A discussion on media ethics and accountability surrounding TVNZ's legal threat to suppress reporting on a homophobic slur incident involving political editor Mikey Sherman, with commentary on public interest, journalistic standards, and the role of press gallery influence.
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Now, going by online commentary, there seems to be a strong perception that media covered up the fact that TVNZ's political editor Mikey Sherman used a homophobic slur on a colleague for nearly a year. Mike Hosking revealed this morning that TVNZ sent us at Newstalk ZB a letter threatening legal action if the story was run, and we've, of course, already revealed that members of the press gallery raised concerns with us at Newstalk ZB about us potentially running this story. James Hollings is the Massey University Journalism... legalism programme lead and former news editor and with us. Hi James.
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