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Broadcasting Standards Authority to be scrapped (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 1 week ago by Dave@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.nz

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The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) will be scrapped in favour of having the media self-regulate, the media and communications minister has confirmed.

"The suggestion is that the Media Council would become a sort of a self-regulatory body for journalism and holding standards, and so people can go through that process," he told Midday Report.

"Alternatively, they can just turn it off and listen to somebody else. And then any entity, if they find that they're offending everybody and nobody listens to them, will soon be out of business."

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[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So.. you can now just say whatever you like? Was this lobbied by Joe Rogan?

[–] MadPsyentist@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Our political parties dont want to be tied to pesky nuisances like facts and logic. They want to be able to say things that whip the people up into a frenzy!

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago

Great. We are turning into America.

[–] _ed@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Talk about an abdication of responsibility.

But it's ok some of the edgelord broadcasters have a solution.

...If misinformation was being spread online, people could complain to those spreading it, he said...

Eyes a rolling.

[–] _ed@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago

At the same time, it is no longer local news organisations, radio and television to manage. How would a modern framework work and what communications would it be able to oversee?

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 week ago

That is psychotic; I guess they want Fox News, because this is how you get Fox News.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 week ago

This is awful. The nz alt media space is so fucking vile with this gone its going to seep into mainstream programming.

The alt media space is currently dominated by extremists on both ends but the right is much larger so it's going to be what ends up on TV.

[–] MadPsyentist@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 week ago

Only going to happen if they get in... again!