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21 Feb, 12 tweets, 5 min read
An unusual situation article here from Nick Tabakoff. Terrible journalism, defending terrible journalism. A short thread. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #auspol #LeightheLiar #thisisnotjournalism

theaustralian.com.au/business/media…
Journalists hate Twitter because they can't control the right of reply and they can't silence criticism. Twitter users are entitled to 'pile-on' whoever they want, whether it be justified (as it was in this case) or not. Image
A stupid question that had already been asked by other journalists over the weekend. Sales received the same answer that Dan had given previously! Image
Part of journalism is doing your research, these pressers are for the public to be informed about a pandemic. They are not for journalists to waste everyone's time by asking questions that have already been answered.
Not a fair question given that it had already been asked and answered previously. The validity of the question has nothing to do with denied interview requests. Image
She did hijack the press conference. She treated it like a one on one interview which is an insult to all of the other journalists in attendance. Image
In terms of the comparison to Rachel Baxendale. Any journalists who doctors a transcript and considers their role to report only on the Government (as she has stated) and not the other side of politics deserves backlash.
Wrong. There was nothing preventing Leigh Sales from travelling back to NSW. She was still in Melbourne by choice. #LeightheLiar
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One of the main issues with journalism in Australia is that they all back each other no matter what. They all came into bat for Baxendale whens she doctored a transcript. They don't know how to accept criticism. Image
Why didn't she track down Richard Colbeck for an interview then? Why didn't she attend any of of Berejiklian's pressers? Image
Nonsense. This video from @friendlyjordies is a classic example of how Leigh Sales interviews those on the left vs how she interviews those on the right. She is baised.
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That's it. Nice and short. Enjoy your night people.

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