news corpse strikes again

just how low can news corp go

 

VC recipient Ben Roberts-Smith slams Defence pay support as "absolute rubbish"

 

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith says he has been "grossly misrepresented" by a media report which claimed he backed the below-inflation pay deal to Defence personnel.

 

And Mr Roberts-Smith has urged the Government to "get back into the boardroom" and offer Defence personnel a better deal, if the military doesn't believe the current proposal is the best on offer.

 

News Corp published a report on Monday headlined "VC winner roasts Lambie". 

 

The article said "Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith has defended the meagre pay deal for soldiers, arguing the budget deficit required sacrifice".

 

The Government's below inflation pay offer has prompted an angry response from the Defence Force personnel. 

 

Palmer United Senator Jacqui Lambie attempted to hijack Remembrance Day ceremonies and urged veterans to protest at November 11 events.

 

However the idea backfired and not even the Senator ended up turning her back in protest.

 

The News Corp quoted Mr Roberts-Smith as defending the Government's pay offer and reported him as saying "I am also cognisant of the fact the government was left with a deficit and there's only so much you can do with the money that you have".

 

But Mr Roberts-Smith told Melbourne Radio 3AW on Wednesday "I've been grossly misrepresented" in subsequent reports stemming from the initial News Corp story.

 

"You look at some of the headlines they've put out that I've essentially backed pay deals or I've supported this or accepted that or tried to justify the Government's position, it's just absolute rubbish," he told Neil Mitchell.

 

He said his position had never changed from supporting higher pay for the military.



Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/vc-recipient-ben-robertssmith-slams-defence-pa...


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@gleee58 wrote:

@boris1gary wrote:

feel a little sympathy for the lambert, clearly out of her depth and maybe out of her mind. She has also altered one of Popes cartoons 

and it hasn't gone down well, does she have any help with her new job?

 

 


She knocked back some who offered some support and said she doesn't need help.

 

She claims the altered image was posted on her FB page by someone else. Pope didn't seem too upset when he made the little jibe at her on twitter but her reaction was over the top in the extreme.


over the top....Woman LOL Does she even know what she is on about? her staff sound like they are related to her.

 

Cartoonist David Pope said he was concerned someone else's political message was now being attributed to him. 

 

The word "apologies" had been added to the cartoon but it had not stopped numerous people being led to believe it was Pope's original work, he said. 

 

"Apologies" is used by cartoonists to let readers know they are making references to someone else's creative work and not to attribute the cartoon's message to the creator they are referencing. 

 

"I know people have been fooled that this was the original version," Pope said.  

 

"Some cartoonist colleagues have even shared it without knowing it was not the original." 

 

On Tuesday afternoon a spokesman for Senator Lambie said her office was "very busy today we don't have time at the moment to reply to your fake cartoon accusations". 

 

"Being Remembrance Day, we also need to deal with the serious issues today," the spokesman said in a written statement. 

 

"We're taking hundreds of calls from all over Australia from Australian Defence Force members who are very angry about the Abbott government's defence pay cutbacks.

 

"Not only that we're also fielding calls from desperate veterans (some who are suicidal).

 

"In the meantime the senator has immediately removed from her Facebook the allegedly offending fake cartoon. 

 

"Jacqui will reply officially to your questions and accusations tomorrow, so you'll get two stories and be able to sell more papers."



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Yeah, umm I just seen "corpse" in the title. not the corspe I had in mind though, backing out slowly. lol

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