"As the (slightly augmented) saying goes: Scream the error. Whisper the correction."
#MediaWatch on #rnz criticizes the Herald and the Government for spreading the lie that Auckland pedestrian crossings would cost $500,000 each.
The Herald's correction admitted, "This was incorrect. The story also omitted AT’s estimate for the crossings, which it predicts will cost between $19,000 and $31,000 each."
NZ would be a better place if our politics wasn't a team sport.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018926355/dollar500k-auckland-pedestrian-crossing-costs-quietly-corrected
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