Open AccessReporters and the police: Too close?
Author(s) -
Ana Tupueluelu
Publication year - 2001
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.v7i1.720
Subject(s) - criticism , publishing , project commissioning , law , media studies , criminology , political science , sociology
Criticism about the 'homophobic slant' of coverage of the John Scott double murder in Fiji extends to both how Police Commissioner Isikia Savua's statements were reported and how the media used leaked information to 'paint a picture, which could not be corroborated'