Written By:
Sam Cash - Date published:
8:50 am, July 11th, 2008 - 3 comments
Categories: climate change, Media, spin -
Tags: matthew hooton, radio nz
The day that National Radio publicises a ‘survey’ produced by Matthew Hooton is a very strange day. That day is today. Hooton’s ‘independent’ ‘survey’ finds flaws in the Emissions Trading Scheme. ‘Amazing’.
For those with long memories, it reminds one of a survey the Sunday News ran back in the Dark Ages (early ’96) when Mike Moore wanted to be Labour leader again, and was trying to roll Aunty Helen. The News ran a poll which amazingly found that a majority of Porirua voters wanted Chairman Mike to lead the workers’ party. What the News didn’t mention – or maybe didn’t know – was that the ‘independent’ poll was undertaken by a couple of rogue Labour Research Unit workers firmly from the Moore-ite cell.
That Nat Rad has stooped to such levels is a pretty dark day for journalism, if we hadn’t already endured so many dark days in recent times.
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But hold on, is an announcement by the PSA, who support the Labour party, of a survey critical of national plans ok? Why didnt you criticise that announcement or media coverage for the sake of consistency
hooton is a angry little ant (so tis said) but it was good to see Sean Plunkett chop him down when he tried to butt in over Bunny Mcdiarmid from Greenpeace. Expect more nonsense from hooton leading up to the election. his major flaw is that if he ever stood in an electorate nobody would vote for him and the national party know that so he is farmed out to make mischief in the meedia.
rjs – the PSA survey was openly a union-commissioned survey run by UMR. A listener this morning wouldn’t have known National party activist Matthew Hooton is behind Exeltium or the role he and his company have had in lobbying against the ETS.