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Is It Permissible to Say that New Zealand's Parliament is Filled with Idiots? [1]

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Press Gazette (UK): MPs outlaw satire in New Zealand [2]. New Zealand's Parliament has voted itself far-reaching powers to control satire and ridicule of MPs in Parliament, attracting a storm of media and academic criticism. The new standing orders, voted in last month, concern the use of images of Parliamentary debates, and make it a contempt of Parliament for broadcasters or anyone else to use footage of the chamber for "satire, ridicule or denigration".
This sounds so outlandish that I can't believe it's true. We'll keep an eye on this and let you know.

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Source URL (modified on 07/30/2007 - 11:03am): https://www.dmlp.org/it-permissible-say-new-zealands-parliament-filled-idiots

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[1] https://www.dmlp.org/it-permissible-say-new-zealands-parliament-filled-idiots
[2] http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=38302&c=1
[3] https://www.dmlp.org/jurisdiction/international/new-zealand
[4] https://www.dmlp.org/subject-area/censorship