Journalism? Really?

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

On Friday, The Gisborne Herald ran a piece with the tagline: RNZ’s First Up reporter Leonard Powell went on a road trip from Whakatāne around the East Cape to test the tone of the East Coast’s towns.

Mr Powell stopped at exactly how many towns?

One — Tokomaru Bay.

And how many people did he interview? Three — one of whom was obviously pre-arranged.

Journalism? Not in my 40-odd years in the news business.

Roger Handford