What is it with some Journos ?

[vicr3000]

What is it with some Journos ?

We know the standards of journalism have gone down but yesterday we had Ben Fordham tweeting a completley false tweet

that Julie Bishop and Malcolm Turnbull were going to get together for a "SECRET" meeting. He continued to push the point

in the afternoon even though he knew full well Turnbull was in one part of NSW and Bishop in another and even knew what

flight she was on.

They spin more than politicians

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/julie-bishop-and-malcolm-turnbull-took-to-twitter-to-deny-ben-...

I thought they were supposed to Report the news, not be part of it.

John Laws on the phone to Tim Cahill

Then you have John Laws on the phone to Tim Cahill, with plenty of interesting things to discuss, Winning the Cup, the new

club he is going to, Soccer in Aus etc etc but all he can do is focus on the reported $10 million deal Tim has signed.

Like how about discussing something that soccer fans want to hear about, Why the new club, why not the A league.

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/radio-host-john-laws-faces-backlash-over-bizarre-tim-cahill-inter...

And then you only have to get onto aircraft accidents and crashes and supposed "experts" they have on TV or quote

in the media. Plus the standard "the brave pilot heroically steered the aircraft away from the school which had children playing in the playground" or "The selfless pilot stayed at the controls until the last minute to steer away from the town" or , followed by a picture of a Cessna when they state it was a Beechcraft or a 4 engined Boeing 747 when it was a

two engines Airbus A300 which they actually state in the article

In the past, it might have taken a while to research and put together something but with everything on line,

it takes 5 seconds to cross check in google or find the correct picture to use.

Anyway, rant over.

[vicr3000]

I dont totally disagree.

[debra9275]

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@vicr3000 wrote:

Agree.

I thought they were smiling because they were sticking it up Ben Fordham for being so wrong.

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oh I think they were, I think they did it especially for the journos, as they've been hounding them hard over the past couple of days

[vicr3000]

Sorry, I misread your original post re the photos thinking the smiling bit was them having a crack at Abbott.

We are on the same page as to why they did it.

I think they made Ben look foolish, stupid.

[lloydslights]

Whatever is going on....Julie Bishop, Turnbull......attention is being diverted from Tony Abbott being "in our face" at present.

A "relief" for him by his team?

DEB 

[vicr3000]

In some ways Ben did Abbott a service by his tweet, diverting attention.

Either way, the media in this country cetainly whip it up when their is no big storm

and make it far bigger than it is.

We know why of course.

[donnashuggy]

I just wanted to congratulate you as a new member (joining a week ago) and making 500 posts

Well done and welcome to the eBay forums 🙂

[vicr3000]

Then add aps's posts on to that total LOL

Some of you provide such an opportunity to post, it's a "target rich environment" as we used to say

(that will go down well with the huggy fluffies )

But thanks anyway

[polksaladallie]

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@vicr3000 wrote:

Then add aps's posts on to that total LOL

Some of you provide such an opportunity to post, it's a "target rich environment" as we used to say

(that will go down well with the huggy fluffies )

But thanks anyway

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huggy fluffies as the term of the week disappeared while you were on your holiday.

This week's term is "journey".

[vicr3000]

Huggy fluffy is used because I can't use the W word !

[cherry*135]

Nothing new here, in Australia or worldwide with journalists... they want to be the first one to get the scoop.

Trying to track Bishop & Turnbull to see if they met up privately to plot the PM's demise is pretty mild compared to what's gone down in the past.

Now it's payback time.