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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nick Perry

New Zealand public radio apologizes for publishing 'pro-Kremlin garbage' after wire stories altered

New Zealand Herald

The head of New Zealand’s public radio station apologized Monday for publishing “pro-Kremlin garbage” on its website after more than a dozen wire stories on the Ukraine war were found to have been altered.

Most of the stories, which date back more than a year, were written by the Reuters news agency and were changed at Radio New Zealand to include Russian propaganda. A digital journalist from RNZ has been placed on leave pending the result of an employment investigation.

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