The journalists are right now struggling with the unpalatable fact that the proof of Labour’s pudding, at least in the majority of voters eyes, is not for the eating. It has a sour taste. Their reporting shows, deliberately or otherwise, that the voters are behaving in a way not to their liking. It appears we need to be taught a lesson and convinced of the error of our ways. What else can the continually biased reporting mean? We voters might live in a democracy (of sorts), but it would seem it is incumbent on the plebs (us) to toe the journalistic and left-wing party lines.
How dare we have a mind of our own and, just in case we do, our thoughts must be expunged at the earliest possible moment. This, it is hoped, can be achieved by brainwashing with a biased campaign of writing and rhetoric. The journalists are the grown-up experts in this exercise and we the voters are merely the equivalent of children needing our intellectual nappies changed.
Journalists in this country are, on the whole, a poor reflection on their profession. They fail miserably in the tests of balance and objectivity. This is very apparent in their election coverage. It is beyond obvious what their game is. It is so obvious that I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they didn’t come up with some pathetic trumped-up charge that Luxon could be indicted on, a la Trump in America. Anything to keep their useless bunch of comrades in the race.
Their carry-on over the foreign buyers tax is becoming both embarrassing and tedious. National are not going to release any more information and Nicola Willis has said she will resign if the policy fails, just like Mark Mitchell did on law and order. You never get anyone on the Labour side offering themselves up because they’re all career politicians warming a green leather seat at great cost to the taxpayers and have nowhere else to go. The ones who have resigned are mostly electorate MPs who know they will lose.
Let’s look at a couple of the latest headlines from the Herald:
Audrey Young – National’s numbers problems aren’t going away. (Neither is Audrey unfortunately.)
Within a minute of Audrey’s headline up pops another from Hipkins on exactly the same topic. Are these people in league with each other orchestrating their releases?
Mike Munro – There’s a hole in your bucket, Luxon. (Pathetic: change bucket to head and it sums up the entire Labour Government.)
Meanwhile we have ‘warm fuzzy’ stories and pics about Hipkins in Labour country on the West Coast. He’s talking with the elderly, who look like they have more life in them than him or the party he leads.
These journalists might consider themselves big fish in a small pond but that’s where any semblance of respectability from the public ends. Investigative journalism is what we need, but it has to be on both sides of the political divide. Six years of Labour and you could write a book on their debacles. The journalists haven’t even got to the preface. It’s not too late for them to start, but we won’t be holding our breath.
Like Bob Jones, in a recent article on BFD, I exclude from criticism the husband and wife duos of Mike Hosking and Kate Hawkesby, and Barry Soper and Heather du Plessis-Allan. In his article Bob noted a recent study by AUT’s Centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy. It revealed the lack of trust New Zealanders have in our media.
How dare we have a mind of our own and, just in case we do, our thoughts must be expunged at the earliest possible moment. This, it is hoped, can be achieved by brainwashing with a biased campaign of writing and rhetoric. The journalists are the grown-up experts in this exercise and we the voters are merely the equivalent of children needing our intellectual nappies changed.
Journalists in this country are, on the whole, a poor reflection on their profession. They fail miserably in the tests of balance and objectivity. This is very apparent in their election coverage. It is beyond obvious what their game is. It is so obvious that I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they didn’t come up with some pathetic trumped-up charge that Luxon could be indicted on, a la Trump in America. Anything to keep their useless bunch of comrades in the race.
Their carry-on over the foreign buyers tax is becoming both embarrassing and tedious. National are not going to release any more information and Nicola Willis has said she will resign if the policy fails, just like Mark Mitchell did on law and order. You never get anyone on the Labour side offering themselves up because they’re all career politicians warming a green leather seat at great cost to the taxpayers and have nowhere else to go. The ones who have resigned are mostly electorate MPs who know they will lose.
Let’s look at a couple of the latest headlines from the Herald:
Audrey Young – National’s numbers problems aren’t going away. (Neither is Audrey unfortunately.)
Within a minute of Audrey’s headline up pops another from Hipkins on exactly the same topic. Are these people in league with each other orchestrating their releases?
Mike Munro – There’s a hole in your bucket, Luxon. (Pathetic: change bucket to head and it sums up the entire Labour Government.)
Meanwhile we have ‘warm fuzzy’ stories and pics about Hipkins in Labour country on the West Coast. He’s talking with the elderly, who look like they have more life in them than him or the party he leads.
These journalists might consider themselves big fish in a small pond but that’s where any semblance of respectability from the public ends. Investigative journalism is what we need, but it has to be on both sides of the political divide. Six years of Labour and you could write a book on their debacles. The journalists haven’t even got to the preface. It’s not too late for them to start, but we won’t be holding our breath.
Like Bob Jones, in a recent article on BFD, I exclude from criticism the husband and wife duos of Mike Hosking and Kate Hawkesby, and Barry Soper and Heather du Plessis-Allan. In his article Bob noted a recent study by AUT’s Centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy. It revealed the lack of trust New Zealanders have in our media.
- 82 per cent consider it to be biased along the political lines of the newsroom.
- 73 per cent consider it over-relies on opinion rather than fact.
- 69 per cent of New Zealanders avoid reading or listening to the news, the highest percentage in the world.
5 comments:
Just the begging... the 4th estate is a disgrace and a huge impediment to real change.
Can all these biased sycophants be sacked? Not likely.
Pay them off with a "take it or leave it" deal .... let them take court action. Or join The Guardian
Outrageous arrogance. New Zealanders are better than this.
Don't these clowns realise that the more they demand to know the numbers behind National's tax policy the more they confirm that they rarely, if ever, demanded the same from Labour in the last 6 years.
Can I add two "aspects" to this enlightening article, which sadly the majority of New Zealander's are not going to -
[a] - know about
[b] - let alone read, unless advised by someone to "have a look".
The downside of this "News" domain, is that many New Zealanders are not aware of it, if you mention it to any one - it is dismissed as being unreliable, plus many other verbal statements (not repeatable here). The other "statement made is- How much money did they get from the Govt"?
The other point, is we are seeing the results of "vested interest, in monetary terms, as given to the NZMSM via the PIJF". Thus we are now "being washed with controversial print items (as well as the TV presentations) - that as this article mentions, the denigration of anything other than Labour, the "lets us call upon the "experts" to review a Policy (and ask them to find fault) but promote Labour Policy as being sacrosanct.
I will always state, that Labour has the chance to regain the Treasury benches, based on the Historical aspects of the New Zealander voter of the past, the age that always supported Labour as their parents did, the Unions and now add the younger age that have Left Leaning radical views (learnt from Family and/or University).
The NZMSM and associated NZ Journalists of other agencies, speak of the demise of Labour, on the basis of the POLLS - which do not show or reflect the "true thoughts of the NZ voting Public"- and if Labour "wins", you will see the demise of National and possibly ACT - and the advancement of Maoridom to the point "watch NZ become another South Africa"!.
ANON, of New Zealand
The stupid thing about the coverage of the Nats’ tax is that there is likely enough savings from the inefficient public sector to mean they don’t need many houses to be sold at all to balance the books. National probably knows this with the level of leaks going on, but doesn’t want to say it.
So after the election the Nats should offer a $100,000,000 PIJF
provided they promote anti cogovernment? Sounds fair, plus only advertise with partial news outlets.
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