The hijacking of the PMs live interview is evidence of how out of touch her Wellington media handlers are with the deep and visceral backlash against lockdown.
The Wellington media handlers know how to control the Press Gallery but their decision to allow a live open air press conference at a time when AntiVaxx extremism is on the rise is remarkably stupid and a reminder of how out of touch Wellington has become with the rest of the country’s lockdown pain.
The Prime Minister should never have been put in that embarrassing position.
Her refusal to answer the questions made her look weak and vulnerable while allowing AntiVaxxers to commandeer a live broadcast!
This was a self inflicted media cluster fuck up, don’t do this again Wellington media handlers, you make the Boss look vulnerable, the total opposite of job description.
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Politicians get heckled, what’s the problem?
Could have been worse, she didn’t get mud or a a dildo thrown at her.
David George – If you think that having a dildo or mud thrown at her is going to upset any New Zealand woman, then (a) you have never lived as a woman in New Zealand and (b) you must have lived a very narrow life indeed.
Two thirds of us – possibly more – have lived with much worse than those sort of publicity-seeking little distractions which are nothing more than comic interludes compared to the dialectics of the gauche oafs who think that they’re men, but are simply over-grown school boys… all the days of their dreary lives.
Well said SW, I concur 🙂
I’m certainly not suggesting that those acts (or the shoddy treatment Helen Clark received) were OK, they do seem to be a problem here in Northland though.
Both the pharmacist and the Maori ethno nationalist woman were clearly out to cause a fuss and try and embarrass the PM. I don’t think she could have done much with these two individuals that would have made the situation any better. All I’m saying is this is not unusual or unprecedented, especially in Northland.
Tee hee! Bull’s eye…
I think the amount of anti Jacinda heckling and propaganda is out of hand.
Yes Labour have done some stupid things (three waters), or not done anything (climate change emissions) but don’t think it is acceptable the level of hatred and rants about her.
Obviously polls show the majority of people living in NZ don’t feel that way, especially on the government handling of Covid!
So suck it up people, she is still popular!
“I think the amount of anti Jacinda heckling and propaganda is out of hand.”
John the dramatist doesn’t think so?
TDB handlers embarrass themselves by allowing the lightweight Nathan Troll to broadcast his announcements! Looking at the photo of the woman bursting her neck veins reminded me so much of Nathan.
Now was the shutting down of the north of northern Northland related to this?
The “journalist” at Kawakawa was representing Counterspin Media, which is owned by the confirmed fuckwit Kelvyn Alp. The anti-vax brigade should do a bit of their much-vaunted “research” into Mr Alp, who is an egotistic fantasist. They could start with a simple Companies Register search. I remain impressed with our Government’s handling of the pandemic. What really disappoints me is the level of fuckwittery Covid has exposed among the ill-informed, terminally stupid and mentally unwell. We are about to see Darwinism in action at this rate.
“What really disappoints me is the level of fuckwittery Covid has exposed among the ill-informed, terminally stupid and mentally unwell.”
Yep sums up Nathaniel perfectly.
bert Listen to those wise words of Father John my son.(sarc)
Johns a bit simple Rodel, you may need to spell it right out for him.
Another thread ruined by flame wars and ad Homs from certain immature posters.
Grow up or get a room and yell at each other there.
Let the grown ups talk about politics.
The heckling was excellent! If she comes around here I’ll be out with a bullhorn.
Heckling was part of old school politics in the analogue world, when thousands belonged to political parties, and attended local meetings and larger public and town hall meetings. Shouting, interjecting and making a nuisance of yourself was part of the scene. Heckling was in effect speaking truth to power and the establishment.
These days, bar the “flying dildo” incident, and Greenpeace actions, political interaction is heavily curated and controlled. Hence the PMs reaction perhaps, just not used to wankers other than the press gallery interrupting her presentation. Did not worry me, apart from the fact that Willow Jean Prime and Emily Henderson just stood there like stunned proverbials, they should at the very least have moved forward and stood beside the PM.
Leaves her protective cocoon of careful choreography at the podium, and she falls apart. No sycophants asking patsy questions – yes Jessica, yes Tova? Two dimensional and pathetic.
From what I saw, the PM did a very good job of handling the situation. She listened to the heckler(s) and attempted to respond during their ongoing rants, by not indulging in a slanging match with either, which should not be taken as a weakness, but instead as a strength by not lowering her standards to that of the hecklers. When she realised the communication was going nowhere, she did the correct thing by continuing elsewhere.
mary_a Agree. Women may be better disciplined this way, but the PM did ok.
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