maiden speech

21 Nov: Analysis of Pauline Hanson’s maiden speech in federal parliament

Martin Lehmann – 8 September, 2003 This is the speech that drove the ruling elites and left-wing media into paroxysms of self-righteous  fury. The Murdoch, Fairfax and Packer journalists, together with the politically correct zealots from the ABC and SBS seized on these words, twisted them into a parody of lies, deceit and slander to launch one of the most defamatory, vicious and scurrilous attacks on the character of a person ever seen in Australia. The journalists spewed out venomous propaganda reminiscent of Nazi Germany. And they followed the Nazi principle that no matter how big the lie, if you tell it often enough it will be believed. The lies they told were: 1) Hansom is anti-Aboriginal 2) Hanson is racist 3) Hanson is xenophobic 4) Hanson is a threat to Australia and to Australia’s reputation. Other journalists, in typical lazy journalistic fashion, uncritically repeated the lies until all journalists…