"Also linked an article where the media regulator in NZ dismissed claims she'd been misrepresented."
Note to readers:
The article linked also published this statement from Ginny Anderson:
"The authority further said that it was a fact that neo-Nazis attended the British anti-trans campaigner’s Melbourne rally in March 2023 and performed the Nazi salute outside Victorian Parliament."
"The authority said that it was open for the media to describe that neo-Nazis supported Keen. “They (neo-Nazi members of the National Socialist Network) were clearly not counter‑protesters, and they carried large anti-trans signage, indicating support of, or alignment with, Parker’s anti-trans rhetoric. Largely, their presence and actions at the Melbourne event were stated as fact, demonstrated in the accompanying footage for viewers t he authority further said that it was a fact that neo-Nazis attended the British anti-trans campaigner’s Melbourne rally in March 2023 and performed the Nazi salute outside Victorian Parliament."
"The authority said that it was open for the media to describe that neo-Nazis supported Keen. “They (neo-Nazi members of the National Socialist Network) were clearly not counter‑protesters, and they carried large anti-trans signage, indicating support of, or alignment with, Parker’s anti-trans rhetoric. Largely, their presence and actions at the Melbourne event were stated as fact, demonstrated in the accompanying footage for viewers to see for themselves.”
"The media reports that people “doing Nazi salutes” at Keen’s previous events, the authority said, “was a statement of fact, supported by footage, regarding people at a previous event that could not be said to leave viewers with an unfairly negative impression of Parker”.
"Police Minister Ginny Andersen’s statement Keen ‘does court the far right,’ was “her opinion, to which she is entitled”, the authority added.o see for themselves.”
"The media reports that people “doing Nazi salutes” at Keen’s previous events, the authority said, “was a statement of fact, supported by footage, regarding people at a previous event that could not be said to leave viewers with an unfairly negative impression of Parker”.
"Police Minister Ginny Andersen’s statement Keen ‘does court the far right,’ was “her opinion, to which she is entitled”, the authority added."
This is the article here.
https://archive.is/4YJlZ#selection-1305.0-1305.196
This was also the approach that the ABC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, took and in the last week or so have now released that statement also posted up thread that states clearly that KJK has said she has no affiliation with the group.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/corrections/2024-03-27/kellie-jay-keen/103639808
That statement says:
"On 27 March 2023, the ABC broadcast a 7.30 interview with Victorian opposition leader John Pesutto. That interview referred to the organisers of the “Let Women Speak” event held in Melbourne earlier that month and included a social media post by “Posie Parker”. Some viewers may have understood the interview to suggest that Kellie-Jay Keen, who was not named in the interview, who organised the Melbourne “Let Women Speak” event, has associations with Neo-Nazis. The ABC understands Ms Keen denies any association with Neo-Nazis and the ABC does not endorse any imputation that may have been conveyed to that effect."
The Media Council and the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) in NZ has relied on false reports and likely John Pesutto's claims which have also been shown to be based on falsehoods and have now resulted in him facing three counts of defamation. And he certainly cannot say in his defence that ' the ABC 7:30 Report confirmed that KJK has these connections' because the ABC has removed that support irrevocably. His team trawled through wikipedia and created a dossier, without doing their due diligence.
The BSA and Media Council of NZ have made claims about that Neo-nazi that even the Neo-nazi group rejected. The Neo-nazi group stated very clearly on twitter that they were NOT there to support the feminists at all. They have no love for the feminists who were there at all. On page 29 of this thread I went through the event with the Neo-nazis. I am very happy if any poster wishes to know the timeline of the events of that group and their actions on the street. It is actually rather clear when the footage is shown from one of the 'auditors' what happened and how it has been misrepresented.
I suspect that if people renewed their complaints to the NZ authority, particularly after the evidence is shown to be so weak that John Pesutto has relied on, the statements made above would be withdrawn. Because they have been shown to be false and always were. Hence some fucking serious defamation cases against the Victoria state leader of the Australian Liberal Party.
And there is no denying that the statements were made by Ginny Anderson, or the BSA and Media Council or John Pesutto. The issue is that they relied on misinformation and misrepresentation to make their statements. Which is very concerning in view that these are people who are trusted to deal in facts.
By all means, let the claims that KJK is supporting the far right continue. It is a free world after all.
I and others will continue to point out the misrepresentations and falsehoods contained in the links that some posters post. Because misrespresentations and misinformation should always be addressed so that they don't continue to be recycled. And so readers know that when they see these posts that they know whether a poster is deliberately recycling misinformation or not.