Posting this because NZME won’t

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A newsletter from the Free Speech Union says:

Longstanding BusinessDesk columnist and financial journalist, Jenny Ruth, has covered controversy and crisis for decades, but these are not easy days for opinion-piece writers voicing ‘questionable’ views. 

When reporting on the Free Speech Union’s work pressuring NZME (which owns BusinessDesk) to publicly discuss their policy towards advertising and editorial independence at the upcoming AGM, she referred to the Speak Up for Women advertisements which were refused. NZME claimed these ads were ‘potentially inflammatory, would compromise NZME’s reputation and draw it into a debate in which it does not take a view’. 

In a thorough review of our advocacy for dedication to free speech from New Zealand’s largest publisher, she concluded with a personal reflection on the work she has previously done for women, including assisting in setting up first feminist refuge in Auckland for battered women. Her final lines give a taste for how she views the…

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