TV time for Socred attacked
“ pa Auckland. ;. .. j •1 The Labour Party has at-. •I tacked the Broadcasting Cor-; Iporation’s offer of equal free ’I television time for Social; >i Credit at the General Elec-' ! ltion in November. '1 The president of the : |Labour Party, Mr J. P. An-j 'iderton, called it “an appall-: ; ling example of broadcasting) I expediency.” ■ ; A National Party director,' | Mr Barry Leavy, gave a terse J “No comment.”,' i The Social. Credit leader,. Mr B. C. Beetham, when ■told of Labour’s, reaction,! said: "The Labour Party!
I. prattles on about democracy/ [but when it is practised it -.doesn’t like it.” Officials of the three par- !! ties were told of the deci-; ision by the chairman of the ■'Broadcasting Corporation. Mr lan Cross, at a meeting: ! on Wednesday afternoon. Labour and National, it is believed, have both de-; /manded written explanations, •from Mr Cross-on what cri-; • iteria the decision was made. ! Mr Anderton said the pro-. , posal followed "neither prec-. edent or principle. The only : ,| sensible way to allocate time ,iie on the basis of the last' •i General Election results.” j
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