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Line 24: == Controversies == In 1991 ~~T''he~~''The ''Star'' featured in the film ''[[JFK (film)\|JFK]]'', with the claim that the 23 November 1963 edition of the ''Star'', shown in the film, had published details of [[Lee Harvey Oswald]]'s which the ''Star'' could only have had access to if they were pre-packaged before the assassination. The paper's chief reporter later said that this was simply wrong, as Oswald had been arrested at around 10 am New Zealand time, and the ''Star'' was not published until early to mid-afternoon New Zealand time. With access to US wire services that had photographs and biographical details from Oswald's prior defection to and return from the Soviet Union, a front page was drawn up in the time available.<ref>Christchurch City Libraries, [http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Newspapers/Star23Nov1963/ The Christchurch Star 23 November 1963]</ref> In 2020 ''The Star'' faced criticism for advertising propaganda defending the [[Chinese Communist Party]]’s policies such as their [[Xinjiang internment camps\|systematic detention of Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang province of China]].<ref>{{Cite news\|date=2 August 2020\|title=Critics deplore China's NZ ads defending policies\|language=en-NZ\|work=NZ Herald\|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12353116\|access-date=22 August 2020\|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> The Star defends their continued publication of these advertisements, as it sees them as expressions of “free speech”. Concerns have been raised over the advertisements not making clear distinctions between opinion and fact.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Pro-China ad campaign in Chch newspaper worries expert\|work=[[Newstalk ZB]]\|url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/anne-marie-brady-pro-china-ad-campaign-in-christchurch-newspaper-is-very-concerning/\|access-date=22 August 2020}}</ref>

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