{"id":5459,"date":"2023-06-12T04:31:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T16:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=5459"},"modified":"2023-06-12T04:31:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T16:31:54","slug":"rnz-editorial-audit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=5459","title":{"rendered":"RNZ Editorial Audit"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 9 June, RNZ advised of inappropriate editing of several wire service stories relating to the war in Ukraine published on its website.<\/p>\n

RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson initiated an immediate investigation and has announced an external review of RNZ’s processes for the editing of online stories to ensure these are robust.<\/p>\n

The outcome of the review will be made public. The terms of reference for the review and the external experts will be confirmed as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

RNZ is continuing with a detailed audit and analysis of all stories with the potential for inappropriate editing of wire service stories on the website.<\/p>\n

While there is still work to complete, the list below will be updated with\u00a0any stories that have been edited. Currently there are 15 stories.<\/p>\n

As part of the audit,\u00a0we have\u00a0<\/strong>reviewed a\u00a0story published on\u00a0<\/span>rnz.co.nz\u00a0on 26 May,\u00a02022<\/a>\u00a0relating to the war in Ukraine. The story quotes a former senior Labour Party member, Mike Smith, and former government minister, Matt Robson, who were concerned Aotearoa was entering the Ukraine conflict at the whim of the current government.\u00a0This story was\u00a0updated later that day\u00a0to give further balance after an editorial process was followed. We took the story down late last week while we reviewed it and it has now been republished with an explanatory note.<\/p>\n