Zaky Mallah on Q&A

[icyfroth]

I'm surprised there's no thread about this. Maybe I just haven't seen it.

Q&A episode would be real comedy if it wasn’t so tragic

Nobody at the ABC seemed particularly worried that Mallah had spent time in prison due to a conviction for threatening the lives of ASIO officers.

On the contrary, the ABC fawned over Mallah as though he was a particularly sensitive and needy celebrity.

The former Goulburn prison resident was collected by an ABC-supplied minibus in Western Sydney prior to Monday’s broadcast.

As many as five senior ABC producers helped Mallah prepare for the show.

Host Tony Jones even whipped up a brief Mallah biography to accompany the young man’s appearance. And then the minibus dropped Mallah back home, all at taxpayer expense.

So let me get this straight.

The ABC give Mallah, convicted of death threats agains ASIO officers and various firearm offences, 8 minutes of air time during which he recommends 2 senior female journalists should be gang-banged. 

Has the ABC lost the plot?

 When an Islamic extremist who has called for female journalists to be “gang-banged” on live television and threatened to murder senior security officials wants to have his say on Q&A, the ABC not only welcomes him into the audience — for at least the third time, by the way — but they do everything possible to make his visit as amiable as possible.

Entire Article Here

He's just as erratic and threatening as Man Monis, and look what happened there. The ABC see fit to give him air time? What the F?

Why is the sisterhood not baying for his blood over his gang-banging comments?

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This latest episode of Media Watch is worth a look.

 I've always trusted the ABC to deliver a better quality of truth. 🙂

http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s4264050.htm

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At his trial Justice James Wood allowed the entrapment into evidence

Mallah then purchased a rifle and ammunition, prepared his will and made a video to be played after he died.

what did he say in that video?

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@gleee58 wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

Why is the sisterhood not baying for his blood over his gang-banging comments?

Which "sisterhood" are you referring to, Icy?

The sisterhood that screams "misogynist" over something like a wink from the PM when a senior sex worker calls in on a listener's line. Or when the the PM refers to "houswives doing their ironing".

Yet think it's quite OK for someone like Mallah to get TV time after his foul tweets earlier this year calling 2 senior female journos "whores" and that they should be gang-raped

Is it a "sisterhood" to which you belong?

I don't belong to any sisterhood thank you. I'm a free agent 

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Mallah fitted in quite well with the one who said Gillard should have her throat slit and the one who said she should be kicked to death and you're right, none of them should have been on QandA after their comments encouraging violence against women.

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unbelievable   

fitted in quite well?

i didnt think there would be anyone trying

to justify his right to be heard  

especially a woman 

[the_great_she_elephant]

unbelievable   

fitted in quite well?

i didnt think there would be anyone trying

to justify his right to be heard  

especially a woman 

You obviously missd this bit: none of them should have been on QandA after their comments encouraging violence against women

That doesn't sound to me like justifying any of them.

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i didnt miss anything.

the comment was an attempt to justify his

appearance on the show.

[gleee58]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@gleee58 wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

Why is the sisterhood not baying for his blood over his gang-banging comments?

Which "sisterhood" are you referring to, Icy?

The sisterhood that screams "misogynist" over something like a wink from the PM when a senior sex worker calls in on a listener's line. Or when the the PM refers to "houswives doing their ironing".

Yet think it's quite OK for someone like Mallah to get TV time after his foul tweets earlier this year calling 2 senior female journos "whores" and that they should be gang-raped

Is it a "sisterhood" to which you belong?

I don't belong to any sisterhood thank you. I'm a free agent 

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Mallah fitted in quite well with the one who said Gillard should have her throat slit and the one who said she should be kicked to death and you're right, none of them should have been on QandA after their comments encouraging violence against women.

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unbelievable   

fitted in quite well?

i didnt think there would be anyone trying

to justify his right to be heard  

especially a woman 

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Who is justifying his right to be heard?  All I said is he fitted in well with a couple of panel members, as they each have been known to speak of violence towards women.  In case you missed it, I highlighted the bit you seem to have missed.

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why bring other examples into this?

the question which you highlighted was:

Why is the sisterhood not baying for his blood over his gang-banging comments?

you answered with:

Mallah fitted in quite well with the one who said Gillard should have her throat slit and the one who said she should be kicked to death and you're right, none of them should have been on QandA after their comments encouraging violence against women.

attempting  to detract attention from mallah/

justifying him being on the show  -

it is how i see it. 

[alexander*beetle]

you answered with:

Mallah fitted in quite well with the one who said Gillard should have her throat slit and the one who said she should be kicked to death and you're right, none of them should have been on QandA after their comments encouraging violence against women.

attempting  to detract attention from mallah/

justifying him being on the show  -

it is how i see it. 

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That's not detracting attention at all it's just pointing out the obvious.  You can't lambast one person for their comments and demand they be answerable to them while letting off 2 other people who made remarks that were just as offensive. Common sense should prevail. All three of them made disgusting comments against women and therefore all three of them should be answerable for them. 

[gleee58]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

why bring other examples into this?

the question which you highlighted was:

Why is the sisterhood not baying for his blood over his gang-banging comments?

you answered with:

Mallah fitted in quite well with the one who said Gillard should have her throat slit and the one who said she should be kicked to death and you're right, none of them should have been on QandA after their comments encouraging violence against women.

attempting  to detract attention from mallah/

justifying him being on the show  -

it is how i see it. 

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They were all on the same episode of the same show.  Why should we focus on the one questioner and not on the guests?

Ciobo's response to the question was no better than the question, imo.  It seemed as if he was exercising his right to see how far he could push Mallah, hoping for a violent reaction. 

[icyfroth]

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@gleee58 wrote:

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

why bring other examples into this?

the question which you highlighted was:

Why is the sisterhood not baying for his blood over his gang-banging comments?

you answered with:

Mallah fitted in quite well with the one who said Gillard should have her throat slit and the one who said she should be kicked to death and you're right, none of them should have been on QandA after their comments encouraging violence against women.

attempting  to detract attention from mallah/

justifying him being on the show  -

it is how i see it. 

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They were all on the same episode of the same show.  Why should we focus on the one questioner and not on the guests?

Ciobo's response to the question was no better than the question, imo.  It seemed as if he was exercising his right to see how far he could push Mallah, hoping for a violent reaction. 

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No. Mallah asked the question and he got a honest answer to which he responded with insolence, and the ABC got exactly what they set the show up for, namely, controversy.