23 Apr 2019

John Campbell's musical chairs and a paper's Notre Dame hoaxing

From Nine To Noon, 11:44 am on 23 April 2019
On the first weekend after the fire that devastated Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, tourists swarmed in front of the historic monument and took selfies.

On the first weekend after the fire that devastated Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, tourists swarmed in front of the historic monument and took selfies. Photo: Denis Meyer / Hans Lucas/AFP

Media commentator Gavin Ellis looks at what TVNZ's up to with John Campbell joining Breakfast, how the hoaxing of the Taranaki Daily News over Notre Dame is a good lesson to take nothing for granted and why was the damning Environment Aotearoa 2019 Report given scant media attention?

Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald.  He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz