The Tim Jago story is now gone from the front pages of RNZ, Stuff & NZ Herald. As yet there has been no serious effort to question David Seymour. I think it's fair to call this an unprecedented level of protection by media outlets
It is increasingly fair to ask why that is
It is increasingly fair to ask why that is
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/david-seymour-floats-pulling-out-of-paris-agreement-after-2026-election/KYMLYYQAUBCFBACWJVEDTMMVPU/
https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360567518/act-leader-david-seymour-denies-wrongdoing-over-tim-jago-allegations
TWO MONTHS
8 weeks
Roughly 87 658.1277 minutes
That he did not tell the police
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even for us, and a couple of the other left media places - we're only ever really *responding* to news, so we still rely on some level of objectivity from legacy outlets :|
When have you ever seen the same story on the front page of Stuff for 3 days in a row?
I'm not saying they're meeting in dark rooms, but there is class solidarity there. If they want to nail Jago then let's see it. But it's specifically Seymour and ACT that are being protected imo
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salacious#
What WASP middle-aged men do is THEIR business, what Golriz - attractive, young, woman, is OUR business!
No one is blaming individual journalists
Wealth has bought huge swaths of media worlwide and its created a system that is toxic.
Refusing to see that certain people are systematically vilified while others are systematically protected is not helpful.
Plus, it's the weekend. David Seymour isn't answering his emails. Most political journalists with those kinds of connections aren't working the weekend. The follow-up stories are 100% coming
2 'Seymour denies wrongdoing' is circling the wagons, not scathing.
Has anyone suggested Seymour resign after this final distasteful scandal in a series of strikes against him? Including him snapchatting teens - he's been super close with Jago.
Why not?
-Seymour was first contacted about then-ACT president Tim Jago being a “sexual predator” in November 2022, two months before Jago was charged with indecent assault and exited from the ACT Party.
I suggest reading the rest for more scathe.
Media have been increasingly tied up structurally, if not by leadership or radicalised reporters. But Boucher's connection to right-wing political elements, while claiming it was 'non-political' kinda blew the lid off
very small country we have here with a shrinking pool of media
For the most part there never has to be direct interference, that's part of the problem
but the constant use of ACT press release as copy is past the point of "it's easier"
Much like murdoch has no editorial say.
Seymour safely on a plane back to his cave, and it's out of the news cycle by Tuesday.
I was under the impression it was unofficial - and was meaning to write an email to RNZ to see if they'd consider making an official one
Makes questioning hard.
Hoping to see more Monday? If not i here Seymour is going to be turning up, unwelcome, to Waitangi, would make a good question time imo.