pn631. Is apologising for racial wrongs really the point? UPDATED NOTE.

 

Media giant Stuff, after a protracted study of its own history, has announced that much that it has published on Maori has been racist.  It has apologised for this and introduced guidelines (a Treaty of Waitangi-based charter) to improve its record.

  Surprisingly, left-leaning journalist Chris Trotter has condemned these initiatives, saying apologising for your history is to admit you don't understand it (with which I disagree) and that the apology is likely to result in a White backlash, with which, unfortunately,  I cannot disagree.

Recent Examples of Media Anti-Labour Coalition Bias

It is vital for a healthy democracy that the media keep the public properly informed. If you wonder whether this is the case in New Zealand, you may also care to ponder the political bias of our media which seems to be telling us this government is getting everything wrong.  Not once or twice, but over and over again.  Just look at the online print media headings over the past few days:

From the NZ Herald, one of NZME's media stable that reaches 3.2 million readers and viewers daily. NZME is largely Australian owned. Here's a list of its news, sports and entertainment profile.