Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Paul Henry - using the market to punish him

Over at The Hand Mirror readers are being asked to e-mail Breakfast TV advertisers and tell them their custom will be withdrawn if they continue to support Henry's show.

Nothing wrong with that, although it is a bit rich how some loathe the free market yet are happy to exploit it when it suits. I will e-mail the same list to say I don't have a problem with Paul Henry and I won't be withholding any existing or potential custom from them if they continue to patronise Breakfast.

Heritage Hotels/City Life - susang@heritagehotels.co.nz
McDonalds - mark.hawthorne@nz.mcd.com or care@nz.mcd.com
Village Roadshow - info@roadshow.co.nz
Visit Britain - newzealand@visitbritain.org
FreemanX - info@freemanx.co.nz

9 comments:

Lucy said...

I like Paul Henry.

Julie said...

although it is a bit rich how some loathe the free market yet are happy to exploit it when it suits.

Well we have to work in the society we live in. I don't like that the best way to pressure TVNZ on this is to pressure their advertisers. I'd much rather they took responsibility under the code of conduct without the pushing, but I'm not going to just stand above the fray and flap my hands moaning "I don't like this but I can't doooooo anything."

Just as you might access material provided free of charge by the state, but which you think they should probably charge for. Or drive on a state-funded road when you think they should be privately built, and drivers tolled.

We have to live in the world we live in, until the revolution comes ;-)

Lindsay Mitchell said...

Too true.

Anonymous said...

Paul Henry is an advertisers dream. I wonder if Paul gets a slice of the profit cake?

Dirk

Anonymous said...

Not PC had a similar campaign against Hallensteins CEO because his stores stock shirts with Che Guevara's image on them.

I emailed the CEO to support him in going about his lawful business and attempting to increase shareholder value.

Good luck to Julie. No force is involved.

Redbaiter said...

Its not "to punish him". Its to silence him. A hate driven anti free speech campaign that the left (who perceive Henry as right wing) have conducted against Paul for years.

These bigoted cretins despise Henry for only one reason and that is that he does not fit the mould of the spineless PC progressive they approve of.

I've emailed all of those firms listed and told them I will not buy their products or use their services if they succumb to the threats of these commie bastards.

Oswald Bastable said...

Redbaiter- that is haw it has to happen (me too!)

Redbaiter said...

These cowardly totalitarian scum need to be used to decorate a few lamposts when the revolution does come.

Anonymous said...

Redbaiter said...

"These cowardly totalitarian scum need to be used to decorate a few lamposts when the revolution does come."

There....right there is where you lose it Red.All the good stuff you do say gets let down by shit like that.To Red Voltair was a queer progressive no bdoubt...