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The Authority found the accuracy standard was not breached as the broadcast was materially accurate, and the balance standard did not apply, as the questions did not reflect a controversial issue of public importance.Not Upheld: Accuracy, BalanceThe broadcast[1] An item on 1 News broadcast on 16 March 2022 discussed National Party MP Nicola Willis being appointed the party’s Finance Spokesperson.
But, on the other hand, they'd also know that he didn't really gel with the public when he was last National Party leader, really suffered in those polls.
FairnessThe broadcast was an ‘extremely unfair representation of The National Party on such an incredibly charged issue in this country and for [women] worldwide, it cast them to be what MP Willow Jean Prime had [inaccurately] tried to paint them as.
TVNZ also referred to other 1 News items which discussed National Party’s tax policy, so it is ‘reasonable to expect that viewers’ would be aware of alternative viewpoints.1 Fairness TVNZ did not agree ‘that the extract used of Ms Ardern's statement misrepresents her meaning.
‘In the case of this 1 News item, Grant Robertson was not criticised or scrutinised in any way, his statement concerning the National Party’s tax policy and how this could affect first home buyers was included for viewers’ reference.’
Summary [This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority has not upheld a complaint that an item on Newshub Live at 6pm on 7 October 2021, reporting on criticism of National Party leader Hon Judith Collins in the Mood of the Boardroom survey, breached the balance and fairness standards by failing to refer to the survey’s criticism of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Not Upheld: Fairness, Balance, Accuracy The broadcast [1] A segment on Q+A with Jack Tame, broadcast on 11 June 2023, included an interview with National Party Leader, Christopher Luxon.
The interview concerned a matter of public interest: the Māori electoral roll, and a proposal blocked by the National Party that could have affected Māori voter participation in a direct and immediate way. Ms Sherman is a political reporter expected to ask probing questions of politicians and solicit answers for viewers. Mr Smith is an experienced politician and the National Party’s electoral law reform spokesperson.
Party’s top 12 MPs.
The first complaint related to a segment on the Five O’Clock Report which featured an interview with National Party MP Mark Mitchell. The second complaint related to a segment on the Morning Report featuring an interview with then leader of the Opposition, Simon Bridges. Robert Terry complained that the Five O’Clock Report segment contained biased coverage and that the Morning Report segment required balance.
Further, given other wide-ranging coverage on the issue, listeners could reasonably be expected to be aware of other views.Not Upheld: BalanceThe broadcast[1] An item on RNZ National’s 1pm News bulletin of 7 March 2022, reported on economist Dr Eric Crampton’s view of the National Party’s policy on the bright-line test.
And yes of course it’s important, and yes he’s the leader of the National Party but we are getting the message, stay at home, if you can work from home you should do so and as you say it comes after David Clark the Health Minister has been told off for not following the rules either and going on a mountain bike and he is yet to publicly apologise for that.
Well, that is how the National Party leader, Christopher Luxon describes the rebranded Three Waters reforms announced by the Government yesterday. National’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Watts says the rebrand won’t fool New Zealanders.
She challenged him about the spread of ‘misinformation’ by National Party MPs, specifically in relation to a tweet by Chris Penk, including referring to it as ‘fake news’:SF: Are you going to be exerting any control over your MPs that are spreading misinformation about this?
(David Bennett, National Party Corrections spokesperson) As we noted in relation to Mr Garrett’s complaint on this topic addressed in Decision No. 2019-079, the standard clearly recognises that balance is not achieved by a ‘stopwatch’; in other words, alternative perspectives do not have to be given equal broadcast time to satisfy the requirements of the standard.6 Although Mr Bennett’s statement was brief, it clearly presented an opposing view, from his perspective as the National Party’s spokesperson
Summary [This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority has not upheld a complaint about a segment of Newshub Nation which discussed the National Party’s top Members of Parliament (MPs) under then leader Todd Muller. In the segment, reporter Tova O’Brien asked ‘Why is it that all of these women do the mahi and then this dude gets the treat?’
The Authority has not upheld a complaint about a segment on The Project, in which host (and comedian) Jeremy Corbett compared the time then National Party Leader Todd Muller and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent thinking before responding to a question about whether US President Donald Trump is racist.
It may mean:1) fairly clear but not absolutely clear2) absolutely clearI put it that the second meaning is intended by the law and that the NZ National Party breaches this condition in its television advertising.
Two items on 21 and 22 May 2020 comprised interviews with Mr Hooton about the National Party leadership contest at that time, following which an item on 24 May 2020 discussed the emergence of Mr Hooton’s conflict of interest in this regard. The complaint was the 21 and 22 May items failed to disclose the conflict and the 24 May item failed to address it adequately.
He contended that the exchange as reported left the listener with the impression that the National Party leader was a “Johnny-come-lately” to the issues. [3] However, he continued, Hansard showed that a few minutes after the exchange, the National Party leader had raised a point of order and sought to table two documents which showed that he had previously raised the issues.