MP guilty of umm, nothing

1 News breathlessly reports:

1News can reveal that a National Party MP is part of a religious group embroiled in alleged child abuse being investigated in New Zealand, Australia, and the USA.

Ilam MP Hamish Campbell said while he’s been made aware of the historical allegations through the media, he has no personal knowledge of the individuals involved.

So the MP gets ambush journalism from TVNZ because he is involved in a religious group. He doesn’t know either the alleged victims or perpetrators or the alleged child abuse, but lets do guilt by association.

Compare that to the softly softly coverage by the media of a left leaning MP who posted photos of children to social media with sexualised terms.

Campbell said the church was “a non-denominational Christian group just trying to live the best way possible”.

“I have an association through my family. I’ve also been a scientist for the last 20 years, so I have quite a broad view socially liberal.”

Such a total beatup.