Thursday, June 30, 2011

Macsyna King and Ian Wishart's Book

Just as the Coroner's hearing for the death of the Kahui twins was in its last days, Mr Wishart reveals his book about Macsyna. Perfect timing! Garuanteed to sell record numbers of copies. If he can get book shops to sell it. If they don't there's Trade Me and Australia. In spite of the facebook boycott Mr. Wishart can get around the "lynch mob" as he calls it. However there's a potential problem, which is the aftermath of the Coroner's findings. What if there's enough evidence from the hearing to prosecute Macsyna? One has to ask why she wasn't at home at the time in question? Surely her negligence of the twins was appalling, unforgiveable and since their births regular. Whatever Mr. Wishart gets for the story, it will be dirt money and an exploitation of the twins deaths. Horrible. Free speech? No. Ratshit journalism more like it. One thing's for sure. Mr. Wishart has set off another round of media frenzy to equal the first one. It will add nothing to an understanding of child abuse. But then that's never the purpose.

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