A win for us

The Post reports:

Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith has made clear that a law change designed to assist the media was shelved because of concerns over how US President Donald Trump might respond. …

Responding to questions from his Labour Party counterpart Reuben Davidson in Parliament on the long hold-up, Goldsmith said “as is highly obvious to everybody, circumstances changed somewhat at the end of 2024 with the US presidency changes, and a more cautious approach was adopted”.

I’m still bemused as to why a National-led Government wanted to pass a law forcing Internet companies to fund NZ media organisations. NZ media have spent a month refusing to report on the MUMA and Willie Jackson story, and National wants to force Internet companies to write huge cheques to them as a reward!

Donald Trump is terrible on Ukraine, on tariffs, on the rule of law, on democracy etc, but he does do well in stopping the NZ Government from doing stupid things sometimes!