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Wednesday, 21 May 2025 13:25

Double standards

Written by  The Hound
Double standards

OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".

The outrage from the keyboard warriors on LinkedIn and the left-wing apparatchiks in the woke media would be visible from space.

However, when Stuff columnist Andrea Vance wrote those exact words about Nicola Willis, Stuff doubled down, backing the columnist to the hilt for the offensive outburst, and the micro-aggression police in the rest of the media did much the same.

The column was also largely incorrect, reading more like a PSA press release.

The hypocrisy and double standards from the defenders of the truth make the Green Party look like amateurs.

NZME shareholders are at least trying to knock the Herald into shape but this old mutt doubts there's not much hope for the publishers of the NZ Farmer - Stuff.

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