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In July 1985 New Zealand Party leader Bob Jones and president Malcolm McDonald surprised many by announcing the nation's then-third most popular party was taking an 18 month recess. TVNZ went searching for comment, and after chartering a helicopter, found Jones fishing near Turangi. Jones was not amused; he infamously punched reporter Rod Vaughan, arguing later he would fight any charges in court, since the journalists had subjected him to intolerable harassment. When fined $1000, Jones asked the judge if he paid $2000, could he please do it again?
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Anyone commenting on here who cannot recognise the gross intrusion of privacy and the sanctimonious attitude of our pathetic media, may well indeed be a moron.
Shocking comments here from people supporting this kind of violent behaviour....You should be more supportive of the media, if it wasn't for them holding politicians accountable, they'd get away with anything and everything. Obviously a lot of you have absolutely zero understanding for how the media actually works in your favour for keeping politicians (who you SHOULD be more skeptical of) honest.
I preferred it when he chivalrously 'defended' Yoko Ono from a camerman by smacking him over in a Tokyo museum....
What a prize idiot.
I don't agree with how the reporters went about this but it's shameful when a politician, a representative of our country and role model, solves problems like a gorilla.
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nick
Posted at 07.50PM - 16.05.2012
Well done Bob!!!, with an intrusion of privacy such as this, the reporter got exactly what he deserved. Refreshing to see a "straight up/ non pc" reaction.