Plunket appointed to BSA

NBR reports:

Something I (and other media) missed during the hurly-burly of the campaign but the Twitterati picked up on overnight: On September 7, the New Zealand Government Gazette ran a brief statement from Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Maggie Barry, announcing Sean Plunket had been appointed to the Broadcasting Standards Authority – the body that deals with viewer and listener complaints about allegedly offensive content.

Mr Plunket will serve a three-year term.

An excellent appointment. Sean is a strong supporter of freedom of speech, so good to have him on a body which deals with balancing the speech of broadcasters with their obligations to be fair and accurate.