The Broadcasting Standards Authority will be scrapped in favour of having the media self-regulate, the media and communications minister has confirmed. Paul Goldsmith says New Zealand's media landscape has changed dramatically but "regulatory settings have not kept up". It comes after the BSA faced backlash from government ministers following a decision to begin regulating podcasts and online media. BSA seeks to keep pace with changing media A complaint sent by the BSA to The Platform was published on the online platform's website, outlining concerns raised about allegedly "unacceptable racist comments". The letter from the BSA stated it "has found it has jurisdiction" to consider a complaint about The Platform's live talkback programme on the basis the transmission of the programme met the definition of 'broadcasting' in the Act. NZ First leader Winston Peters said at the time it was "blatant overreach" by the BSA and "highly concerning".…