tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post2540390127783099850..comments2023-12-15T02:38:55.020+10:30Comments on Still Life With Cat: Of course they bloody doKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-62945659752729010242011-08-31T11:04:35.205+09:302011-08-31T11:04:35.205+09:30The more I (foolishly) read op ed stuff, the more ...The more I (foolishly) read op ed stuff, the more I think “Never mind the quality, feel the width”. (Or rather, the frequency and the column inches.)Lord Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13896041676969028157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-51271016074931979092011-08-31T10:54:10.727+09:302011-08-31T10:54:10.727+09:30I have just read this and found that it articulate...I have just read this and found that it articulated the thoughts I had as I read Grattan's piece, but so much better than I ever could. Mine were along the lines of 'well, derr'. Thank you.Pip McGuinnessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-45283751684193149842011-08-30T21:37:34.529+09:302011-08-30T21:37:34.529+09:30Well, in the absence of other comments, can I rais...Well, in the absence of other comments, can I raise the question of Milne's effort against Gillard, yesterday?<br />I thought Gillard having to go to Hartigan a week or two was degrading enough- I don't know why she lowered herself.<br />Gillard consequently announced that any inquiry into Murdoch in the wake of NOtW would not be widened.<br />I actually had to work up a bit of sympathy for Gillard, therefore. which is not to say Milne doesnt utterly turn my stomach, totally comprehensively.<br /> But then, he always has.paul walternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-21057736638847788242011-08-28T14:19:38.307+09:302011-08-28T14:19:38.307+09:30What a cesspit we are forced to endure in the name...What a cesspit we are forced to endure in the name of "democracy".<br />I'm glad you said Michelle Grattan "used to be" gold standard, although nowadays I'm more inclined to believe it was just a good brass coating which has been scratched away as she has progressively placed the dollar value of her job above doing some half-way decent journalism.<br /><br />I'm a great fan of Jay Rosen and will catch up with Lateline which I no longer watch as I used to do.<br /><br />I also caught up with your previous blog about Dr. Max Nicholls. How I wish we had politicians a hundredth as good as him.Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-3971697709890188722011-08-26T20:49:35.572+09:302011-08-26T20:49:35.572+09:30Last night's Lateline was a walk down memory l...Last night's Lateline was a walk down memory lane, as Tony Jones, back for a quick look at the old homestead, conducted a vintage interview with New York journalism professor Jay Rosen. <br />The interview was understated, which made a consoling change to the more tabloid presentation on Auntie, these days.<br />Rosen wiped the floor with Jones, but Jones kept his dignity, but if Mark Scott had been watching, he would have had kittens, despite all the subtlety, because this interview was an incidental indictment of how public and broadsheet msm have gone down the tube lately.paul walternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-75020828851197416002011-08-25T14:23:25.188+09:302011-08-25T14:23:25.188+09:30Great post, Pavlova.Great post, Pavlova.Caseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-73551595095031724442011-08-25T13:15:20.583+09:302011-08-25T13:15:20.583+09:30I find myself unable to watch any Australian news ...I find myself unable to watch any Australian news program because I either cringe or snarl. Or snarl and cringe. And I sadly fear that I know how it is going to end. <br />And, re the chihuahua from Sturt (love that) he, like many of his party, appears to have also failed introduction to humanity.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-25947434721143571042011-08-25T12:47:55.106+09:302011-08-25T12:47:55.106+09:30If you want to take a look at contemptible scumba...If you want to take a look at <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-24/labor-accuses-opposition-of-grubby-tactics/2853938" rel="nofollow">contemptible scumbaggerybuggery</a> look no further than the Chihuahua from Sturt who, beyond his unspeakable lack of respect for someone who will be remembered longer that he will ever be, as the Opposition spokes person for Education would appear to have failed Grammar 101 miserably.<br /><br /><i>"While Margaret Olley is a very significant Australian, and one for <b>which</b> the Opposition has the utmost respect - and I'd point out she was a self-declared Liberal supporter throughout her life - it is not appropriate for a funeral to take precedence over votes in the Parliament about the integrity of the Government," he said.</i>Lord Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13896041676969028157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-55043728372247268782011-08-25T12:08:57.166+09:302011-08-25T12:08:57.166+09:30I feel absolute despair about how all this is goin...I feel absolute despair about how all this is going to end.librarygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417889399020548301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-39469788661625991572011-08-25T10:20:50.446+09:302011-08-25T10:20:50.446+09:30I agree with "treacherous".
I agree with...I agree with "treacherous".<br />I agree with your comments re journalism in Aust. Plus, I am annoyed that so many of them have become "commentators" instead of just reporting facts. Largely, I'm not interested in their opinions.<br />As for our politicians: I'm inclined to think that wanting to be a politician should automatically preclude one from preselection...but, that would then lead to all the elbowing back room boys and girls coming forward, I expect. <br />Politics is looking more and more like "The Thick of It."Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588049222095187200noreply@blogger.com