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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008When showing graphic footage (such as autopsy photos) on the news, the broadcaster should use a warning, and put the graphic footage far enough into the news item to give parents a chance to turn off the TV. When running a story about a campaign against child abuse, showing some photos of the beaten body […]
Headline: Police do good job
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008You don’t see that headline too often. This is a bit off-topic, but I had an experience of an emergency 111 call-out over Easter. It turned out to be a false alarm, but police were there within five minutes (a second car arrived a couple of minutes later). They were thoroughly professional. Well done, them. […]
Helpful access-to-court-records case
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008This judgment from Harrison J is a useful addition to journalists’ armoury in their ongoing battle for access to court files. The Sunday News wanted to see the file on Matthew Ridge’s leaky home litigation. The Registrar refused, saying that the paper needed to show “an interest [in the case] greater than that of the public at […]
Just click the link
Thursday, March 20th, 2008Do it now. It takes a minute or so. The lesson might last a lifetime. And I think it has something to say about the media, too.
Highlights from Press Council forum
Sunday, March 16th, 2008Top 10 most interesting points from Thursday’s public forum, “The Press and the Right to Know Under Siege”, where the speakers were Law Commissioner John Burrows QC and the chairs of the Australian and NZ Press Councils, Professor Ken McKinnon and Barry Paterson QC: Barry Paterson, a retired High Court judge, “hated TV in the […]
Injunction continued again
Friday, March 7th, 2008The Hawkes’ Bay Health Board injunction has been continued by consent until after the report is finalised and made public, slated for 17 March. The parties can bring it back before the court before then if circumstances change. I think this is probably a savvy move by Fairfax and APN. It will blunten the “we’re […]
Banned book: get your copy now
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008Anne Hunt’s book Broken Silence, which I think I’m right to say is the only book ever to be banned and ordered to be pulped by NZ’s High Court, is now available for you to buy. The ban was overturned last year in a case I argued in the Court of Appeal (Hunt v A […]
I’m trivia!
Monday, March 3rd, 2008Today’s DomPost 5-minute quiz: 5. Victoria University academic Steven Price is an authority in which field of law? (Quick correction: I’m a barrister rather than an academic these days.)
Fact-checkNg
Monday, March 3rd, 2008A welcome new addition to the NZ Herald: Keith Ng’s new column “Just the facts”, which seeks to ferret out the truth behind factual and statistical claims made by politicians (… and the media?). I think we need more of this kind of journalism. Keith Ng, you may remember, famously exposed the misuse of statistics […]
NZ and Aussie Press Councils to co-host public forum
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008It’s called “The Press and the Right to Know Under Seige”, and will feature a key-note address from Media Law Guru John Burrows QC, and presentations from the chairs of the NZ and Australian Press Councils, Barry Paterson QC and Prof Ken McKinnon respectively. It will be chaired by Justice Randerson. It will be held […]
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