Media Spins Death In New Zealand

Here’s another report of how the media spin death making – this time from New Zealand

Palliative Medicine Society goes on the front foot

For those who don’t understand the ‘front foot’ comment, it’s a cricketing term meaning that the batsman goes on the attack. The Australian & New Zealand Society of Medicine have done just that over a story run on New Zealand TV last night. (60 Minutes program on TV3 story: “Fixing to Die”).
To say that the show lacked objectivity would be an understatement. more