Over the past few days we have seen the unedifying behaviour of mainstream journalists as they seek to create stories out of nowhere. They are so put out that neither Christopher Luxon nor David Seymour, nor especially Winston Peters, will speak to them. They are very put out that their inane and facile questions aren’t being answered.
It all started with Glenn McConnell from Stuff (the effeminate whoopsy who bears a striking resemblance to man-child Shaneel Lal) getting all outraged because Winston Peters read him his highly questionable pedigree:
NZ First leader Winston Peters has evaded questions after the final results of the election were released.
Peters is the only one of the three coalition leaders to have avoided political reporters since the Electoral Commission confirmed the results on Friday. Those results, which were updated after 603,257 special votes were counted, dealt Peters and NZ First a far stronger hand going into negotiations to form the next government.
The final result took two seats from National, thereby removing the ability for National leader Christopher Luxon to form a two-party coalition with ACT alone. To govern, Luxon now requires Peters’ support.
Both Luxon and Peters attended the opening ceremony of the Auckland Diwali Festival on Saturday, but neither were keen to speak to reporters there.
Peters declined to take part in an organised press stand up after the event. He then chastised Stuff, which asked him:
- How negotiations were progressing
- Why he did not respond to the ACT Party, as its leader David Seymour said attempts to “reach out” had been ignored
- If Seymour would make a good finance minister or could be one
- And when he would start speaking to political reporters again.
Responding to those questions, Peters hit out at Stuff.
“Listen sunshine, you didn’t want to know what I was saying before the election. Now you want to talk to me after,” he replied.
Stuff
I saw McConnell in action at the NZ First campaign launch. He was petulant and churlish then and copped a bashing at the time. Winston Peters knows exactly who he is and what he is about, and clearly has decided it isn’t worth the time and effort to even talk with him. Winston Peters is right not to. McConnell may well have political reporter on his business card but he is a dolt and his questions prove it.
Stuff then tried a different approach, sending Amberleigh Jack out to the campaign launch for the Port Waikato by-election. Instead of reporting what happened, we got a thinly veiled hatchet job showing just how childish and bent Stuff reporters are:
As the time neared for ‘the Kingmaker’’s arrival, the room filled quickly, more turned up than anticipated – more plastic chairs were brought in. One young teen stood out amongst the crowd. His hair was one of few that retained its natural melanin.
I mean What. The Actual… F…?
Ageist, abusive, churlish? Yes. News? Not even close. Yet this is what Stuff wants us to believe is quality journalism. It is rubbish, not even news: axe-grinding agitprop.
Little wonder Winston Peters, the elder statesman of NZ politics, has little time for them. He is showing them the level of respect they show him. He is only picking up what they are laying down, so why are they surprised?
Then we get this little piece of puerility from 1News:
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has arrived in Wellington ahead of a meeting with his caucus, kicked off with a two minute walk through the airport where he ignored reporters’ questions.
It echoes a similar scene during the campaign where Peters ignored 27 questions as he walked from the arrivals lounge to a taxi.
Peters’ arrival in Wellington follows the announcement of the official 2023 election results on Friday last week, which saw National lose two seats after special votes were counted. Along with a bigger parliamentary overhang due to Te Pati Maori winning six electorate seats – more than its party vote allocation – it meant National and ACT would need New Zealand First to make up the numbers to form a government.
Greeting Peters as he arrived at Wellington Airport, reporters asked a range of questions, including:
“How are you feeling? How are you doing today? Have you spoken to [ACT leader] Mr Seymour? Are you worried that the ACT party is going to hold up negotiations? Is that a bottom line for you, the pension age? How long will negotiations take? Anything nice to say about David Seymour? Have you spoken to David Seymour yet?”
One reporter even offered to carry Peters’ carry-on suitcase down a flight of stairs for him.
“I’m just being nice, genuinely,” the reporter said.
1News
Imagine if Winston had accepted the offer to carry his suitcase. 1News would have led this evening’s news bulletin with: “Winston Peters unable to carry his own suitcase, has to be helped by media – is he able to still be in coalition?” Yeah media, nice try, go eff yourself.
These journalists are facile, churlish dolts, undeserving of any answers, and it is high time that politicians treated them with the contempt they deserve.
If I were Winston Peters the next words out of my mouth would be, ‘It’s time to defund the media’. Then set about ensuring that the new Government put a moratorium on ALL government advertising for at least six months, forcing the scumbags to start having to work for their living. Take away their state funding in all its forms. Then see how they cope with that.
They are the enemy of the people, attention-seeking haters and wreckers who are a large part of the problem we face in New Zealand. Time to take a wrecking ball to them.
One way to take a wrecking ball to them is to ensure outlets like ourselves here at The BFD enjoy your financial support. Remove your eyeballs and ears from other media, they are not worthy.
Right now though, Winston Peters is doing exactly what I voted for him to do… and giving them the long handle… which is what they deserve.
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