Stuff admits it is a biased rag and not a newspaper

This from Stuff:

Stuff accepts the overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is real and caused by human activity. We welcome robust debate about the appropriate response to climate change, but do not intend to provide a venue for denialism or hoax advocacy. That applies equally to the stories we will publish in Quick! Save the Planet and to our moderation standards for reader comments.

This is totally disgraceful. A newspaper now saying it will censor any views that differ from the viewpoint it chooses to advocate for.

It means that all stories in Stuff should be read as opinions not as fact. It means their journalists are advocates, not reporters.

Whilst this may well have been the case for many years, their blatant disreagrd for alternative views, especially in such a public way is very concerning.

Not surprisingly we see this:-

I want to commend @NZStuff for their new special feature series on climate change. They’re doing NZ a great service by explaining a complex, interconnected set of issues. I’ll repost the series, starting with their introductory editorial: https://t.co/PrP6V2MWet

— James Shaw (@jamespeshaw) November 28, 2018

Presumably that means James Shaw is accepting of censorship and the suppression of free speech. Why is Adam not surprised?

Will we soon see a grant from the Provincial Growth Fund, to reopen community newspapers, recently closed? No, that would be far too cynical.

Yet Stuff  should be applauded as well for openly stating their bias, but will they clearly state that bias when publishing articles on climate issues?

Clearly, they will not publish climate sceptical articles. In that regard it could well be argued, they are failing in a publication’s duty to hold authority to account.

Presumably, all Stuff journalists subscribe to this new policy, or have they just been cowed into submission.