Bob Brown this week: “Quite a bit of the criticism is sexist and unfair and unrelenting and the Prime Minister needs a bit of a break from that,” he told journalists in Canberra. “I just think the degree of relentless criticism on this Prime Minister coming from male commentators, it’s probably all subconscious, but is [...]
READ MOREMoral Panic Finger Pointing
The Drum has today published a hilarious piece of reality inversion by Adam Ch’ng on the subject of marriage equality and moral panic. Phelps realised an important political maxim: moral panic works. Having Wong, an openly lesbian Finance Minister with a positive message, as the cover girl hero of the gay rights agenda energised the [...]
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Dear ABC’s The Drum, Please Stop Participating In Stupid Twitter Wars
First, there was this. I thought – maybe it’s a one-off. Maybe we can let it go. Then there was this. Dear The Drum – why the hell do you keep participating in vacuous Twitter arguments?
READ MOREElsewhere – Greg Jericho on the laziest story of all, the leadership speculation story
Greg Jericho over at The Drum on leadership speculation: Come closer, I’ve got the inside word. “Senior Labor sources” are talking about Simon Crean as the next leader. No wait sorry, it’s “some MPs” who are thinking Kevin Rudd. No that’s wrong, heck it’s now “senior party figures” (yes, that sounds both suitably imprecise and [...]
READ MORECan anyone lend the IPA a calculator?
A keen eyed Pure Poison reader has drawn our attention to an article on The ABC’s The Drum Unleashed Opinion from Ted Lapkin, a Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Affairs. Now there’s nothing wrong with that, some of my best friends are libertarians, but there is a little error in his piece that [...]
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