Dr Merrell said this in response to the Papua New Guinea government’s new draft national media development policy. “The only media doing that, should be their own (government) public relations department. “Newspapers are not to be mixed with public relations departments. “Instead of the media being the government’s watchdog, the government is trying to become the media’s watchdog,” she said. “What the policy maker must understand is that the media is concerned with the ‘public’ interest not the ‘national’ interest.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 16, 2023 16:31 UTC