BROADCAST DEBATES.
I agree with your leader in a recent "Star" on broadcast debates. The so-callcd debates do not by any means represent what takes place in "Parliament oft' the air." More than one Government member has made much ibout the' readmission of the five-year-olds to school—a much more useful, purpose would he served by the admission of some of the 50-year-old M.P.'s to school. Before any member is allowed to broadcast he should be required to pass an educational test. Many of our sixteen-year-old boys and girls who listen in will get a shock. Wireless is supposed to be for the amusement, entertainment and education of the public. The Parliamentary debates are fraudulent; they do not represent Parliament—they are not amusing or educational. They are just political bluff. On both sides of the House. CITIZEN.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 193, 15 August 1936, Page 8
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