Bettina Ardnt is trying to whip up a panic about our unmarried but partnered Prime Minister moving into the Lodge, after being elected, with her bloke. It could be a bad role model for young women she says. I say, complete crap,… Read More ›
media
old, new, social, global, cross platforms etc.
One more mention of faceless faction figures and I will explode
Just ask Malcolm Turnbull and Brendan Nelson about the faceless figures crunching numbers in the Liberal Party, and what about those faceless character assassins who run our major media outlets?
State vs federal politics and the Penrith by-election
Q. Did people in a historically solid Labor seat hold their noses over the weekend and vote for the Liberal Party candidate in order to send a message to NSW Labor?
A. Yes. Yes they did.
Q. Is this bad news for Labor in the Federal election?
A. I seriously doubt it.
It’s quiet…too quiet
ObNerd: I’ve got a bad feeling about this…Except it’s not the one that the MSM pundits want me to have,
I haven’t lived in Newcastle for 30 years,
yet I’ve heard enough stories over the years about the Johns brothers that nothing crass, selfish, dangerous, destructive or insensitive that either of them could ever do will ever surprise me.
Not quite so angry now…
…but still astonished and appalled that Sam Stosur could make it to the French Open final but there was no news about it on the morning chat shows this morning. Granted we were only watching for about half an hour… Read More ›
i sa! chiz chiz
nigel molesworth is now tweeting
Massaging circulation figures?
I was surprised to see a friend toting a Murdoch tabloid around in her car, and learned that it had come free with her earlier emergency drive-through caffeine+muffin hit from a McDonald’s. It seems that everybody gets one now when… Read More ›
Crush-worthy political pundits
Reading Twitter during last night’s delivery of the Australian federal budget I couldn’t help but notice how many of us crush on political journalists. For my money you can’t go past the über delicious George Megalogenis but I saw much… Read More ›
#ausbudget 2010
My favourite tweet of the night goes to @annabelcrabb: Government Keeps Promise! Delivers Boring Budget, Exactly As Threatened
Hoyden About Town 