ONE News:
1. XT network problems (Live cross, Catherine Loft)
2. High country dairy sites (Live cross, Vicki Wilkinson-Baker)
3. Undercover dairy farm footage (ABC)
4. Transpower vs farmer update
5. Minimum wage raised (Heather Duplessis-Allan)
3 News:
1. Minimum wage raised (Duncan Garner)
2. Minimum wage raised (Emma Joliff)
3. Stomach stapling operations (Rebecca Wright)
4. XT network problems (Dave Gosselink)
5. High speed police chase (Juliet Speedy)
Commentary:
Ok, so I’m not 100% sure on the math here (need to check up the tax rules) but both bulletins can’t be right here in their calculations. Using IRD’s website, currently for a minimum wage earner, they pay $2.27 in total for their tax and ACC levies. I’m trying to double check these figures quoted, but I think 3 News is wrong – it can’t be right that minimum wage earners are taxed 40%!
ONE News: $10 – $2.10 in tax – $0.20 in ACC levies = $7.70 in the hand
3 News: $10 – $3.00 New ACC levies in April – $1.00 PAYE tax = $6.00 in the hand
Note: Trevor Mallard also said about $6 in his 3 News interview.
I thought 3 News’ second story was rather silly – dropping coins on the sidewalk, talking about a $10 boutique beer (who on the minimum wage would buy that?), and saying they could always buy a Lotto ticket to solve their money problems.
3 News had pretty impressive video footage of the police chase and aftermath in Ashburton.
Both coveraged the XT network problems in a similar manner.
I did not like how ONE News segued from the High Country dairy sites straight into the undercover dairy farm footage in the US. I do not have all the facts about the proposed high country dairy farms so they may or may not linked but the way they were linked together on the news, potentially causing people to be biased and confused about what is proposed – even if subliminally. Why did the stories need to be connected without explanation?
Verdict:
There were two problems I spotted with 3 News’ and one problem I noted with ONE News.
ONE News
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