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6 Responses to “Somebody pays attention to New Zealand”

1. 1 Amanda
   Jul 31st, 2007 at 2:53 pm

   Heh. When I saw the headline in Bloglines, I just knew this is what it would be.

2. 2 Kieran Bennett
   Jul 31st, 2007 at 3:19 pm

   And who stood up for freedom of speech on this occasion? Who else:

   The Green party tried to strike out the no-satire condition, but was voted down 111-6

3. 3 Katz
   Jul 31st, 2007 at 3:49 pm

   Is footage of NZ pollies rooting sheep regarded as satire under the Act?

4. 4 Michael
   Aug 1st, 2007 at 11:30 am

   Is footage of NZ pollies rooting sheep regarded as satire under the Act?

   It’s only if they root sheep in parliament as I understand the law. And only if it is considered denigrating, which may not be the case across the tasman.

5. 5 Stephen L
   Aug 2nd, 2007 at 11:39 pm

   Actually, with that kind of material to play with I’m surprised Stewart couldn’t make more of it. Frankly this is like that old favourite “this statement is false”. Passing a law like this inherently holds parliament up to satire.

   Plus what Keiran said.

6. 6 Gummo Trotsky
   Aug 3rd, 2007 at 2:22 am

   I think maybe our friends across the Tasman got the idea from this web-site:

   The Commonwealth Parliament makes the broadcast material available on the following condition :

   * The material shall not be used for:
   o political party advertising or election campaigning
   o satire or ridicule

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