7 Aug 2018

Bridges defends Collins' social media gaffe

From Morning Report, 7:46 am on 7 August 2018

National's leader Simon Bridges won't be disciplining one of his MPs for calling on the Prime Minister to denounce a story about child rape - even though it turned out to be fake. Judith Collins tweeted the story from a website known to be a purveyor of fake news yesterday, and was quickly called out on it. But Mr Bridges isn't going to reprimand her, saying everyone's prone to a social media controversy, including himself. RNZ political reporter Gia Garrick has the story.