press gallery journalists being incredulous at the mere thought of Morrison government politicians making executive decisions that are specifically designed to shore up their incumbent power. It is just enraging at this point.
oh bothsides bothsides said the Davids breezily. We will just have to wait and see what is said by the Morrison government politician who gets tapped to lie about it before we can possibly report a fact [paraphrased]. There is an election due *nods sagely* after all.
on ABC radio this arvo a Stokes masthead journalist literally asked “what was the question?” in complete bewilderment before having [below] spelt out again. She then confidently proclaimed that partisan allocation of federal resources is bothsides bothsides never mind ask Scott.
when even poor old Coorey is conceding in the mildest of mumbling terms - his signature style is to minimise and trivialise misogynist and endemically corrupt etc etc governance - that the evidence shows Morrison spends public money on Liberal Party campaign priorities.
I am once again asking everyone but especially press gallery journalists to compute the fact that genuinely needs-based funding would skew away from wealthy seats where voters elect Liberal Party politicians.
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*NSW National Party leader (and deputy premier) I shoulda said but look the worst ones are. It is not that they are worse than an Ironbar or Katter, the problem is they have vastly more incumbent state-sanctioned power to do drastically destructive things.
goes without saying that it is long past the time when media should be correcting this anti-climate action pro-catastrophe propaganda instead of advertising it for free on behalf of Coalition politicians.
the deputy leader of the Liberal Party has wasted no time trying his hand at sounding like a wartime leader while his boss has covid.
Morrison will be seething that Frydenberg gets to milk tragedy and promote dodgily selected economic figures for political gain without him.
this dull recital of numbers means nothing to people who need more work and more money and more income security and a place to live. It only matters to people who trade in this shit for their very comfortable salaries. Like politicians and press gallery journalists.
at my PhD grad ceremony the university gave a doctorate to an aging white male property developer whose folksy ol’ speech was egotistical and anti-intellectual nonsense based on his paperboy mythology.
incredibly, hold on to your bonnets, I also did menial low paid tasks as a child then grew up and did not destroy entire countries nor accrue millions of dollar from stolen lands but did complete the intellectual work required to obtain a doctorate.
everyone there who knew me - including my dignified and respectful tall wealthy white male dad - was looking around nervously during the speech and going oh fuck how is this gonna go down with Ingrid😂
good morning from unceded Darug lands☀️today on #Insiders are ABC Indigenous affairs editor Bridget Brennan, 9fax politics chief David Rowe and murdoch associate editor Cameron Stewart. The interview is with shadow foreign affairs minister Penny Wong.
opening spiel: tough talk and targeted sanctions but Ukraine left to fight on its own. Russia mounts a brutal assault. #Insiders
the way political journalists relish war really turns my stomach. Bombs, tanks etc described enthusiastically. Anyway, what’s the Morrison perspective, skip? He is keeping his options open. #Insiders
good morning from unceded Darug lands☀️today on #Insiders are 9fax columnist Jennifer Hewett, 9fax columnist and former Liberal Party staffer to 9fax chair Niki Savva, and murdoch editor James Campbell. The interview is with Liberal Party backbencher James Paterson.
this thread is not factchecked. It is not reporting. This is comment, representing nothing and nobody else. I block snitch taggers. Regular reminder that whatever Speers frames as “bad news” for the pro-emissions pro-corruption pro-sex offender party is good news for the polity.
opening spiel: “the prime minister has set his comeback course”: cue Speers repeating Liberal Party campaign messaging, for free.
the Guardian could have chosen a picture of Liberal Party politicians for the thumbnail on a story about Liberal Party attack ads. But they chose to publish the attack ads - for free - instead. This is how it works.
for the 2019 election, the corporate press advertised Liberal Party death tax lies every single day. We are still three months out from the 2022 election and already they are obediently enabling and facilitating the Liberal Party campaign.