Comments on: The tangled Chaser chain of responsibility

By: Venise Alstergren

Venise Alstergren — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:28:38 +0000

Simon Davis3. Good comment.
Instead of demonizing everything the right-wing press should go down on their knees with gratitude. In fact they should genuflect to the Chasers. Thanks to them the Herald Sun gets to run its nauseating and incessant photo gallery shots depicting dying mums, grieving relos and revolting little children with jam-smeared faces. Eyes crossed in concentration the subjects dutifully follow the photographer’s instructions to look distraught.

Straight and honest reportage runs contrary to every fibre of the paper’s owner. Honesty compels me to admit anyone who buys this paper will do so because of its lamentable ‘tits and tossers’ subject matter.

By: Tom McLoughlin

Tom McLoughlin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:58:00 +0000

If the Chaser’s stinky stunt didn’t exist it would have to be invented.

The whole dead cat bounce is a reprise of the Bill Henson fracas in the wake of the Sydney Writers (Labor Luvvies) Festival along a mirror schedule on a 12 month cycle:

None of the semi literate right wingers (Devine, Price, Hackerman etc) get a gig or an invite at the SWF. Then in the next week or so the Fangs of the Right take their revenge for being dissed.

An own goal by the Fangmeisters of the Cultural Left last year involving the blessed innocent child images of Bill Henson, this year it’s the Chasers.

Arguably tere is a trend thing about misconceiving (!) the role of children in society in both cases, a favourite topic of the especially family friendly and religious Right.

Here’s a tip - invite some of them to the SWF like PJ O’Rourke or run the same gauntlet next year, and year after and after. Mark my words.

By: simondavis3

simondavis3 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:18:28 +0000

I agree with all the above as usual the mainstream media blow up everything into a circus .
I am a doctor and know the consequences of terminal illness, I am sorry but I still laughed loudly at the skit.
The irony of satirising [sp] such a serious subject was funny for me.
That doesnt mean that the Chaser team didnt understand that cancer is hell.
Comedy is a very personal thing .

By: Venise Alstergren

Venise Alstergren — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:35:32 +0000

Robert Garnett is right. A large mistake was made. The Chaser crew have been rebuked, they’ve apologized. End of penny section.
Time for the ABC to sort it all out. More comment such as the above article is disingenuous and irrelevant.

By: Robert Garnett

Robert Garnett — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:30:00 +0000

They made an error of judgement. They have appologised. Compared to the damage the shock jocks have done and continue to do on trash radio their’s is a petty misdemeanour. The internal politics of the ABC may be extremely interesting to the political junkies at Crikey (and Media Watch), but to the rest of us it’s a big yawn.

By: xjamesxedwardsx

xjamesxedwardsx — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:56:57 +0000

Can you cut the crap with this story altogether?

By: Steven McKiernan

Steven McKiernan — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:06:57 +0000

I mirror Bret’s comment, what is so tangled about an upward referral system, chain of command?

Dalton hung out in the green room after studio taping, had a couple of drinks and this is meant to be revelatory?

By: Bret Treasure

Bret Treasure — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:54:55 +0000

In other words, you just wasted my time with this article…