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© the artist | Apr 04, 2011

Sloppy Reporting and the Media Tribunal

BAD NEWS: The Media's coverage of the arrest of an axe murderer saw the story change radically over a matter of days, when the murderer was first depicted as a victim himself, based on groundless rumours. JERM says that if the press is not going to keep itself in check for accuracy and fairness, how can it argue against a Media Tribunal fulfilling that need?