FACT Aotearoa complained to Newsroom about a Voices for Freedom ‘puff piece’ written by investigative journalist Melanie Reid. The Spinoff did a story too, saying it was shocking to see a report under the “Newsroom Investigates” banner providing a high-profile platform to Voices For Freedom. Madeleine Chapman, Editor of Spinoff, explained it allowed their claims about the protest and their own organisation to go largely unchecked.
Read Madeline Chapman’s excellent article.