The protests attracted big numbers and almost all the signs were, as the organisers requested, on message and polite but the media managed to find a few that weren’t and gave them the focus.
Spot the difference in the coverage of last week’s protest which contrary to its climate focus name was a sort of omnibus protest of the left’s latest causes.
Did you see any of these signs in the mainstream media? (You will have to click on each one to read it properly) :
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Why did a very few rude and/or anti-Ardern signs among the mostly polite Groundswell protesters get coverage when several like this among last week’s protest did not?
Could it be that the former weren’t singing from the left’s song book and the latter were?
If so, the treatment of the signs looks very like signs of media bias.
Ele Ludemann is a North Otago farmer and journalist, who blogs HERE - where this article was sourced.
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Why did a very few rude and/or anti-Ardern signs among the mostly polite Groundswell protesters get coverage when several like this among last week’s protest did not?
Could it be that the former weren’t singing from the left’s song book and the latter were?
If so, the treatment of the signs looks very like signs of media bias.
Ele Ludemann is a North Otago farmer and journalist, who blogs HERE - where this article was sourced.
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