@lurker172602 wrote:
@lloydslights wrote:
@donnashuggy wrote:
http://www.theshovel.com.au/2016/03/06/abbott-says-hell-need-to-check-with-credlin-before-confirming...
May I bring to everyone's attention that donnashuggy has provided the link to The Shovel.
From their homepage: The Shovel is Australia’s satire news website. That means the stories on this site are made up.
Google : Satire Definition: is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government or society itself, into improvement.
It can be amusing in the right circumstances; but as shown here, people may have been mislead by the 2 contributiions on this thread.
DEB
Really Deb, no one who uses even the tiniest bit of thought while reading could possibly think that wasn't a satirical piece. And if they don't understand it wasn't meant to be taken seriously they really have no place trying to discuss current affairs or the news.
It is this sort of thing that becomes headlines by other publications, and along with distortion of facts is deceptive.
Some people fully believe that it is true journalism and it must be true because such-and-such from the ABC or Murdoch said it.
And just perhaps, some of these misguided and misled readers are not only discussing the subject on fora or coffee groups, family gatherings, but eventually are swayed in their decision to vote for a such-and-such a Party, or not.
Simple Duplicity, in my opinion.
Just as the word "perception" appears to have been lost in the promotion of someone's book about to go on sale.
DEB
