!["News organisations don't often end up in court for [defamation], but when they do it's big news."](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Defamation-case-TVNZ-680wide--218x150.png "Mediawatch: Talley’s vs TVNZ in defamation confrontation")
Tag: Gary Cunningham
Mediawatch: Jailed Australian foreign correspondent’s life spread across the big screen
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
In 1979, Sam Neill appeared in an Australian comedy movie about hacks on a Sydney newspaper.
The Journalist was billed...
!["News organisations don't often end up in court for [defamation], but when they do it's big news."](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Defamation-case-TVNZ-680wide--100x70.png "Mediawatch: Talley’s vs TVNZ in defamation confrontation")
