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Originally Posted by Lightspeed
So you are saying this man's efforts were primarily to secure his own position of power? |
The
fuuuuuck?
During the Savage Labour government all public radio broadcasts of any sort were controlled by the Prime Minister's office. Every word spoken on air literally required the approval of the Prime Minister. Savage's famous quote of the regime was "The government is going to be the master of publicity".
Savage took over as Minister of Broadcasting, wrote and approved his own speeches praising the Labour Government and its policies, and made it
mandatory for all radio stations to broadcast them in full. "Propaganda of a controversial nature" was banned from the air for the public good, and surprise surprise the definition of "propaganda of a controversial nature" officially included anything said or done by His Majesty's Loyal Opposition.
You could not choose a MORE RETARDED EXAMPLE when talking about using influence to secure power. Compared to the Savage Labour government, Key's National government is a bunch of altruistic charity workers on truth drugs.
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