When archiving some old articles I found this article from 2012. Having been a victim of Ben's brand of biased "journalism" I wonder if it is true. He describes Kerry as a "energy consultant" who was hired during last election to attack the LEC. A surprise to me. His attack was fundamental to the defeat of Bob Fearnley but was it all paid (and not reported to the Chief Electoral Officer) by energy companies?
His appearance at Council over the last six months has been a typhoon of large reports, printed and delivered in fancy binders for the media and Council, mostly concerning the LEC. He claims to have spent over $1000 fighting the pro-LEC Lower Lonsdale Business Association over their Business Improvement Association initiative.
Has this been the actions of a zealous citizen, an election candidate with money to burn or an initiative funded by energy companies concerned with the LEC's market share, achieved by their monopoly status?
Kerry looked to me as a wannabe candidate trolling for attention on the media stroll but is there more to it? It did appear to me that he was doing a lot of pre-election spending to get media attention since incumbents get media coverage that would cost other candidates tens of thousands of dollars and he was just trying to balance the playing field.
Or is it just Ben repeating what was told to him by Councillor Keating and not applying rigorous journalistic standards to info given to him by an obvious partisan source? Maybe time will tell? I know I will be studying the disclosure filing when and if Kerry runs and noting all activity to check on the reporting.
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