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Obviously the critic was not a big fan of the ballet director.
Other wise the headline would have been "Is that a case of when the **** hits the fan?".
Mick
Obviously the critic was not a big fan of the ballet director.Now this is how you handle the media.
German ballet director suspended after dog poo attack on newspaper critic
A German newspaper critic has animal faeces smeared on her face in the city of Hannover by a ballet director who apparently took offence at a review she wrote.www.abc.net.au
It sounds as though Jacinta Price gave the ABC a serve.
ABC portrays whites as racists, Indigenous as victims, says Price
Senator Jacinta Price has slammed the ABC for a “pattern” of stereotyping “white Australians as racists and Indigenous Australians as victims” in a fiery Senate hearing.
It would just be nice if the ABC did what they are meant to do and gave a balanced report on issues, rather than being like all the other media and giving a moral judgement that aligns with there own.David Anderson says Alice Springs town hall report should never have aired
ABC issues apology to Alice Springs deputy mayor over “racist vitriol” claims
ABC issues apology to Alice Springs deputy mayor over "racist vitriol" claims - Inside Local Government
The ABC has apologised to Alice Springs Deputy Mayor Jacinta Price (pictured) after she launched defamation proceedings against the national broadcaster for its coverage of her 2019 speaking tour in which it accused her of spreading “racist vitriol”. Deputy Mayor Price had taken legal action...insidelocalgovernment.com.au
But but, Adams is a celebrated Journalist, he has an Aboriginal wife, he has worked at the ABC, he would never tell a lie!The ABC commentator obviously got caught up in his own BS and exercised his right and self ordained duty to be as bigoted, nasty and racist as he liked. ?
I wonder if he will be on Q & A. ?
Kamahl demands apology from Phillip Adams over 'honorary white' tweet
Kamahl felt 'humiliated' by Phillip Adams after the ABC radio presenter claimed cricketing great Don Bradman treated the Malaysian-born entertainer as 'an honorary white'.www.dailymail.co.uk
Celebrated singer Kamahl has demanded broadcaster Phillip Adams publicly apologise for labelling him an 'honorary white' after rejecting three three written expressions of regret.
Kamahl has said he felt 'humiliated' by Adams after the longtime ABC radio presenter claimed cricketing great Don Bradman treated the Malaysian-born entertainer as an 'honorary white' in a since-deleted tweet.
In a widely-shared post in December, Adams contrasted Bradman's 13-year friendship with Kamahl with his reluctance to meet former South African president Nelson Mandela.
The initial controversy played out on social media but spilled into a Senate estimates hearing last week when ABC boss David Anderson said Adams had sent Kamahl a note expressing his regret.
Mr Anderson told the hearing the ABC had investigated the matter and Adams, who presents Late Night Live, had said sorry in January.
'My understanding is that Mr Adams has written to Kamahl apologising for that,' Mr Anderson said. 'Privately written to him, apologising for that.'
According to The Australian, Kamahl wrote to Mr Anderson last Thursday to state he had not received any correspondence from the ABC or Adams.
'I resent the fact that you have used the incident on public record as a defence of how you and your management have effectively dealt with this issue,' the 88-year-old wrote.
'You stated on the public record that Adams had in fact reached out to me to apologise personally for his highly inappropriate comment.
'Mr Anderson, let me clarify, the only action that Adams has taken to date in dealing with this issue is to block me on Twitter and double down on his initial slur in which he referred to me as an "honorary white".
The media got a lot of mileage out of this story from memory, left people with a lot of perceptions, that might have been misplaced.
Oh well it doesn't matter, mission accomplished, damage done, move on. ?
Amazing how there are no apologies, to those who were sacked, guess it doesn't matter, it is only the Liberal Party.?
'No evidence of corrupt conduct': ICAC delivers verdict on John Barilaro's trade job posting
The corruption watchdog says it has found no evidence of corrupt conduct by former NSW ministers John Barilaro and Stuart Ayres, and it has halted its investigation.www.abc.net.au
An investigation into the controversial appointment of John Barilaro to a lucrative overseas trade posting has found no evidence of corrupt conduct by him or former NSW minister Stuart Ayres
The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) decided in July last year to secretly investigate whether Mr Barilaro or Mr Ayres breached public trust or exercised their official functions dishonestly.
The scandal surrounding the former deputy premier's selection as New South Wales trade commissioner to the United States engulfed the government for weeks last year.
The opposition labelled the appointment as a "jobs for the boys" scenario.
It also sparked a parliamentary inquiry and two independent reviews by Premier Dominic Perrottet.
Mr Barilaro, who was also the former trade minister, left politics when he was appointed to the US the trade job, from which he later stepped aside.
Mr Ayres, who was his replacement as the trade minister, then resigned from the ministry.
The corruption watchdog has released a statement today after obtaining documentation and conducting interviews as part of its investigation.
"The investigation did not identify any evidence of corrupt conduct," the Commission said in a statement.
"As a result, the Commission has discontinued its investigation."
The ICAC said no further action should be taken in regards to the matter.
It also included former public servant Amy Brown, in its investigation.
She was a government department head who oversaw the recruitment process.
There was also no evidence of corrupt conduct found on her part.
Ms Brown was sacked over the recruitment process.
Mr Perrottet has promised Mr Ayres will be reinstated as a senior minster if the Coalition is re-elected this month.
Which is probably exactly what the media wanted to project, I have no knowledge of any of it.Mr Perrottet has promised Mr Ayres will be reinstated as a senior minster if the Coalition is re-elected this month.
I wonder if Ms Brown will get her job back.
Question is, what attributes and qualities did Barilaro have to make him the best person for the job ?
The incident may not have been technically corrupt but it fails the pub test for transparency.
We demand we employ and ICAC and when ICAC can find nothing wrong, it is useless, why are my taxes paying for that?
Don't start that for gods sake, next we will be having to pay for a propriety commission, how many loops do you need in place before you accept that politics is politics IMO, finding nice people in there is a needle in a haystack scenario.I never said ICAC was useless. It's concerned with corruption not propriety.
Don't start that for gods sake, next we will be having to pay for a propriety commission, how many loops do you need in place before you accept that politics is politics IMO finding nice people in there is a needle in a haystack scenario.
I have no idea of Barilaro's qualifications and I've never seen him on T.V, or heard him speak, I have no idea as to his suitability to the job. Also I have zero interest in googling him, to get a background, i'm only going off what I've read on the forum.Expressing one's opinion on the qualifications of people who represent us overseas is called freedom of speech.
If you want to give us a rundown on Barilaro's qualifications for the job, go right ahead, I won't tell you to shut up.
Something that has been glossed over in all the media coverage of Barilaro is why NSW even needed to create a trade ambassador position which I think is a bigger issue than Barilaro being appointed in the first place. When do all these pork-like positions end? Should Sydney have trade ambassadors too? What about the individual neighborhoods? Maybe Bondi should also get a Trade Ambassador? Maybe each city in each state should have trade ambassadors to every other city in every other state? Again, where is the media to call out the wasteful government spending?I have no idea of Barilaro's qualifications and I've never seen him on T.V, or heard him speak, I have no idea as to his suitability to the job. Also I have zero interest in googling him, to get a background, i'm only going off what I've read on the forum.
But I have seen postings on here that said he was corrupt, that it should be investigated and I have seen postings on here saying that more Government departments should be initiated to investigate similar accusations.(check some of basilio's posts if you want to see slagging off Barilaro)
Someone has to keep paying for more and more people, until you get the result you want, unfortunately I'm a SMSF retiree and I'm an easy target to pay for it.
In answer to what qualifications does he have for the job, I'm guessing he was a politician in NSW, so he is probably as qualified as many others.
Why is Kevin Rudd the ambassador or whatever to the U.S, he wouldn't have been my pick, but hey it ain't my choice same as the Barilaro dude.
Why is the media starting to back up and get angry on McGowan? who knows what drives them, chaos , money, I don't know.
But IMO McGowan is actually doing a great job, same as Barnett before him and they are from different political spectrums.
IMO just putting W.A before vested interests.
Them's fightin' words...But IMO McGowan is actually doing a great job,
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of hypocrites.‘Very poor indeed’: ABC political editor lashes Paul Keating’s treatment of journalists
NICK TABAKOFF
ABC political editor Andrew Probyn has unloaded on Paul Keating’s treatment of journalists during a fiery National Press Club appearance on Wednesday, describing the former PM’s behaviour during the appearance as “very poor indeed”.
Keating took an array of colourful potshots at a number of journalists who dared to ask him questions about the role of the China threat in Anthony Albanese’s signing of the new AUKUS submarine deal last week.
But in comments to Diary, Probyn suggested Keating had crossed the line, particularly in his treatment of Sky News political reporter Olivia Caisley and Nine journalist Matthew Knott.
“I thought the dismissive manner in which he dealt with younger, especially female journalists, who all asked perfectly decent questions, was very poor indeed,” Probyn told Diary.
In one instance, Keating told Caisley one of her questions was “dumb” and “hardly deserves an answer”, while at another point, he claimed she must be trying to “dust up” her reputation. Meanwhile, Keating told Knott: “If I were you, mate, I would hide my face and never appear again”, as he lashed the Nine papers for what he dubbed “the most egregious and provocative news presentation” in 50 years over their Red Alert series.
The ex-PM also saved some choice comments for Probyn, who had contradicted Keating’s claim that China has not threatened Australia by pointing to the economic warfare it had waged on Australian wine, coal, timber, barley and lobster. In response, Keating implied Probyn was “silly enough to think” the threat implied in the imposition of wine and other tariffs equated to “threat meaning invasion”. At a personal level, Probyn maintained his reaction had nothing to do with the insults directed at him personally, because he had previously been on the end of the Keating blowtorch.
But he did have a problem with the attacks on younger journalists.
View attachment 154680Former prime minister Paul Keating during his appearance at the National Press Club.
“I have no issue with the backhanded way in which he dealt with my question, even if I disagree with his attempt to define ‘threat’ from China as being a threat of invasion,” he told Diary.
He also noted that there should be lessons from the encounter: “The National Press Club would be best served not repeating that format.”
Probyn’s comments have come as the moderator of Keating’s appearance, Laura Tingle – who has defended the former PM’s right to criticise the AUKUS pact – conceded Keating’s “invective” had worked “against his own interests”.
On Sunday’s edition of Insiders, host David Speers also asked guest insider Peter Hartcher, the Nine papers’ political and international editor, how Keating’s viral description of him as a “psychopath” made him feel.
Hartcher seemed to be thriving on Keating’s latest character assessment after years of insults the ex-PM has directed at the Nine journalist: “One of my daughters rang me … and she said congratulations, you’ve been graduated from being a weasel to now being a psychopath. It’s a bit of a family joke, but it’s nice to get the new epithets.”
Coming from a group that has no qualms in judging other people harshly!!!!!
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