Liam Hehir on Labour’s disinformation

Liam Hehir writes:

This all comes as Labour’s campaign consistently finds itself spreading misinformation.

Hehir lists multiple examples:

• Labour attacks ads saying National will cut a disabled transport subsidy that doesn’t exist
• Wille Jackson saying National will abolish the minimum wage
• Andrew Little saying National will flog off the schools and sack all the teachers
• Shannon Halbert saying National will reduce sick leave from 10 days to five days
• An ad claiming National would bring back interest on student loans
• Duncan Webb claiming National would abolish the Matariki holiday

So this is not an isolated example, but continued and repeated disinformation.

Hehir also points out Hipkins himself has a bad track record himself with misinformation about:

• Hawkes Bay security post cyclone
• Charlotte Bellis
• Northland lockdown blame
• Exaggerating National’s tax cuts by 2500%
• etc
• etc

Labour’s lies have got so bad, even the Disinformation Project were forced to put out a (very mild) release about political misinformation.

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