20 May 2016

Press Release:"Cameron Slater (WhaleOil) picked on the wrong woman," says Auckland Mayoral candidate Penny Bright

"The Online Media Standards Authority (OMSA), has upheld (in part), my complaint against Whale Oil Beef Hooked, for an article Cameron Slater posted about me on 1 May 2016."

http://www.omsa.co.nz/decisions/bright-v-whale-oil-beef-hooked-16012/

"The water to my property is supplied via a water meter. End of story."

"In my opinion, Cameron Slater has as much knowledge about basic plumbing as he has about proper journalism - ie: very little."

"I don't know if Cameron Slater is/was being paid for his political attacks against myself as an Auckland Mayoral candidate, or if he is paying his 'sources' to effectively snoop around and spy on me, but in my view, there is no place for the sort of 'dirty politics' for which his WhaleOil blog is being used in our New Zealand democracy, and it needs to STOP - now."

"It seems that Cameron Slater has been treated, in the past, in my view, as some sort of politically protected species, but that too, equally needs to stop, and this OMSA decision is a step in the right direction."

"In my understanding, this is the first time that a complaint (albeit in part) to the Online Media Standards Authority (OMSA) has been upheld, against Whale Oil Beef Hooked, and I commend OMSA for their very prompt and effective process for the timely consideration of this complaint."

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