Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 26, 2021 5:27:44 GMT 12
Frank Newman: FACT-CHECKING THE FACT-CHECK
On the 15th of September 2021, Sky News Australia host Andrew Bolt ran a segment on "apartheid" in New Zealand. He introduced it as follows:
"Jacinda Ardern. Prime Minister of New Zealand. She has been the poster child of the left for a couple of years now. But what she is doing to New Zealand actually amazes me. In fact it scares me. Be warned. This is where woke politics is taking us all to a form of apartheid."
During the segment, the Australian news channel host interviewed Dr Muriel Newman, director of the New Zealand Centre for Political Research which she founded in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament.
The interview canvassed a range of topics including: the He Puapua report, Maori representation, the Treaty of Waitangi, the Public Interest Journalism Fund, and Three Waters. The full clip can be seen here > tinyurl.com/yh4tlana
The following day Newshub (a New Zealand multi-platform news service that airs on TV channel Three, radio stations run by MediaWorks Radio, and on digital platforms) published an article called, "Fact-check of Sky News Australia segment warning of 'apartheid' in New Zealand". It was written by Newshub reporter Zane Small, and started with the comment, "Sky News Australia host Andrew Bolt has warned of ‘apartheid’ in New Zealand, pointing to the controversial He Puapua report and Three Waters reforms - but many of the claims are questionable."
Newshub's report may be seen here > tinyurl.com/ydrtgefx
What follows is a fact-check of Newshub’s fact-check.........
Read Frank's fact-checking of Newshub here > breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2021/09/frank-newman-fact-checking-fact-check.html
On the 15th of September 2021, Sky News Australia host Andrew Bolt ran a segment on "apartheid" in New Zealand. He introduced it as follows:
"Jacinda Ardern. Prime Minister of New Zealand. She has been the poster child of the left for a couple of years now. But what she is doing to New Zealand actually amazes me. In fact it scares me. Be warned. This is where woke politics is taking us all to a form of apartheid."
During the segment, the Australian news channel host interviewed Dr Muriel Newman, director of the New Zealand Centre for Political Research which she founded in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament.
The interview canvassed a range of topics including: the He Puapua report, Maori representation, the Treaty of Waitangi, the Public Interest Journalism Fund, and Three Waters. The full clip can be seen here > tinyurl.com/yh4tlana
The following day Newshub (a New Zealand multi-platform news service that airs on TV channel Three, radio stations run by MediaWorks Radio, and on digital platforms) published an article called, "Fact-check of Sky News Australia segment warning of 'apartheid' in New Zealand". It was written by Newshub reporter Zane Small, and started with the comment, "Sky News Australia host Andrew Bolt has warned of ‘apartheid’ in New Zealand, pointing to the controversial He Puapua report and Three Waters reforms - but many of the claims are questionable."
Newshub's report may be seen here > tinyurl.com/ydrtgefx
What follows is a fact-check of Newshub’s fact-check.........
Read Frank's fact-checking of Newshub here > breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2021/09/frank-newman-fact-checking-fact-check.html