Risky business
OPINION: In the same way that even a stopped clock is right twice a day, economists sometimes get it right.
He believes this seriously harmed public trust in the media, as evidenced by a recent AUT survey, which showed trust has plummeted by 20 percentage points since 2020.
There are also real questions about proper transparency of exactly how the PIJF money was used.
For instance, not all media outlets who secured funding appear to have made any acknowledgement of NZ on Air or the PIJF for this taxpayer funding in its publications.
Surely there needs to be a proper public audit of the PIJF.
