tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post8446571539794099950..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: Consistent and clearAndrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-4175149611709139812014-05-21T22:35:17.234+10:002014-05-21T22:35:17.234+10:00Helen...
I'm a female who wrote that entry.
...Helen...<br /><br />I'm a female who wrote that entry.<br /><br />The women in that series have qualities I see in her as well.<br /><br />Selfish, , manipulative and opportunistic with an obsession for power and status.<br /><br />It's also a tacky stereotype of Australian women that have an over inflated sense of their own importance with zero qualifications to match their nasty propaganda. <br /><br />That's why Helen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-8075327925574171312014-05-17T21:55:12.223+10:002014-05-17T21:55:12.223+10:00Andrew, I have regularly looked at your site, espe...Andrew, I have regularly looked at your site, especially with its nomenclature of "politically homeless".<br /><br />But I have short memory. Please list your blogs which thoroughly analyse the unworthiness of the Coalition to be in government - and especially those which expose the idiocy of Abbott.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-57489498477824667972014-05-17T16:10:16.745+10:002014-05-17T16:10:16.745+10:00LOL, :( so very true tho.LOL, :( so very true tho.Lewis1https://www.blogger.com/profile/01446090868527274626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-15756023951064167532014-05-15T09:08:14.513+10:002014-05-15T09:08:14.513+10:00I have no love for Ms Credlin and am horrified by ...I have no love for Ms Credlin and am horrified by the way in which our current PM is used as a sockpuppet by an unelected staffer. However, I have to ask why people react to this enormously (illegitimately) powerful professional by comparing her to a Real Housewife. Really? Really??? Would you talk about Max the Axe or Mark Textor in those terms? Of course not.<br />Credlin is terrible, but you will not get anywhere by making shallow sexist observations of her terribleness.Helenhttp://castironbalcony.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-80167158461613236852014-05-14T20:35:42.315+10:002014-05-14T20:35:42.315+10:00Sarah Fergusons budget interview with Hockey was G...Sarah Fergusons budget interview with Hockey was GOLD.<br /><br />His hand movements under the desk during the interview was very revealing<br /><br />Now that's journalism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-68692306990688719102014-05-13T13:00:08.636+10:002014-05-13T13:00:08.636+10:00It is also rather hilariously, the name of the ...It is also rather hilariously, the name of the 'in-flight' magazine on all Chinese high-speed rail. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-48393564353393967222014-05-12T23:21:04.956+10:002014-05-12T23:21:04.956+10:00Why not Andrew?
Please elaborate in a more detail...Why not Andrew?<br /><br />Please elaborate in a more detailed response .<br /><br />Cheers<br />XAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-5220294866767636732014-05-12T17:50:22.326+10:002014-05-12T17:50:22.326+10:00The comments on the second linked Murphy article m...The comments on the second linked Murphy article make me think the readership has seen through her too.Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-85330551309789142912014-05-12T12:39:37.836+10:002014-05-12T12:39:37.836+10:00It was the same in the years leading up to 2010 el...It was the same in the years leading up to 2010 election. The Coalition got an armchair ride from the media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-74470630828935619642014-05-12T09:58:02.823+10:002014-05-12T09:58:02.823+10:00On Murphy, I have always been annoyed by the unthi...On Murphy, I have always been annoyed by the unthinking banality of her reporting. As another poster mentioned, it would be marginally more credible if she just stuck to reporting and left the commentary and analysis to others. She compounds this flaw by defending what she does.<br /><br />The self-revelation about her came in her praise of Grattan, who taught her everything she knows. That explains a lot: another who was obsessed with process and unable to see the wood for the trees.Gorgeous Dunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540625260311418333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-6719548453725766952014-05-12T08:45:47.320+10:002014-05-12T08:45:47.320+10:00They are still at it.
The new narrative goes like ...They are still at it.<br />The new narrative goes like this.<br />Once upon a time a terribly wicked witch called Juliar told a big, big fib of the nastiest nature. That lie became known across the realm as the Great Carbon Tax Betrayal.<br />Sir Tony of Manly lived up to his title by driving the wicked witch from the realm.<br />Then he sat on her throne. And guess what kiddies he told the people that he wanted to bring in a back door carbon tax in the form of a fuel levy. Yes he did. Yes he did. And what's more he wanted to take more money from mums and dads and sick people and yes, old people.<br />The people were angry. Some were sad. Many were worried. A smaller number were very suspicious.<br />Then something strange happened.<br />Sir Tony's town criers went out and told the people that their leader was very brave, 'crazy brave' even and that he was forcing all of us to take the horrible medicine which would make us better.<br />His lies were good for us.<br />The people cheered.<br />The suspicious ones wept and went home and shut their doors firmly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-71202900409376899832014-05-11T21:33:46.894+10:002014-05-11T21:33:46.894+10:00Marty, she reports to you on matters of public int...Marty, she reports to you on matters of public interest, and you are entitled to call her out when she does the wrong thing by you. She thinks she's done her job when she's filled a blank page with whatever; you are right to insist that she provide you with knowledge you need and can use.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-21247989736539657022014-05-11T21:29:38.206+10:002014-05-11T21:29:38.206+10:00I'm quoting Murphy, ask her.I'm quoting Murphy, ask her.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-5454207850516345232014-05-11T21:28:54.352+10:002014-05-11T21:28:54.352+10:00Editors decide who goes to the press gallery and w...Editors decide who goes to the press gallery and who doesn't, too. I have dealt with them in earlier posts.<br /><br />Murphy doesn't try to be hard-hitting, and it's neither here nor there that she hasn't worked for Murdoch. She is at her best when transcribing what is said, a task done already at public expense by Hansard. Sometimes you can be too close to a situation to fully understand it, and that's what has happened to Murphy and her colleagues.<br /><br />I don't regard Gemma Jones as a real journalist and have no interest in picking easy marks. I used to go after Annabel Crabb and Niki Savva but they are a waste of time.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-62283316706793696342014-05-11T21:15:36.248+10:002014-05-11T21:15:36.248+10:00...which is kind of like a waiter saying "Wel......which is kind of like a waiter saying "Well how many restaurants have YOU worked in?" if you send your meal back for being undercooked.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412983524190021368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-16898119917587336032014-05-11T21:09:18.360+10:002014-05-11T21:09:18.360+10:00Tim Dunlop rightly belled that cat when he said th...Tim Dunlop rightly belled that cat when he said that 'no clear narrative' really means 'I cannot cope with complexity'. If they can't cope with their jobs, there are othersAndrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-63337004978696021382014-05-11T21:05:00.529+10:002014-05-11T21:05:00.529+10:00None of their other problems - falling ad revenues...None of their other problems - falling ad revenues, whatever - can be solved until this basic judgment about what is and isn't news is fixed.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-16094447690171606112014-05-11T17:35:01.768+10:002014-05-11T17:35:01.768+10:00Hear, Hear!Hear, Hear!Pedro of Canberranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-74034414432579025332014-05-11T16:23:11.677+10:002014-05-11T16:23:11.677+10:00I found the same thing when I criticised this very...I found the same thing when I criticised this very article. Got back the 'well, what do you do for a living' followed by, well you mustn't be very good at it.<br /><br />For a moment I thought, well, that's fair enough. She's a professional journalist, who am I to criticise people doing things I don't know how to do?<br /><br />And then I thought, Ms Murphy is a political journalist and member of the press gallery. Sniping from the sidelines about people doing things she doesn't is pretty much her job description.<br /><br />When Guardian Australia launched I was thrilled. Greg Jericho's presence is a boon, but then he also contributes to the Drum and SBS. Lenore Taylor occasionally rises above the 'narrative' crap to write something insightful. Gabrielle Chang does an okay job. Katherine Murphy though is just as awful as Andrew suggests. She may not be as partisan as limited news' contributors, but the arched eyebrow above it all schtick grates almost as much as her profoundly limited ability to actually, you know, ask a penetrating question once in a while.Martynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-82581106281434384982014-05-11T01:58:49.344+10:002014-05-11T01:58:49.344+10:00Lenore Taylor, Mark Kenny, Peter Hartcher and othe...Lenore Taylor, Mark Kenny, Peter Hartcher and others did the same thing, they rammed the moron Abbott down our throats day in and day out without questioning one single thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-91893985232995996172014-05-10T11:23:02.349+10:002014-05-10T11:23:02.349+10:00"Narrative", like "Post Modern"..."Narrative", like "Post Modern" before it, seems to have slipped from the Columnists' vocabulary without traceAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467071669624321286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-52284961960681483672014-05-10T11:20:05.891+10:002014-05-10T11:20:05.891+10:00I've found that if you ever try to engage Ms M...I've found that if you ever try to engage Ms Murphy on twitter about the open mouthed credulity of political journalist reporting on (self confessed liar) Tony Abbott, all you get back is snarkAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467071669624321286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-25123902578230967492014-05-10T08:41:43.151+10:002014-05-10T08:41:43.151+10:00It's sad isn't it. Marius Benson on the Dr...It's sad isn't it. Marius Benson on the Drum is already doing the reframing and thinking up excuses for them. His subtle one about Gough putting up government share of GDP and Hockey bringing it down again. I wonder if that came straight from the L/NP spin doctors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-63156360784086474382014-05-10T07:12:35.996+10:002014-05-10T07:12:35.996+10:00Terrific, Andrew. Over the last four years I watch...Terrific, Andrew. Over the last four years I watched in growing amazement amounting to horror, as Abbott and his merry crew got away with one outrageous claim after another. In the meantime the msm,,in particular the meretricious Murdoch media, slandered the former government mercilessly. Many of us who actually observed these processes knew what a total disaster Abbott would be and how miserable the years after the election would prove. Keep writing Andrew; your analysis is a beacon in the gathering gloom and an example of what political writing should be about.vadinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-35469502381898753802014-05-09T01:15:14.035+10:002014-05-09T01:15:14.035+10:00I take offence at suggestibg the stupidity of The ...I take offence at suggestibg the stupidity of The Australian polity.<br /><br />I'm not immune to being sucked in by a media that has their C.E.O's engaging in an idiotic brawl<br /><br />What goes around comes around...<br /><br />Melbourne has a pretty good b.s detector here.<br /><br />We sue idiots like Bolt to screw their egoes and set standards and decency for the thinking man ...<br /><br />All isn't lost yet...<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com