Comments on Rogers case
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007The missing angle in the media Did anyone in the media report that virtually all the Supreme Court judges seem to believe that, as Blanchard J puts it, “the police would appear to have acted beyond their powers” in releasing the videotaped confession to the media, because they are required to treat evidence as secret […]
Sunday and the Rogers case
Monday, November 19th, 2007Okay, I’ve seen the programme now. Interestingly, TVNZ has also posted the whole interview with Noel Rogers. Good on them for that, I think. As I’ve said all along, I think there was public interest in the videoed interview, for at least three reasons: 1. It allows us to better judge whether the Court of […]
Press Council review is out
Friday, November 16th, 2007The review of the operations of the Press Council has now been released. It’s long. There’s an extensive list of recommendations, and most of them look pretty sensible to me. They involve: — a much expanded budget and administration; — new fast-track complaints mechanisms (a mediation option involving a Chief Executive, and a rapid-consideration option […]
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