Thursday, December 18, 2008

How National won the 2008 elections

In a recent talk, Noam Chomsky talks about the role of people like Crosby / Textor in election campaigns and how they undermine democracy. Also included would be the those like NZ Herald who banged on and on about the cost of the ETS while never mentioning the cost of doing nothing or reporting (that I can find) the latest research showing climate change to be caused by humans. Similarly the mis-named "anti-smacking" law. Never once did they tell people (that I can find, anyway) it has ALWAYS been illegal to hit children. Under the old law, the S59 defence only became relevant AFTER the police laid charges. Only people who actually read the law know that. The other 85% didn't....and still don't.

Arguably, they actively mislead people in order to prevent them from making an informed choice....and they are still doing it.



The full length talk ("What Next? The Elections, the Economy, and the World") can be seen here:

Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ohXvM648mc
Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vpstw1EAuI
Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ofeCz4b7o
Posted by Steve Withers at 12:59 AM
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