Rush v Newshub

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

New Zealand Media Council

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

01/04/2024

LITIGATION TYPE

Corporate Accountability

SUBJECT MATTER

Misleading and deceptive conduct

REVIEW TYPE

N/A

SUMMARY

Newshub published an article which reported a scientific paper warning that the catastrophic collapse of a critical Atlantic Ocean current was on the cards if human-caused climate change continues [1]–[2]. Sean Rush complained that the story was alarmist, extreme and misleading [3].

CASE DOCUMENTS

Rush v Newshub [2024] NZMediaC 3504