A critical commentary on the abolition of the Broadcasting Standards Authority, arguing that media self-regulation is vital in the face of digital fragmentation and editorial missteps, while highlighting the ineffectiveness of current oversight bodies like the Media Council.
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You know, this whole thing of I'm not a broadcaster, I'm a webcaster, is just a nonsense to try and duck the BSA's judgment. And he has squealed about this from the get-go because he knew, in my opinion, that he would come under their purview to sit there and go, no, it only covers broadcasts over the air. Okay, well, that's the part that the BSA went, I think we might need to have a redefining of what our role is. I think, you know, there was conversations about platforms like BHM, okay, and as I said, in my view, we should come under the BSA's purview, but at the moment we don't because we broadcast off another platform. it's a youtube broadcasting it so we come under their t's and c's but in the platform's case they have their own website they do their own broadcast it's simulcast on uh different more uh traditional broadcast platforms same with reality check radio as an example which is another one that should be very very pleased about today's judgment that they can just go and do whatever they fuck they want now it's just it's a mess I know why they made this decision it's because they're lazy and they're stupid and it's good for their mates and yeah this is bad for New Zealand's democracy and it's bad for people that need to be able to trust the information that they're getting
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free speech victory for deregulation
Without BSA, ‘people will be able to say anything about anything’ – complainantSocial-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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