Open AccessCommentary: The news media – the Prime Minister’s view
Author(s) -
Helen Clark
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pacific journalism review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2324-2035
pISSN - 1023-9499
DOI - 10.24135/pjr.v14i1.919
Subject(s) - prime minister , freedom of the press , publishing , democracy , project commissioning , government (linguistics) , political science , law , prime (order theory) , media ethics , journalism , media studies , sociology , politics , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , combinatorics
New Zealand has not always been the robust little democracy with the freedom of speech enjoyed today. The election of the first Labour government, the 1951 Waterfront Lockout emergency regulations and the Muldoon era were all testing times for the news media. In the first of the three commentaries, Prime Minister Helen Clark examines a politician’s view of media rights, responsibilities and ethics.