MEDIA

Away from government watchdogs, QWAG is also interested in the practices employed by the media. Whistleblowers need to understand these practices if our purposes are to be best served by the media and its professionals. There are also instances where media practices can be detrimental to whistleblowers, and QWAG needs to be aware of the circumstances where the risks of such detriment may be at hand. Alleged detrimental practices include:

1. Failures to report matters of public interest regarding significant disclosures on alleged government corruption, such as may have occurred with certain outlets regarding major developments with the Heiner Affair;
2. Alleged defamation of principal whistleblowers, such as may have occurred to Fitzgerald Inquiry whistleblower Inspector Colin Dillon; and
3. Allegedly providing to the public information that was given to the journalist off the record
4. Allegedly providing to the Court, when under the direction of the Court to do so, the records of disclosures made to journalists and / or names of whistleblowers.