Shock horror: SST turns on PM
August 25th, 2008 at 8:18 am by David FarrarThe Beehive must be in crisis mode. The Sunday Star-Times launched a savage attack on the Prime Minister in yesterday’s editorial.
Their editorial was full of praise for the Prime Minister and her handling of Foreign Affairs. It was an editorial worthy of a nobel peace prize nomination. But they ruined it towards the end, with just two words. They conceded the Prime Minister was “not perfect”.
Such savage press criticism can not be tolerated. I am sure the PM’s Office will be complaining to the Press Council and asking the Sunday Star-Times to justify its editorial position that the Prime Minister is “not perfect”.
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August 25th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Yes…but with a little “digital dentistry” she will (again) be perfect when her pledge cards roll out and the election campaign proper begins.
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 8:37 am
It’s a hard road to find the perfect PM but as the Speights ad said there’s time.
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 8:39 am
“Their editorial was full of praise for the Prime Minister and her handling of Foreign Affairs. It was an editorial worthy of a nobel peace prize nomination…….”
I’m sure the same was said about Neville Chamberlain’s “handling of foreign affairs” in his day, too.
“They conceded the Prime Minister was “not perfect”.”
I am getting quite happy with the increasingly absurd transparent bias of much of our MSM. I am sure that it is too late for them to actually suck people in this easily any more, and that all they are in fact doing is destroting their own credibility. Here’s to “New Media”, it’s time it took over. Some columnist I read recently reckoned that 2004 was the year the MSM in the USA lost their ability to set the agenda. That time must be almost upon us in NZ.
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 8:45 am
SST are xploring a new unbiaised reporting style.
It may take a few decades to perfect.
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 8:48 am
lol HP – I guess you could say of the PM
“She doesn’t drink Speight’s but”
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 8:50 am
she probably does drink speights mate. god knows no-one else does.
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Sunday Star Times are ever so clever. They write stories so well, so as to convince skeptikal Kiwis that this is managed manipulated, and censored just like in China.
Like at the Olympic Games, Helun is the front person to sing and dance, because the real power is much uglier, fatter, and nastier!
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Oh I thought you were talking about that wacko retribution lot the Sensible Sentencing Trust and their stupid, break the law if it suits you comments over the weekend.
Is that a get out and break the law directive from the SST or what, wackos!
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Er, pro-government editorial, diddums!
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Well a the only government in living memory to have laid charges of sedition, I expect Labour will now see to it that the editor of the SST will be hauled before the courts on treason as a result of those comments.
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 9:50 am
oh, the negative karma standard toadies are at work, dorks
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 10:25 am
I cancelled the SST some months ago.
Am I correct that the Editor is “leaving” (after disasterous circulation downturn)
BUT has a lovely State Services role with Palmer’s Law Commission as a a sinecure for her govenment support?
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Tim Selwyn posted on Ms Brett at Tumeke today.
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Blah blah blah… “I am sure the PM’s Office will be complaining to the Press Council…” etc etc etc
What a dick!
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 11:02 am
expat
The good thing about karma – what goes around….
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Eventually they’re going to need to keep selling newspapers then you’ll see them turn on the former second woman PM of NZ.
This Helen is god line isn’t really grabbing the readers like it used to.
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I see that left winger cate Brett is off to some over paid semi government role.
No doubt to be replaced by another member of the screeching sisterhood.
I only buy the SSTs for the full on belly laughs it provides as an excuse for unbiased reporting
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
The only thing that must mean is that H2 is perfect –
Splutter Barf Choke !!
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
“Their editorial was full of praise for the Prime Minister and her handling of Foreign Affairs. It was an editorial worthy of a nobel peace prize nomination. But they ruined it towards the end, with just two words. They conceded the Prime Minister was “not perfect”.”
Oh dear, we can’t have the peasants knowing the truth now. Call out the firing squad!
http://www.kiwipolemicist.wordpress.com
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Speights is a great drink….and I say that as a staunch Aucklander who previoiusly thought Spieghts was drunk by sheep bothering sex offenders from the “mainland….(wankers!)
;-0
Vote:August 25th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
What do you think now?
That Speights is only drunk by Dorklanders who’re too tight to spend the extra buck and buy lion rouge?
Vote:August 26th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
fight fight fight fight!
The demon drink strikes again.
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