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Happy discussing! Andy Dehnart. Date published May. The Mole. In typical Humphries style he makes a joke, then explains the joke. Perhaps he thinks they are just too sophisticated for the audience to understand. See the transcript below for an example. Imagine if we had a system in parliament where politicians could get up and say whatever they wanted with impunity.
Okay, it turns out that we do have that system, but parliamentary privilege is different…. The publication of such words extends beyond morality to legality.
Or maybe because the jarring transition from her interview with comedian Billy Connolly to satirist Mark Humphries was hard to bear. Who knows? MWD is only a few pages in but have already spotted two references to Tony Abbott eating an onion, which does not bode well for the rest of the pamphlet.
In terms of importance, he probably comes in as number three — behind David Anderson managing director and editor-in-chief and Gaven Morris director news and current affairs, who has announced that he will step down from the position in December. In recent months, there has been considerable criticism about the errors of commission and omission in various ABC programs.
Yet when Lyons took over his position in he was described by the ABC as having oversight over 7. In spite of the fact that Dateline Jerusalem is a book by an Australian author about two prominent Australians — Lyons did not interview either Leibler or Rubenstein to hear their response to his case for the Israel lobby prosecution.
I knew the hardline supporters in Australia of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories well enough to understand that this story would unleash a propaganda fatwa against me. How about that? Presumably he was there because he had decided to go for a run, had put on his running gear and so on. Even so, your man Lyons was so surprised to do what he had done — and felt the need to write it.
Quelle Surprise! But it is not clear why such a task required him to be pounding on the streets of Jerusalem in order to send off a reply to a few emails. But there you go. At the time, Lyons was in the midst of a six-year posting in Jerusalem — reporting on the Middle East for The Australian.
But it does tell us quite a lot about Lyons. Like so many journalists, Lyons likes to criticise others but does not like to be criticised. The author, journalist and critic Margaret Simons, who is no conservative, put the phenomenon well in an article in Nine Newspapers published on 15 September Simons said that she agreed with most of what Sales wrote.
The exception turned on the capacity of journalists to take criticism. Wrote Simons:. Sales spends a lot of her opening paragraphs emphasising that journalists are not thin-skinned. But as those of us who report on media know, that is not the whole story.
Journalists ARE thin-skinned, sometimes ridiculously so, when they are criticised in public. Too often they react like stung cats, lashing out and defensive. Yes, a fatwa. And he assumes any criticism will be unfounded before he finds out what it is. The alleged writer is not named, and no evidence is provided to support the claim.
That criticism by the prime ministers was bad enough. It includes the Israeli Embassy in Canberra. This leads to Australian journalists self-censoring the coverage of Israel. No evidence is supplied to support this assertion — and no names are named. The implication is that all Australian editors and producers are either compromised or weak — except for your man Lyons.
Which overlooks the fact that most Australians would not know much about Ireland, India or Indonesia, without self-censorship. What Lyons did not say is that the function was an off-the-record briefing as laid down by the Israeli Embassy. This is a quite normal practice over which Rubenstein had no control. Gerard Henderson attended the briefing and was advised in advance that this was an off-the-record occasion.
Media Watch Dog reckons that Lyons is into fantasy. Sure Rubenstein has influence. And so it continues until Page 83 — with Lyons emerging as a pure-as-the-driven-snow journalist who fights for truth and justice only to be thwarted by the Israeli Embassy, the Israel Lobby, AJIAC and so on. At Page 82 of an page booklet, Lyons writes:. More than , EU citizens have applied to live and work in the UK after the deadline passed in June, Education chiefs demand TikTok take action to stop pupils posting abusive videos of them humiliating Pupils won't be fed at school if their meal accounts are more than a PENNY in debt, headmaster tells Russian jets 'force British spy plane to change course as it approaches Crimea' after Kremlin warned the Cabinet meltdown over sleaze: Rishi Sunak openly swipes at Boris warning government 'needs to do better' as Standards chief Lord Evans attacks politicians spending 'a huge amount' of time on second jobs in thinly Nicola Sturgeon seizes on Tory sleaze crisis as she pushes Scots independence case slamming 'corruption at Moment stunned Asda shopper, 22, says she was asked to leave store after being confronted by male worker who Cyber-flashing victim, 42, tells how stranger sent her explicit images on Instagram and was targeted by man Campaigners say tech giant contradicted its Xi Jinping tightens his grip on power in China with 'historic resolution' that puts him on par with Mao and Race against time for leaders to agree climate deal in last 48 hours of Cop26 as US and China announce Tears for a betrayed veteran: Soldiers carry coffin of ex-serviceman Dennis Hutchings - who died aged FW de Klerk apologises for apartheid from beyond the grave: Former South African leader says he is sorry for Overflowing with rat-infested rubbish: Neighbours furious at 'nightmare' hoarder landlord who has spent NordVPN - Internet security.
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