I don't know that I would go so far as to say that they were ever a potential government, but anyway, here's a suggestion that the media has been systematically colluding with National's attack lines, and putting public health at risk in doing so:
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/op...zj5 3UFW94rPc
edit: Oh right, well, crocos already posted this in the nCoV 2019 thread.