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# A Vile Lie about David Seymour
- URL: https://goodoil.news/a-vile-lie-about-david-seymour/
- Published: 2019-12-04T20:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-12-04T16:19:55.000Z
- Author: idbkiwi
- Tags: Free Speech, Media, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

A failing major media company, who today disgusts me so, that I refuse to mention their name, has been running a series of columns advocating ‘quality journalism’ and the benefits thereof to societal good. It seems to be some form of propaganda, a softening-up, to place themselves front-of-queue in the line for taxpayer funding.

Yesterday’s effort to support this inglorious aim was written by ex-Air New Zealand chairman Rob Fyfe who began his spiel specifically warning of fake news and how easy it was to be taken in by lie-mongers. The news organ highlighted an insidious quote from the fellow:

> “Everyone must play their part: the government, media owners and shareholders, and individuals too”.

By ‘individuals’ I think he means taxpayers, but notice the omission? He didn’t include the menagerie of waffling scribes, editors, ‘artists’, half-wits and hangers-on who churn out the daily garbage; perhaps because he knew what was coming – bear with me.

On Sunday, December 1st, 2019, David Seymour issued a press release warning of the dangers of poorly defined hate-speech laws. Mr Seymour said:

> “In that same interview, she \[Ardern\] went on to say the Government would target ‘examples where when you see it, you know it’. This is the danger of hate speech legislation: it is deeply subjective. **Threatening people or inciting violence should absolutely be illegal,**. But using tests as subjective as ‘insulting’ or ‘offensive’ to criminalise speech is dangerous.”

And today, Dec 4th, 2019, the very same flailing news-house produced the following vile lie as representing Mr Seymour’s position:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/the_bfd-ay_a9.jpg)

“David Seymour proposes the decriminalisation of language that is threatening, abusive or insulting, likely to excite hostility…” a direct and deliberate falsification of the man’s actual words: “Threatening people or inciting violence should absolutely be illegal.” They have zero standards and less shame.

Said ‘news’ platform, a bull-horn for lies and fake news, is not failing due to circumstances outside its own control**. It is failing because it deserves to.**