Churls chided
Sir,—The churlishness of your headline writer suggests that your paper has decided to assume a destructive role for the next three years. It may satisfy his proNational bias, but a neutral stance or slight optimism would better serve the community. For instance, while he might have gagged on Monday over a three-inch deep heading, “NEW ZEALAND, YOU’VE WON,” he could at least have acknowledged that Labour gained a 19-seat majority over National. What would he have printed had National won? Today, there is no significant acknowledgment that the Federated Farmers, employers, unions, financiers and the Australian Government have praised the decisiveness and the nature of Mr Lange’s first efforts at economic management. On the other hand, page three has a big headline, and article, “Sir Robert forecasts double-digit inflation.” As the architect of the present distortions, his opinions now would be better left unprinted. — Yours, etc, RICHARD HARMAN. July 19, 1984.
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