Matthew Tukaki
@tukakimatt • 19,329 subscribers
not putting up with the bottom dwellers
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None of this sits comfortably with me. As the leader of a nation, you don’t get to pick and choose who you speak to. You are there to speak on behalf of all of us — and to all of us. Like it or not, that’s one of the central pillars of our democracy. When a Prime Minister only talks to who he wants, we call that an echo chamber. But this is bigger than just the PM. This is about democracy, full stop. When you don’t get what you want and instead go on the attack — and we’re seeing that play out right now with the state broadcaster — you have to ask: what’s really going on? Let that sink in. The state broadcaster. Whether it’s the noise around Maiki Sherman or avoiding platforms like Q+A, it’s starting to look less like leadership and more like a childlike tantrum straight out of the Trump playbook. And here’s the real risk — this is how bloggers and influencers fill the gap. They’re not journalists. In the case of Maiki Sherman, the spark came from a blogger who wasn’t even present. A year-old story, suddenly revived and amplified — eagerly picked up by a Minister of Finance ready to run with it. That’s not leadership. That’s opportunism. We should expect better. We must expect better. Grow up, Prime Minister.
Matthew Tukaki10,628 views • 5 months ago
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