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NZ Media Council upholds complaint on accuracy [story about Green MP Julie Anne Genter] (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 3 months ago by Dave@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.nz

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The NZ Media Council has upheld a complaint against a RNZ story on accuracy.

The story titled Florist says Julie Anne Genter exchange was a 'massive imbalance of power' was about a Wellington florist's claim of being bullied by Green MP Julie Anne Genter over a controversial cycleway project in Newtown.

The article incorrectly claimed that car parks were removed from outside the florist's shop to make way for a cycleway.

Complainant Tom Pearce provided photographic evidence showing there have never been car parks or a cycleway directly outside the shop on Riddiford Street.

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've been reading a lot of American news lately and while that's a dumb mistake for rnz to make it's refreshing to see a falsehood be corrected.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 months ago

A bit weird that they fought it, though. With the ruling they were told if they had corrected it as soon as they had been told then they wouldn't have had a problem.