Posts Tagged ‘Women’
Reading between the choices of spin![]() When National leaked and then announced the home insulation fund they had a choice about how to spin it. I can easily think of four options they had (I’m sure there are others):
National chose option 4 – why? It’s not the best PR option and it’s not the most on message, every other option had clear weathering the recession messages plus something forward looking and visionary. Instead they chose the staid dull message which appeals only to the traditional infrastructure industries. The only explanation I could come up with is that traditional infrastructure is where National’s traditional funders and backers have come from, perhaps they wasted a golden opportunity for positive spin for a little old fashioned pay back? This post was, in part, inspired by Zetetic’s post about National’s current lack of attention to the concerns of female voters. A couple of their options would’ve been great options if they cared about women voters, instead they chose the spin best suited for the Fletcher Building board. Key’s real attitude to women is showing![]() He did such a good job during the campaign, but the mask is slipping. In what world is it reasonable to investigate an allegation of serious sexual harassment by speaking only to the person said to have done the harassing and, on the basis alone, deciding that it didn’t happen and saying publicly that you “accepted [his] version of events“? In what world is it reasonable to say that if you’re given evidence of sexual harassment you’ll give it straight to the media? In John Key’s world apparently: where the old boys’ club is strong and a leader sides with his men no matter what. Well at least until the political math tells him otherwise. In case anyone’s missing the nuance: Key has told the media he believes the woman in question is a liar and has threatened to publicly humiliate her if she doesn’t back down. All without even trying to talk to her, all on the word of his good old mate Richard Worth whose unpleasant track record Key is well aware of. Nice eh? |