Witchunt?
OPINION: Newsroom is running a series of articles looking into the influence of lobbying and has kicked it off with agriculture.
Exhibit A: no amount of evidence that NCEA has failed a generation of kids will stop politicised union hacks, principles and teachers arguing against improvements.
Similarly, the green lobby, not just in the activist Forest & Bird or Greenpeace, but also in parliament itself, are equally determined to block any changes a centre right government might try and make to unshackle economic growth.
Now we see Greenpeace, never ones to let the facts get in the way of a story, sensationalising the risk of glyphosate, running a misleading campaign titled 'Stop Luxon poisoning your porridge!'
Read More:
- Greenpeace fearmongering on glyphosate - Feds
- Federated Farmers calls to strip Greenpeace charity status
- Misguided campaign
