Outlet track record
1News
New Zealand public-service, mainstream centrist
1News is the news arm of TVNZ, a Crown-owned broadcaster that is funded mainly by advertising and run at arm's length from the government. Its orientation is mainstream, centrist and public-service. It reports the Trump administration mostly through standard news coverage rather than a clear pro- or anti-administration line, and it has faced a ruling over one Trump-related report.
Owned by1News is the news division of Television New Zealand (TVNZ), a company wholly owned by the New Zealand Crown. Its board is appointed by the shareholding Ministers (Finance, and Media and Communications). Editorial independence from government is written into the Television New Zealand Act 2003.
LeaningNew Zealand public-service, mainstream centrist
On the administrationmostly neutral
2average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun