘disputed’ in a Newshub item, to describe the land the United States (US) Embassy sits on in East Jerusalem, breached the accuracy standard. The broadcast covered a recent protest in Gaza over the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem and the US calling Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
Summary [This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority has not upheld a complaint about an item on Newshub Live at 6pm, in which Prince Charles’ Duchy of Cornwall fund was described as ‘essentially his private slush fund’. The complaint was that this description was inaccurate and suggested illegal practices.
Summary [This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority did not uphold a complaint about a reference to ‘the heebies’ in a Newshub item canvassing reactions to Judith Collins’ appointment as leader of the National Party. The reporter asked then National MP Paula Bennett on camera, ‘Will this give Jacinda Ardern the heebies, do you reckon?’ The complainant argued the term could be interpreted as offensive slang for Jew.
Summary [This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority has not upheld a complaint that an item summarising latest election poll results on Newshub breached the accuracy standard. The standard applies only to statements of fact, and the statements in question were clearly distinguishable as news analysis.Not Upheld: AccuracyThe broadcast[1] On 16 October 2020, Newshub Live at 6pm reported on the results of the latest Newshub-Reid research poll.
Newshub Live at 6pm is a news/current affairs programme with an adult target audience screening during the PG timeband.
Summary[This summary does not form part of the decision.]A Newshub bulletin featured five separate items which the complainant considered related to the United States.
The Authority did not uphold a complaint that a comment made by Patrick Gower during a Newshub segment about the presence of the far right in New Zealand breached the accuracy standard. The Authority found that Mr Gower’s comment that ‘the global far-right is here in New Zealand, influencing us and our politicians whether we realise it or not’ was not a statement of fact to which the accuracy standard applies.
Therefore, the Authority did not consider it likely viewers would be significantly misinformed by their use in this broadcast.Not Upheld: AccuracyThe broadcast[1] A segment on Newshub reported on synthetic cannabis products.
Summary[This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority has not upheld a complaint that a segment on Newshub regarding the Invercargill Licensing Trust Group (ILT) was inaccurate. The item reported on the ILT’s history, purpose and its funding of community projects and ventures. The Authority found that the segment was unlikely to significantly misinform or mislead viewers regarding the ILT.
Summary [This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority has not upheld a complaint that visually displaying the word ‘dickhead’ onscreen during a Newshub item breached the good taste and decency standard.