So annoyed that show’s been cancelled.
I think they said they have five shows left.
Cant read the articles but two headlines on the HUN website.
“Major telco merger could spark price war.” and then just 2 stories down the headline “Vodafone,TPG merger could end cheap deals”
Well which is it?
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It “could” be either.
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I always thought less competition lead to more cooperative, “cartel” like behaviour meaning higher prices.
lol
SHOCK
SCOOP
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When discussing the latest NRL scandal, Channel 7 showed game footage where the entire field was blurred.
Every player from both teams.
So we couldn’t identify who plays Rugby League?
That was weird.
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Clip isn’t as funny as the comments are depressing.
Yes, my own fault for reading them.
I can’t post a link, but from p 15 of today’s Hun:
Headline: Ban for Masseuse
Para 2: Masseuse Michael Sergidis is under investigation.
I did initially vaguely wonder whether Michael the Masseuse might actually be female, but no. Later there’s a reference to “Mr Sergides’ … business”.
Sexiste! Putain!
Was he a blonde?
Editing just isn’t a consideration anymore.
EXCLUSIVE A CARPARK on the doorstep of Victoria’s parliament has been turned into a drug den by destitute men living rough and using heroin in public, with the Herald Sun witnessing two men injecting heroin and living rough.
isn’t that normally done when they do not hold broadcasting rights?
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Oh, those rough and homeless men!
Why won’t they consider the sensitivities of us civilised people? Disgusting!
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I can just see the next part.
“The rough heroin users were living. Publicly, the users were injecting roughly while living destitutely.”
It’s no different to a year 8 kid padding out an assignment they haven’t done any work on and getting picked up on it by some hack teacher. These adult “professionals” get paid for this.
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“Why don’t they go somewhere else and shoot up?”
“Ok, we will build a safe injecting room so that they can be overseen while doing it, ensure that they don’t OD and minimise the risk of transmitting blood borne infections”
“What, so should taking drugs just be legal? I don’t want that in my suburb…”
Repeat ad infinitum.
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They could always just plant metal spikes everywhere these filthy peasants camp.
They can’t do that - they are too busy putting them in strawberries.
ABC board just sacked Guthrie half way through her term. She’s considering legal options. This’ll be interesting.
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Wondering if there’s a Political driver behind it. Pretty odd thing to happen,… and just a Fortnight after SchemeO slithers into the top job.
Too fkn curious.
FWIW
‘Astonishing fail’: ABC presenter Jon Faine slams Michelle Guthrie’s legacy
Broede Carmody24 September 2018 — 12:19pm
ABC presenter Jon Faine has ripped into Michelle Guthrie’s legacy, arguing her stint as managing director has been an “astonishing fail”.
Faine made his remarks minutes after it was announced the ABC board had shown Guthrie the door, saying the former managing director had “no interest in journalism” or the “nuts and bolts” of the public broadcaster.
‘Showed no interest in content’: ABC host savages Guthrie
As the news dropped that Michelle Guthrie had been sacked as ABC managing director, John Faine made his feelings known on the airwaves.
“She came in here, to the ABC, and was given the benefit of the doubt,” he said. "Most of us were excited that a woman - a woman who had a history of media engagement in our region and a woman clearly on top of new media - was going to be at the helm.
"The first time I met her I thought she was very charming. She was clearly very smart. But the expiration of the first year it became clear she was only interested in a very small parts of what the organisation did.
“She would not take on her role as a champion for this organisation. It’s an astonishing fail on her part.”
Faine added that morale has never been so low.
“She was obsessed with platforms, structures, flowcharts,” he said. "Astonishing. Absolutely astonishing.
“It’s been intense behind the scenes at this organisation. She’s been all but invisible, I might say, for a very long time.”
When contacted by Fairfax Media, Faine declined to elaborate on his on-air spray, saying: “I’ve said what I’ve said.”
The Melbourne-based broadcaster hasn’t been afraid to criticise his boss in the past. Earlier this year, he slammed Guthrie’s soft diplomacy approach – arguing it was why the ABC had been “done over” by the Coalition government.
“I’ve been here since 1989… and quite frankly I’m sick of getting it ripped apart because of the failure of our managers,” he said at the time. "[She] has been remarkably quiet and reluctant to engage in what she herself previously has described as megaphone campaigning.
“She says, ‘No, the best way to protect the ABC is to work quietly behind the scenes.’ That’s obviously delivered a terrible outcome in the last budget round.”
ABC broadcaster Jon Faine.
Photo: Eddie Jim
Guthrie has delivered speeches in the past warning politicians against cutting the ABC’s budget, pointing out trust in public broadcasters is much higher than that of politicians.
On Monday, the former managing director said she was “devastated” by the ABC board’s decision.
“When I joined [the] ABC in 2016, I knew I had an enormous challenge in front of me to break down some of the internal barriers to progress as well as continuing to deliver quality programming for all Australians,” she said. "While my contract permits the board to terminate my employment without cause and with immediate effect, I believe there is no justification for the board to trigger that termination clause.
“I am considering my legal options. At no point have any issues been raised with me about the transformation being undertaken, the investing in audiences strategy and my effectiveness in delivering against that strategy.”
Broede Carmody is an entertainment reporter at Fairfax Media.
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