Tagged: Press Council

Press Council rules on knowing readers minds? - Code for life

Grant Jacobs • Apr 14, 2015 •

• Homeopathy,
• Press Council,
• Wairarapa Times-Age

Today the New Zealand Press Council released it’s rulings on complaints filed by Mark Hanna and the Science Media Centre about an article on homeopathy in the Wairarapa Times-Age. Mark and Peter have already covered the back story and how these rulings would seem to ‘allow’ newspapers to write inaccurate or unbalance coverage on the basis … Read More

Press Council Complaint: Homeopathy in the Wairarapa Times-Age - Honest Universe

Mark Hanna • Apr 14, 2015 •

• Alternative Medicine,
• Bad Journalism,
• Complaints,
• Homeopathy,
• Medicine,
• New Zealand,
• Peter Griffin,
• Press Council,
• Scepticism,
• Science Media Centre,
• Society for Science Based Healthcare,
• Wairarapa Times-Age

In February this year, an article was published in the Wairarapa Times-Age (both in print and online) headlined Use of natural remedies is on the rise. The article discussed some specific cases of so-called “natural remedies” being used to treat serious diseases, such as intravenous vitamin C for leukaemia and homeopathy to treat various forms […] … Read More