Bob Edlin: Come on, Prime Minister – can’t you drum into the media your focus on merit, not race?

The headlines below illustrate the mainstream media’s fixation with the idea that Maori are getting a raw deal. The implication is that more of them should be Cabinet ministers.

Two of the news reports were generated by our hapless PM’s falling into a trap set by a broadcaster who aimed to embarrass him rather than glean information on behalf of her audience. She succeeded.