'Smear against Socred’
PA Wellington The Social Credit leader (Mr Beetham) has said a deliberate “smear campaign” had been mounted against two visiting Social Credit officials from British Columbia. Highly selective newspaper clippings from British Columbia ’ had been dropped anonymously among journalists in Wellington and other parts of the country, he said. Most journalists ignored
them, or when they used them gave the visitors, Mr Hugh Harris and Mr Bill Ritchie, a chance to rebut them. . “Social Credit expects to get more of this from its political opponents over the next few months because they are almost totally bereft of anything positive to offer.” Mr Beetham said. “They are descending to political muck in their desiperation to halt the Social ICredit advance.”
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Press, 26 February 1981, Page 5
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