Liam Hehir on Labour’s disinformation
Liam Hehir writes:
This all comes as Labour’s campaign consistently finds itself spreading misinformation.
Hehir lists multiple examples:
- Labour attacks ads saying National will cut a disabled transport subsidy that doesn’t exist
- Wille Jackson saying National will abolish the minimum wage
- Andrew Little saying National will flog off the schools and sack all the teachers
- Shannon Halbert saying National will reduce sick leave from 10 days to five days
- An ad claiming National would bring back interest on student loans
- Duncan Webb claiming National would abolish the Matariki holiday
So this is not an isolated example, but continued and repeated disinformation.
Hehir also points out Hipkins himself has a bad track record himself with misinformation about:
- Hawkes Bay security post cyclone
- Charlotte Bellis
- Northland lockdown blame
- Exaggerating National’s tax cuts by 2500%
- etc
- etc
Labour’s lies have got so bad, even the Disinformation Project were forced to put out a (very mild) release about political misinformation.