Will anyone call him on his hypocrisy?
February 9th, 2012 at 3:04 pm by David FarrarStuff reports:
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says John Key should also be referred to police over his hosting of a radio show, not just RadioLive. …
I’m staggered that Stuff have not reported on the hypocrisy of that statement by Peters.
You see in 2008, the Electoral Commission referred NewstalkZB to the Police, for a prohibited election programme. And what was that election programme? It was an talkback programme hosted by Winston Peters (and another one by Shane Jones).
So Winston in 2008, did exactly what the PM did in 2011.
Unless Winston is being a total hypocrite (which of course he is), one can only conclude that he thinks he should have been referred to the Police in 2008, not just NewstalkZB.
Unlike Key, who did not talk about politics, Peters said during his talkback hosting:
We don’t mind who you vote for in your first vote, but buy yourself some insurance and give New Zealand First your party vote, your second vote
The Electoral Commission concluded in 2008:
the talkback programmes hosted by Winston Peters MP and Shane Jones MP, and broadcast on NewsTalk ZB, were broadcast in circumstances amounting to the commission of offences for the purposes of section 80 of the Broadcasting Act 1989
So let’s not hold our breath waiting for Winston to demand that he also be referred to the Police. Hopefully though the media will at least mention the gross hypocrisy.
Related posts:
- Shane Jones referred to Police for EFA breach
- PM’s Radio Live show referred to Police
- The Police may have missed the deadline for one prosecution
- Why no decisions by Police on electoral breaches?
February 9th, 2012 at 3:12 pm
Winston Peters a hypocrite? Surely not
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Winston’s Greek name is Hippocrites.
Someone once tried creating an oath in his name, but it keep changing on them.
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
Having watched winston for the last couple of days, I have reaffirmed by opinion that anybody who voted for NZfirst last November should be banned from voting for the remained of their natural lives, no ifs or buts. He is a dinosaur that belongs back in the eighties with Hunt, Lange, Muldoon etc etc.
although I do like how he is not being tolerated by either Lockwood or any of the National MPs, very funny!
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 3:56 pm
Calm down Mr Farrar, nothing will happen.This is the NEW NZ under the smarly smiley THE PM JOHN KEY our beloved leader,NOTHING WILL HAPPEN hell the police dont chase up house robberies these days so a bit of election fraud is sweet with the police who are paid by the fraudsters ,the National party.
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
The media seem to be giving Peters a free pass on everything at the moment and lauding his ‘great skill’ in opposition, regardless of the fact that many of his attacks are based on blatant bullshit or deliberate ignorance.
Can Peters keep up the pace for three years?
Can the media fail to see through their own celebrity over integrity obsession for that long?
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 4:16 pm
The media loves Winston because he saves them the trouble of atcually having to think of a proper political story.
He has been confused, inept and blustering in the House this week and put soundly in his place by Lockwood but according to the Herald he is doing brilliantly with his attacks on the government.
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
What concerns me DPF is the BS emanating from the paragons of virtue is the MSM – O’Herald, Fairfax, Newstalk ZB et al.
They claim Key has been “found guilty” of breaking a provision of the ElectoraL Act.
That is CRAP.There has been NO SUCH FINDING.
The dillentantes in the EC have a view. But that does not mean they are correct. Onlky a Court can decide (ultimately the Supreme Court, which is possible in this case if JK is cited as a party) whether the law has been broken.
One would expect a ” reporter” with a level 8 education to know and report that.
Sadly, the W & W MSM (et al) let themselves down again.
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
“I’m staggered that Stuff have not reported on the hypocrisy of that statement by Peters.”
Vote:Staggered? Really? Just a wild stab here but it’s probably not reported because the basis of the story is radio live and John Key. Not Winston.
Sure Winston is a prize hypocrite, if only marginally more than most politicians, but that doesn’t mean he is wrong.
A paragraph pointing it out wouldn’t really do much to the factual base of the story.
February 9th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
Winston does not stand alone on this issue of hypocrisy –
The Labour Party complained to the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) and the commission stating the show breached the Broadcasting Act and that it was unfair their leader at the time, Phil Goff, was not allocated equal time.
If I remember correctly, at the time Labour was not showing their leader in releases nor on billboards and generally trying to play down the fact that he existed, such an embarrassment it was to have a figurehead that they were going to replace immediately after the Election, as they did, in a circus up and down the country. Who was being “unfair to their leader at the time”?
How about a little bloody consistency, Labour? You wanted Radio Live to feature Goff while you pretended he didn’t exist?
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 5:36 pm
Bless, it is only February 9th and Winston has already got DPF looking like a prime candidate for some prescription tranquilizers.
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Winston’s followers and kiwi churnalists aren’t sophisticated enough to see any further than Winston’s soundbite, so no, he won’t be called out.
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 6:44 pm
Meanwhile Plebe has evidence of corruption by the police and the National Party.
Either that or he’s just making up crap as he goes along.
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 6:57 pm
Key sunk to a new low calling Winston a monkey in parliament. Thinly veiled racism…. Perhaps he should stop and think about all the names people are calling him.
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 7:02 pm
joana,
Vote:Key was out of line calling someone that. Besides which, Winston is more of a mosquito.
February 9th, 2012 at 7:17 pm
Perhaps he meant trained monkey, as in Winnie is a one or two trick wonder. Good at those tricks but none the less he has a limited repertoire that you could attribute to a trained lower primate.
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Winnie really should stop pulling himself, he’ll go blind. Shit two days in parliament and enough scandal and bullshit for at least a month. Like the boy that continually cry’s wolf it will all wear a bit thin in the long run. Yeah keep the government honest Winnie but you have three years to fill up, you’ll be a raving lunatic if you keep this bs up.
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 7:23 pm
On topic again, I believe Winnie has cut himself a deal with some Labour spins merchants who have softened up the news outlets, specifically RNZ, to have Winnie spread the smears leaving Labour HQ above the fray.
I guess we’ll see how long the money lasts.
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 9:09 pm
joana,
Racism? It was no such thing. Perhaps the PM was merely trying a line of enquiry to find out who was the ‘organ grinder’…
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 9:18 pm
joana said
After Peters’ tirades against Asian immigrants over the last 20 years? You’re taking the piss aren’t you? Winston Peters is a serial racist of the worst possible kind.
Vote:February 9th, 2012 at 10:57 pm
I wouldn’t be surprised if the “sucking on the tax payer tit” wanker has a heart attack at some stage.
Vote:February 10th, 2012 at 7:37 am
Winston Peters is a serial racist of the worst possible kind.
…..
“Immigration and tax breaks for investment in residential property are being cited as the underlying causes of steep increases in the cost of housing over the past decade.
New Zealand now boasts one of the highest rates of home unaffordability in the world as a result of prices rising far faster than incomes, and the government’s Savings Working Group blames that squarely on the policies of successive governments.
Although “the favourable tax treatment of property investment” accounted for about 50% of house price increases between 2001 and 2007, the working group said, there was also strong evidence that rapid swings in immigration brought about price-rise “shocks”.
There was a sharp spike in immigration in 2001, 2002 and 2003 and, said working group committee member Dr Andrew Coleman, it appeared that property prices did not fall anywhere near as greatly when immigration fell again.
The report added that there was little evidence that immigration boosted local incomes. In fact, the need to build roads and schools meant that net migration contributed to the national deficit. ”
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/4622459/Government-policies-blamed-for-house-prices
Among policy and analytical circles in New Zealand there is a pretty high degree of
enthusiasm for high levels of immigration. Some of that stems from the insights of
literature on increasing returns to scale. Whatever the general global story, the actual
productivity track record here in the wake of very strong inward migration is poor.
In an Australian context, the Productivity Commission – hardly a hot-bed of
xenophobia or populism – concluded that any benefits from migration to Australia
were captured by migrants and there were few or no discernible economic benefits to
Australians. And that was in a country already rich and successful and with
materially higher national saving and domestic investment rates than those in NZ.
http://www.treasury.govt.nz/downloads/pdfs/mi-jarrett-comm.pdf
the benefits accrue to the good old boys of property, eh what!
Nationals never short of a bob???!
Vote:February 10th, 2012 at 8:18 am
Just wait for Winston to once again start saying National have secret trusts and big business backers…. You know the reality is that the only way to actually know what Winston is doing is to listen to him and whatever he accuses others of doing – that’s what he is actually up to. Most sociopaths behave this way.
Vote:February 10th, 2012 at 8:41 am
“Unlike Key, who did not talk about politics, Peters said during his talkback hosting:”
This is a rediculous statemnt, farrar. A major public figure, Prime Minister, hosting a radio show for an hour.. that’s not politics because they didn’t specifically talk politics?? The electoral commission thought otherwise. Incidentlyl, when are you going to prove that Peters is an illegal candidate?? Why stop after the elections?? You can’t replicate Carl Rove, you aren’t nearly as smart but you certainly are immoral enough.
Vote:February 10th, 2012 at 8:46 am
Memory is the first thing to go in the chronically imbibed.
Vote:February 10th, 2012 at 9:44 am
Had to laugh at someone on National Radio this morning saying there can’t be any programmes about the election in the months leading up to voting day. What a stupid country we can be sometimes.
Vote:No wonder so few bother to vote. The elections are such a minefield of confusing and draconian rules that it’s easier to stay out of it altogether.
What happened to free speech?
And who really believes a radio show hosted by the PM in September had such a lasting effect right through the rugby world cup until the end of November?
February 10th, 2012 at 9:45 am
Winston does not care a damn what he is called.
Vote:As now Leader of the Opposition the so called media love a story, and he will give them whatever they want.
The media depends on ratings and making money – nothing else and Winston is helping them.
Did we not have a Labour Party or are they just resting still being in Parliament ? With Winston getting the headlines they have nothing to do.
February 10th, 2012 at 12:29 pm
Booooo Hooooo! Why didn’y Farraf knock out Winston before the electionn (that’s his job). Then we could get away with the same old crap!
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