Comments on: Is Tracy Grimshaw the most powerful person on TV?

By: GKunstler

GKunstler — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:20:39 +0000

To Liz 45:

Why don’t you just start an Anti-Ramsey foundation to get Ramsey off our TV screens across Ausralia and yes, write to Mr Packer and Murdoch to ban his name ever appearing in the press too? And as for your other comments, true, decent women have no place in the pubs after midnight or tailing footy players to parties and then playing ‘hard to get’. Maybe you should stay out in the Sun a tad longer to let your hemispheres ripen a little. I’ll leave the reading of the pro-chauvinist propaganda to you, you seem to have a lot of healing to do and it’s no way near completition because you’re dabbing your wounds with the wrong dressing dear.

By: Liz45

Liz45 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:18:07 +0000

Isn’t it strange, that even though it was Ramsay who was so damned rude in the first instance, it’s Tracey Grimshaw who’s being castigated for her “flirting” or some such - which reads, she asked for it, got it, and then started to whinge about it. Now where have I heard this tactic used before? Oh! yes, the young woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted outside her place of residence by another resident, who played Rugby League for Manly. The trick then too, was to demonise her father??Then the young woman re Matthew Johns disgrace - a so-called ‘colleague’ came out of the wood work questioning her version of events, her morals, accusing her of being paid etc. Deliberate actions to ‘shoot the messenger’. I’m also old enough to recall Judges from the bench blaming rape victims for being out after dark, or wearing mini skirts, or drinking alcohol, and that it was impossible for a prostitute to be raped, or being raped while unconscious wasn’t as serious a crime as being awake during the attack? In a world of change, some things never do, or do it so slowly, that women like me get frustrated, angry and pissed off!

The bottom line is, Gkunstler, that neither you nor the majority of males on this site were disgusted by Ramsay’s behaviour; and spent your time using the same sexist clap trap that others have used before you - for decades, no centuries - ‘shoot the messenger’! I don’t watch ACA or their news programs, or any other commercial channel’s news or current affairs if I can avoid it, but I’ve had a gutful of men like Ramsay who think that the usual rules of decency don’t apply to them, and if a woman complains, the ‘man wagon’ hitches up and demeans her! Seen it too often, experienced it too!

GKUNSTLER - I’d strongly suggest that you read, “Damned Whores and God’s Police” by Anne Summers. Follow this with another of Anne’s books, “The End of Equality” . Then you may understand, that “anyone with some above average IQ would dig it eeeasily”?

By: GKunstler

GKunstler — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:36:26 +0000

And to Coreena and Liz…well I am not a male and I am not a male in the female body either but I find Tracey cheap and hypocritical. It’s like a school girl flirting with a bad guy and hoping for a platonic relationship who then runs crying to her mamma because he made fun of her during recess. C’mon! She should either get a man or a woman who’ll teach her some class and there’s no class in tit-for-tat! Even less so in pretending to be moralistic yet accepting to work the streets for living - metaphorically spoeaking of course. So, what’s new? He apologised. Why? Not because he means it but because he needs to save his tour and keep his shows alive. Tracey’s acceptance of apology - equally fake because she set him up for the blame game and played it out. Anyone with some above average IQ would dig it eeeasily.

By: GKunstler

GKunstler — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:27:02 +0000

A 49-year-old woman abused her position to pacify her mum on national TV! Tracey’s mum found it all to hard to deal with Tracey’s sexuality being attached in public that she urged her adughter Tracey to do some immediate damage control. What it did instead was make Tracey look like a little Missy Prissy of Channel Nine, the network that allowed her to trash precious news space on healing bruised self-esteeem. Funny. It is the same Tracey who made Ramsey who he is with the help of Channel Nine bosses because Ramsey’s and similar low-life shows pay their wages. On the night of the interview she giggled and blushed like a school girl and she is an experienced, cool professional, 49 years old? Wow. If anything, this act has definitely got Nine of my list of even ‘bearable’ channels. How hypocritical and sad to air self-defense and impose it as a news-worthy issue. Channel Nine might hike ratings as the new TV celebrity ego-laundromat!

By: Liz45

Liz45 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:56:08 +0000

COREENA
Posted Thursday, 11 June 2009 at 2:43 pm | Permalink
If a woman’s boss or co-worker made comments, such as those made by Ramsay, she’d have a legal case against them. Ramsay doesn’t know how to stop himself and has no sense of what’s inappropriate. May his fall be steep and fast.

Good for you Coreena! ! I heartily agree! He’s a rude, arrogant misogynist, who needs to learn some manners, and acquaint himself with the laws of this country re discrimination. I’m no campaigner for ACA, and I’m not silly enough to watch his brand of ‘entertainment’, but I’ve had enough of so-called men who don’t know how to behave - and he has daughters! Scary!

I’m damned sure Tracy Grimshaw isn’t a victim, and more power to her for giving it back to him - he deserved it!
I’m not surprised by the attitudes displayed by the majority of males here, who completely miss the point. Lots of women, including Tracy have had a gutful of the male ‘superiority’ behaviour displayed too frequently. He was bloody rude and offensive, and by thinking he could get away with it just makes me boil - rudeness is rudeness - full stop!

By: coreena

coreena — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:43:21 +0000

If a woman’s boss or co-worker made comments, such as those made by Ramsay, she’d have a legal case against them. Ramsay doesn’t know how to stop himself and has no sense of what’s inappropriate. May his fall be steep and fast.

By: gef05

gef05 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:41:32 +0000

I find out that Shell paid out USD$15M over the Saro-Wiwa assassination and what do I find on the front of Crikey - Tracy-fuckin-Grimshaw.

Perspective people, perspective.

By: Marian

Marian — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:04:06 +0000

Tracy is hardly a victim.
She’s in the early stages of Eddie-fication and I must say, I’m already sick to death of her.
http://screamedia.blogspot.com/2009/06/grimshaw-vs-ramsay.html

By: ian lynch

ian lynch — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:06:19 +0000

Good on you Tracy.Keep up the good work!
What’s with Ramsey anyway?Basically a “cook” probably paying good money to a publicity agent on the basis that any news is good news.
The Herald Sun is obviously promoting him(suprise suprise, his recipies are widely featured in their “newspaper”) and had him today on their front page-despite all sorts of important events to report.Amazing!
Don’t take Ramsey or the Herald Sun seriously.Both are obvioulsy full of self promoting hot air!

By: David Sanderson

David Sanderson — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:42:36 +0000

Did you say Gordon Ramsay was a “foul-mouthed cock”?

If so, I would just like to remind everyone that not all cocks are like him.

By: John Ryan

John Ryan — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:46:53 +0000

Given that both Ramsey and ACA need publicity badly its understandable,but Grimshaw acting as the moral arbiter of the land is some kind of very bad joke.
It along with TT would be two of the most unintelligent, dumb, stupid, shows on TV,god know why anyone would bother watching.
Another hunter for her 15min of fame,whatever happened to Robson,why anyone with a brain takes any notice of these plastic people is beyond me

By: Nelson Bibby

Nelson Bibby — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:42:17 +0000

Perhaps I missed something but I fail to see how Tracy is really a victim. By putting herself in harms way she has ultimately benefited massively. Pretty simple ploy really, set up big bad English man to be mean to “our Tracy” gain a whole lot of sympathy from mainstream audience. Gordon goes home with even more reputation than he arrived with and Tracy elevated to heroic reporter status. Everyone wins!