What is with the news lately? Front page on the NZ Herald site is an article about Peter Davis commenting publicly on the Electoral Finance Bill. Who cares? The Electoral Finance Bill shouldn't have been made news in the first place, at least not to the extent it has been. No, its not an attack on Democracy as published last week. No, it isn't the government exerting control over the public. This bill is about trying to prevent private supports from buying elections. Of course the National Party don't like this, we all know what happened last election with the Exclusive Breathren. But really, if the PM's Husband wants to get up and say that the Herald have it all wrong, he can right? No? And wait, lets have a little poll to see if our readers think so to. Of course. You conservative twats. If Mr Davis wishes to make political commentary its his right.
Of course not.
Our esteemed newspaper has been on a continuing downward spiral for many years now. They're more concerned with profits that facts. How many stories seem to come straight off Reuters? A good many. Even local stories can take hours, sometimes days to turn up, after being on Stuff or The SMH or The Melbourne Age. I'm aware that we're not exactly spoilt for choice here in NZ, and we pretty much have to take whatever the media conglomerates give us, but surely we won't buy into every little piece of crap they serve up.
A beacon of hope remains. And luckily, theres no shortage of astute commentary to help up wade through the sludge. Thanks Hard News, you keep me sane.
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