GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Culture
WOW..
Following the recent assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump, a 2023 video from TVNZ Breakfast has resurfaced, embarrassing the small country of five million.
The video, which has aged like a 2 litre bottle of Anchor blue top, shows TVNZ presenters taking turns using a salt gun to shoot at a Donald Trump toy, making kiwis wince and look away awkwardly around the country.
“Ooh yeah nah that’s pretty f***ed ay,” said 25 year old Brad from Porirua after being shown the clip.
Josie, 30, from the North Shore, had a similar sentiment. “Really not okay is it? It’s okay to not like the guy, but actually have a look at yourselves.”
Kayla from Wellington was more emphatic in her judgement of the breakfast show. “Oh wow, actually? That is so f***in bad, Breakfast, you’re cancelled. Sorry, bye bye! No one watches you anyway, bye bye!”
TVNZ has always stood against promoting violence against politicians, and has often made the point that words have consequences, so it’s a mystery what was happening on this particular morning.
The state-owned broadcaster has not responded to calls for an apology or an acknowledgement of how bad this looks for us as a country, but this could be because there’s not too many people working there anymore.
More to come.
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