The shock of the news - and a critical shortage in the state of the arts; TVNZ top-table changes; reserving the right to be wrong - even in an emergency.

This week Mediawatch looks at a new survey which found that the arts and culture gets only a half of the coverage that our media devote to sports. A leading local critic tells Mediawatch how to improve that - and the quality of arts criticism.

Mediawatch also looks at a watchdog's ruling on broadcasts that downplayed the danger of Cyclone Gabrielle earlier this year.

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details