Fallout from the big media merger knockback; questionable coverage of 'cold cases'; a right royal rumour sparks a full-on media flap.

A merger of New Zealand’s two biggest news publishers has been on the table for the past year. This week the competition watchdog pulled the rug out from under it. Mediawatch asks ex-editors if that was the right move, and what it all tells us about the news business today.

The anniversary of Madeleine McCann's disappearance half a world away prompted questionable coverage of so-called 'cold cases' in this part of the world.

Rumours about Prince Phillip's health sent the media here into a major flap last Thursday -- and they flapped even more than most of the media in Britain.

One boy grabbed the media’s attention by confronting peaceful protesters on camera at an Anzac Day service in Wellington. But Bill English made no headlines when he gave voice to a prominent pacifist from the past at a ceremony in the capital soon after.

Winston Peters accused The New Zealand Herald of peddling alternative facts on immigration and he questioned the ethics of two of its "immigrant journalists" this week. Did he have a leg to stand on?

It's often said that newspapers are dying off as rapidly as their ageing readers, but newspapers written by and for children are bucking that trend internationally.

Falsehoods flourished in the media during the Brexit vote in the UK and the election in the US last year. In France, the media are fighting fake news with facts together during a turbulent election there.

A man dubbed "the internet's biggest liar" targeted Gerry Brownlee with fake news just one day into his new job as foreign minister.

Outburst sparks ANZAC dissent debate; Winston Peters singles out Herald journalists; kids' papers offer fresh journalism; fighting fake French election news; Brownlee hit by fake news on day one.