Herald suckered by Labour - exposed by NBR.

A simply appalling piece of journalism in the Herald is fisked by the NBR. Goldie (the star turn in a Herald article highlighting Labour's $300M election bribe on student loans) is actually the Labour Man on campus at Auckland Uni. No mention whatsoever by the Labour spin doctor, sorry Herald reporter Ainsley Thomson, of Goldie's red connections.

It was either breathtakingly irresponsible of the Herald to make no independent checks of a story (and the relevant numbers) placed by Clark's spin doctors or the most craven piece of left wing luvving at the Herald since, since, ... well, since John Armstrong wrote a story.

Even the most ignorant journalist should have had their bs antenna up and twinkling when it was alleged Goldie (in year 3 of a 4 year BSc - normally not an expensive degree) would save $80,000 under labour....puhlease.