Intense scrutiny was directed towards Radio NZ journalist Mick Hall after he was accused of creating “Russian propaganda”. In the maelstrom that followed, he resigned and retreated from the public eye even as his motivations
were questioned. In an exclusive interview, Mick Hall talks to David Fisher.
“I’m not a Russian agent. I’m just a journalist trying to do my job.”
Former Radio NZ sub-editor Mick Hall knows where he went wrong. He is also very strongly driven to talk about what he considers he did right.
His “inappropriate edits” to international news agency stories were called “pro-Kremlin garbage” by Radio NZ chief executive Paul Thompson, a description that sparked speculation of a Russian mole at work in the state broadcaster’s engine room.
Hall: “I’ve done some shameful things in my life and I don’t think what I did at…
