Monday, 16 March 2015, 10:32 am Press Release: Family First
Call to Boycott TV ‘Bully’ Show
Family First NZ is
calling on families to boycott the TV show X Factor New
Zealand until judges Natalia Kills and Willy Moon are
removed.
“X Factor is supposed to be a celebration of
talent – not a demonstration of public bullying and
humiliation. The show should be safe for families to watch
but after media coverage of their offensive verbal stoush in
Kingsland, the couple’s response to that coverage, and now
the ugly behaviour on the show last night, it is clear that
they are degrading what should be a positive watch for
families,” says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family
First NZ.
“At a time when schools and communities are
doing all they can to prevent bullying and verbal abuse like
this, X Factor is setting an atrocious example. Constructive
feedback is one thing. Moon and Kills’ tirade was anything
but constructive. It was playground bullying of the worst
kind.”
“It’s time that families voted with their
remote controls and sent a clear message to the producers of
X Factor and to TV3 – change the
judges.”
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