The 'Posie Parker' madness of New Zealand’s mainstream media in just seven days.

When Kellie-Jay Keen came to New Zealand, our mainstream media lost their shite. Or, more precisely, they lost their shite for the whole week preceding her visit. I’ve been in this world for a while, and I don’t think I have ever seen our mainstream media give just one lone woman visitor that much relentless interest before, much of it negative and hostile, in just one week. If I’m wrong, I’m happy to be shown.

A person, who prefers not to be named, did a week’s tally of news items that had ‘Posie Parker’ in them, which is mostly how our media refers to Kellie-Jay Keen. A staggering 158 were collected for the seven days leading up to 27 March 2023 - and that’s probably still not everything.

The violence against Kellie-Jay Keen, and other women (and men) at the Let Women Speak rally in Auckland on 25 March 2023, by trans activists was without a single shred of doubt aided and abetted by a week of our mainstream media stoking up antagonism against her. Creating a situation where she feared for her life on the day may not have been their collective aim, but it was the result.

It was like our mainstream media lost all control of their professionalism and circumspection. Instead, they indulged themselves in a frenzy of writing articles about her based on findings gleaned from internet gossip, rumour, hyperbolic commentary from trans activists and neo-rainbow groups, and disinformation. We unbelievingly witnessed this descent into dross from professional journalists, with the blessings of what we’re supposed to consider reputable media.

There was little attempt, or indeed desire, it seemed, to get another side of the story. The very little which did get sought was peppered with pugnacity. The mainstream media capture by the narrative from trans activists was absolute, atrocious, and complete. Whether there has been a reckoning within their ranks since then, I don’t know, although there have been one or two small signs of possibly pulling their horns in. I hesitate to get optimistic too quickly, though.

The notable exceptions to the above media madness were Rachel Smalley who gave Di Landy from Mana Wāhine Kōrero, the co-organisers of the Let Women Speak rallies in NZ, a five minute interview on the now defunct TodayFM, and Sean Plunket from The Platform. Rachel went on afterwards to write a couple of articles which promoted women’s rights, at odds with the trans activist narrative, which reportedly earned her no little ill-will from a number of fellow journalists. Since the demise of TodayFM, Rachel has written as a columnist for the National Business Review. Sean Plunket saw his listenership increase exponentially.

After the Let Women Speak rally the mainstream media were a little more subdued. The violence at it had been seen by millions around the world, and could not be glossed over. Initially, they did try, though, with references to it being a few “scuffles” and a bit of “pushing”, as well as a scene of pure trans joy according to one reporter, and two others saying it was relatively peaceful (this article appears to have been added to with some additional balanced reporting of the events since first published). All I can say is that perhaps those reporters should be sacked, if, despite being there, they missed the biggest event of mob violence against women in New Zealand ever.

So, here for posterity, is the list of 158 news items in New Zealand’s mainstream media as of 11am on 27 March 2023, and for the six days prior. In the interests of veracity and accuracy, the below list of news items come with the following disclaimers -

·       ‘Posie Parker NZ’, searched 11am on Monday 27 March 2023 and six days prior only.

·       Results are not exhaustive, and only cover written articles.

·       Some of the links in the list no longer work.

'Posie Parker' search results 27.03.2023

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