The Authority has not upheld a complaint about a Mike’s Minute segment on the Royal Commission’s report ‘Whitiki Aotearoa: further lessons from COVID-19 to prepare Aotearoa New Zealand for a…
New Zealanders with lower trust in media are more likely to perceive bias in reporting, but the vast majority recognise broadcasters’ freedom to choose how stories are told.
TVNZ breached broadcasting standards in its reporting of comments by President Trump in an item on the arrest of the man suspected of shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Broadcasting…
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has confirmed it has jurisdiction to consider a complaint about content transmitted by an online broadcaster.
The Authority has not upheld a complaint that an interview on Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan about the Gene Technology Bill breached the balance standard.
The Authority has not upheld a complaint that a 1News broadcast about the greyhound racing industry’s perspective on their impending ban was unbalanced.
New Zealanders’ tolerance for offensive language in broadcasting has fallen in the past four years, partly reversing a long-term trend of softening attitudes.