Sky New Zealand pulls Sky News Australia off air over Christchurch massacre coverage

Independent channel says decision by Rupert Murdoch’s company to show ‘distressing’ footage of terror attack is behind move

Sky New Zealand has pulled fellow broadcaster Sky News Australia off air until the channel stops broadcasting clips from the Christchurch mosque shooter’s Facebook live stream.

In a tweet posted on Saturday morning, Sky New Zealand, an independently-owned broadcaster, said it had decided to remove the Australian 24-hour news channel from its platform because of the distressing footage.

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