An overlooked part of Talley’s Group’s defamation case against TVNZ is its attempt to get TVNZ to disclose its confidential sources. It applied to court to make TVNZ give them up.
This was a real test of our journalist source
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A note about data breaches
By Steven
It’s becoming a regular thing to see hackers get hold of reams of private data and threaten to leak it. (See recently: Manage My Health and Neighbourly leaks. And in recent years: Commerce Commission and Te Whata Ora.)
Courts readily…
On crooks and Labour voters
By Steven
There’s a sort of maxim we talk about in defamation classes in law school. It illustrates a point, and it’s good for a chuckle. “It’s not defamatory to call a crook an honest person”. Because it’s only defamatory if it…
BSA bludgeons balance standard again
By Steven
I have long been frustrated that the BSA seems to have defined the balance standard almost out of existence. Balance isn’t required because the thing you’re complaining about wasn’t the focus of the programme. Or the programme’s not controversial. Or…
Reality Check Radio weighs in on BSA jurisdiction issue
By Steven
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has given Reality Check Radio permission to make submissions on the question (raised by a complaint about The Platform) of whether the BSA has jurisdiction over online broadcasters.
The BSA has also published a copy of…
The last word on Canadian alcohol guidelines
By Steven
I’ve written to Dr Adam Shenk at the Canadian Centre for Substance and Addiction, which wrote the report containing new (two-drink) guidelines.
He says that while Health Canada commissioned the guidelines, it has not posted them or endorsed them. He…
Talley’s defamation decision looks strange to me
By Steven
I read a lot of judgments, and particularly ones about media law. I have never felt more disconcerted than when I read this one.
As you probably know, Talley’s sued TVNZ for defamation over a series of stories (and related…
Should I issue a correction?
By Steven
Should the Media Council issue a retraction?
By Steven
Well, this is interesting.
After writing the post below, I was contacted by Andrew Galloway, the Executive Director of Alcohol Healthwatch. Guess what? He says the 2-drink guideline is in fact official Canadian policy. He refers to an email from…
Media regulation system breaking down?
By Steven
It was bound to happen sooner or later.
Complaints are being made to both the Media Council and the Broadcasting Standards Authority about basically the same stories. And they’re reaching different conclusions.
How can this happen? Easily. Let’s say Radio…