Comments on: The truth about Hanson and the Sunday Tele. Apologetic? Not.

By: Roger Gestetner

Roger Gestetner — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

the daily telegraph is a typical newscrap rag: run by liars and staffed by liars. (SORRY ROGER. A TAD TOO FAR)

By: John

John — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Never speak to or trust the media, except maybe Crikey!

By: Red Gums

Red Gums — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Jack "commando" Johnson?? yeah right!! he is part of the same internal intelligence apparatus that went after Hanson last time on the behalf of Howard and Abbott.

Flip a coin!...does News Ltd serve the Govt of the day? or does the Govt of the day serve News Ltd?

Either way, they both serve the Hidden Hand.

By: paddy

paddy — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Come on Crikey, be brave and publish those pictures of Therese.
You know you want to.
I've scoured Google images till my fingers were bleeding all over the keyboard.
But I'm darned if I can find a single pic of her holding a glass of anything.
Let alone red wine!!!

By: Mark-E-Mark

Mark-E-Mark — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Bugger the intricate details of the ''law''.

I want more naked photos of Pauline...

*Rrrrufffffff ruff ruff* baby!

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

I expect the Australian Electoral Commission to investigate the effect these photos had on the election.

By: Freddie Frackshat

Freddie Frackshat — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

You’re right of course, but please take that photo of her off your front page.

- ff

By: A girl named 'Sue'

A girl named 'Sue' — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

But was the PM’s wife wearing Bonds underwear? If not, then she’s partly to blame for the loss of Aussie jobs to China.

By: Tom McLoughlin

Tom McLoughlin — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

The political malice behind the Hanson photographs is the 2001 split of the conservation vote in the federal election of that year. This caused Howard and Tony Abbott to escalate legal attacks and co-option strategies by 2004 by which time Hanson was either sidelined or heading for jail wrongly convicted.

News Corp know how to kill a rival for Establishment or right wing votes doing service for the Liberal National Party? I do think so. The bigger the payout to Hanson the better it will be for our democracy in curbing extreme Gotcha ‘journalism’.

By: Bob Dean

Bob Dean — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Fairly cowardly and bullying behaviour from the Tele as it lashes out at everyone else for their mistake. Most amusing to see papers like The Australian moralising about the affair as if it isn't part of the same stable.

Don't count on it Oie !. If sales of the Telegraph exceeded costs then Mr Breen will get a pat on the back. The truth isn't important.

As the legendary Fleet Street conman Joe Flynn found, editors and journalists just want to believe a story if it's bizarre enough and in that mind-set, push aside normal scepticism. Flynn was smart though-only took cash as he fleeced every UK tabloid with silly tales- Messrs Johnson & Fawecett will never see that cheque.

Pauline Hanson must have been born under a lucky star as she comes up a winner every time.Bet that settlement offer is already on it's way.

By: em

em — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

News never fires its editors during a furore.
It does it quietly and clinically months later when the individual is encouraged "to spend more time with the family".
It's a tried and tested method which has been refined around the world and over the years.
More of an elegant flourish of the filleting knife than the blunt trauma of an axe.
I once asked an editor friend if rumours of his sacking were real.
"If that's what you're hearing, I'm relieved," he replied. "It means I still have a little time left."
(He was gone six months later.)