Comments on: Leader and the Swan: how they called the budget media tune http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/ now with extra source Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:04:22 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jean http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/#comment-16399 Jean Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/#comment-16399 I agree with Marilyn about the media - the massive egos on display on Insiders on Sunday - with them all complaining about being 'pushed about' by the AFP at the community cabinet was nauseating - they couldn't stand the fact that the community could get infront of them for once to ask a question of the government. Also todays hysteria about the Medicare surcharge pushing 'millions of people onto the public health system' - garbage! If the journos did their job properly then they would report that huge taxpayer subsidies to inefficient health insurance companies is totally stupid - let them compete on the open market and provide good services for fair premiums then they might not lose members and the government funding can go where it should - to improve the public health system. I agree with Marilyn about the media - the massive egos on display on Insiders on Sunday - with them all complaining about being ‘pushed about’ by the AFP at the community cabinet was nauseating - they couldn’t stand the fact that the community could get infront of them for once to ask a question of the government. Also todays hysteria about the Medicare surcharge pushing ‘millions of people onto the public health system’ - garbage! If the journos did their job properly then they would report that huge taxpayer subsidies to inefficient health insurance companies is totally stupid - let them compete on the open market and provide good services for fair premiums then they might not lose members and the government funding can go where it should - to improve the public health system.

]]> By: Marilyn http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/#comment-16400 Marilyn Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/#comment-16400 JJ, the public are sick to death of the bullying antics of Cossie that he disguised as saying something useful or funny. Swan is a qualified professor of Civil Administration, he helps to run a $100 million ALP fund that was started from almost nothing in Queensland, he has 7 qualified economists on his front bench. Howard had the lawyer Costello whose only claim to fame in his life was to do almost nothing and be a junior chair on the Dollar Sweets case. JJ, the public are sick to death of the bullying antics of Cossie that he disguised as saying something useful or funny.

Swan is a qualified professor of Civil Administration, he helps to run a $100 million ALP fund that was started from almost nothing in Queensland, he has 7 qualified economists on his front bench.

Howard had the lawyer Costello whose only claim to fame in his life was to do almost nothing and be a junior chair on the Dollar Sweets case.

]]> By: Tony Papafilis http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/#comment-16401 Tony Papafilis Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/#comment-16401 Media putting pressure on Labor - that's so pathetic it does not even rate as a bad joke. Is the pressure put on after the dorothy dixers have been faxed through? Are we talking about the same brain dead lefty media that applauds almost everything from the left, the same media that ignored the decitful and superficial Rudd campaign? OZ MEDIA MOTTO: Any excuse will do to bash the right, even if we have to make it up. Media putting pressure on Labor - that’s so pathetic it does not even rate as a bad joke. Is the pressure put on after the dorothy dixers have been faxed through? Are we talking about the same brain dead lefty media that applauds almost everything from the left, the same media that ignored the decitful and superficial Rudd campaign? OZ MEDIA MOTTO: Any excuse will do to bash the right, even if we have to make it up.

]]> By: JamesK http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/#comment-16402 JamesK Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/#comment-16402 I agree entirely with Mr. Keane's assessment. It is a great pity that so many, pleased to see the back of Howard, triumph in the appalling state of the Liberal party. It is bad for all, Labor, Liberal and non-aligned voter alike. It's bad for the country. Moreover the 'slick' media management of Rudd ala Tony Blair is truly nauseating and indeed, worrisome. I agree entirely with Mr. Keane’s assessment. It is a great pity that so many, pleased to see the back of Howard, triumph in the appalling state of the Liberal party. It is bad for all, Labor, Liberal and non-aligned voter alike. It’s bad for the country. Moreover the ‘slick’ media management of Rudd ala Tony Blair is truly nauseating and indeed, worrisome.

]]> By: JamesK http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/#comment-16403 JamesK Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/#comment-16403 I agree entirely with Mr. Keane's assessment. It is a great pity that so many, pleased to see the back of Howard, triumph in the appalling state of the Liberal party. It is bad for all, Labor, Liberal and non-aligned voter alike. It's bad for the country. Moreover the 'slick' media management of Rudd ala Tony Blair is truly nauseating and indeed, worrisome. I agree entirely with Mr. Keane’s assessment. It is a great pity that so many, pleased to see the back of Howard, triumph in the appalling state of the Liberal party. It is bad for all, Labor, Liberal and non-aligned voter alike. It’s bad for the country. Moreover the ‘slick’ media management of Rudd ala Tony Blair is truly nauseating and indeed, worrisome.

]]> By: Tom McLoughlin http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/#comment-16404 Tom McLoughlin Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/#comment-16404 All half (!) true I reckon JJ. Swan was angsty in his big role to begin and is looking quite settled now - you left that out., tsk tsk. Also when he was looking shaky how quickly people forgot the Rudd budget in reply speech as Opposition leader with Swan at his elbow smiling benevolently having helped cook the speech. And why mid 2007 so happy? Only a week earlier Costello had headlines like "Masterclass" but 10 minutes into the reply the visages of shock, pain anger as Rudd's speech launched his election win was plain to see even 6 months before the hammer blow. I took screen shots of all this and good blogger grist it was too, thankyou thankyou thankyou net streaming of parliament - usually boring but not that day. As for Big Mal, yeah he was good on Sunday Insiders which is sort of like his younger self. He will need more of that nostalgic verve, age and jaded weariness has taken a toll. All half (!) true I reckon JJ. Swan was angsty in his big role to begin and is looking quite settled now - you left that out., tsk tsk. Also when he was looking shaky how quickly people forgot the Rudd budget in reply speech as Opposition leader with Swan at his elbow smiling benevolently having helped cook the speech. And why mid 2007 so happy? Only a week earlier Costello had headlines like “Masterclass” but 10 minutes into the reply the visages of shock, pain anger as Rudd’s speech launched his election win was plain to see even 6 months before the hammer blow. I took screen shots of all this and good blogger grist it was too, thankyou thankyou thankyou net streaming of parliament - usually boring but not that day. As for Big Mal, yeah he was good on Sunday Insiders which is sort of like his younger self. He will need more of that nostalgic verve, age and jaded weariness has taken a toll.

]]> By: David Sanderson http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/#comment-16405 David Sanderson Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/#comment-16405 "Bourgeois types" reading the Sun-Herald? Have you read that obese lump of gossip and trivia recently? If that is a bourgeois paper the bourgeoisie ain't at all what they used to be. “Bourgeois types” reading the Sun-Herald? Have you read that obese lump of gossip and trivia recently? If that is a bourgeois paper the bourgeoisie ain’t at all what they used to be.

]]> By: JamesK http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/#comment-16406 JamesK Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/leader-and-the-swan-how-they-called-the-budget-media-tune/#comment-16406 I agree entirely with Mr. Keane's assessment. It is a great pity that so many, pleased to see the back of Howard, triumph in the appalling state of the Liberal party. It is bad for all, Labor, Liberal and non-aligned voter alike. It's bad for the country. Moreover the 'slick' media management of Rudd ala Tony Blair is truly nauseating and indeed, worrisome. I agree entirely with Mr. Keane’s assessment. It is a great pity that so many, pleased to see the back of Howard, triumph in the appalling state of the Liberal party. It is bad for all, Labor, Liberal and non-aligned voter alike. It’s bad for the country. Moreover the ‘slick’ media management of Rudd ala Tony Blair is truly nauseating and indeed, worrisome.

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