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#auspol #liberals #spin #TheShot

https://theshot.net.au/general-news/bullshit-and-spin/

#Reporting on each other...
#Big4 #auspol #TheShot

https://chaser.com.au/national/kpmg-way-worse-than-pwc-according-to-damning-report-by-pwc/

The Fordham Effect
by Joel Jenkins
#auspol #TheShot
https://theshot.net.au/general-news/the-fordham-effect/

#winsome #tech #theshot

https://theshot.net.au/general-news/whoever-wins-we-lose/?mc_cid=3f25788b63&mc_eid=8634857299

#RBA #shakeup #theshot #auspol

https://chaser.com.au/general-news/rba-shake-up-will-only-have-25k-lunches-eight-times-per-year/

The toilet police are here and they want you to know they are very serious.

Patrick Lenton in The Shot

#theShot #transrightsarehumanrights

https://theshot.net.au/national/the-toilet-police-are-here-and-they-want-you-to-know-they-are-very-serious/

#TheShot #weagles

https://chaser.com.au/sport/afl-officials-bring-out-green-curtain-to-finally-deal-with-west-coast-eagles/?mc_cid=ef1d008761&mc_eid=8634857299

https://theshot.net.au/general-news/its-their-abc/

Since i belatedly discovered #TheShot only a few months ago, it's become one of my routine tabs [for both reading, + the excellent podcast].

The linked article puzzles / troubles me somewhat. I've been aware for years that one of my fav #ABC broadcasters, #PatriciaKarvelas #PK, is routinely demonised by many ardent #OurABC lovers [of which i'm one; that is, an ABC-lover, not a PK-demoniser, to clarify] for her #Murdoch work history prior to ABC.

The allegation is frequently made, often explicitly or otherwise implicitly, that she's just another of the right-wing Murdoch / #LiberalParty stooges with which sadly the ABC has become infested over the past decade+. Right-wing horrors like Switzer, Vanstone, also Speers, give me the screaming rages, & terribly diminish Aunty's objective credibility [indeed, basic fscking decency!].

However, i just don't [now] see that with #PK. When she first came to ABC, i was deeply sceptical of her, based entirely on learning of her employment history, but otherwise having no idea she even existed. For months i listened to her, watched her, read her, all with abiding negative mindset in the expectation that "any moment now she's gonna drop her guard & go full-metal #RWNJ". IMO, that apprehension was never fulfilled. Gradually, initially grudgingly, i softened & came to trust her, respect her... then like her.

Nowadays i regard her as one of my faves. It did not hurt her cause with me once i [being an incredibly dimwitted cretin] very very belatedly realised she's also #Lesbian, but with far far greater courage & toughness than me. That's probably ridiculous of me to even mention here, but i'm just being honest in fessing that it simply ticked even more "PK boxes on my bingo card".

So, have i lost the plot? Have i lost my objectivity? Is she indeed nought but a card-carrying COALition fangirl, hellbent on assisting in the destruction of Aunty? For mine, that's a big fat *nope*, yet others seem fervently to disagree.

🤷‍♀️

#theShot #Anustaylor

https://theshot.net.au/opinion-news/how-the-hell-is-angus-taylor-still-a-thing/

@tip
"When clearly disingenuous arguments against the Voice to Parliament are presented to Australia by routinely disingenuous and racist people, they should be treated as such."
#Auspol #VoiceToParliament #Racism #TheShot

Ha!! From #TheShot newsletter by #PatrickLenton. This line made my morning.

The Australian Public broadcaster, the ABC, has this week been forced to air a song about former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s erotic love of fossil fuels, after the song ‘Coal Makes Me Cum’ by satirical comedy group ‘The Chaser’ was voted in at number 136 in the station’s yearly national music poll ‘The Hottest 100’.
Via #theShot #Auspol
https://theshot.net.au/national/national-vote-sees-australian-public-broadcaster-forced-to-play-song-about-prime-minister-pleasuring-himself-with-coal/

As a white male Australian with European heritage who loves nothing more than sinking cans in the January sun and not needing to go to work, what is there to say about Australia Day other than I hate it and want it to die a lonely, smelly death celebrated by its closest relatives and former lovers?
Via #theShot
https://theshot.net.au/general-news/australia-day-is-so-fucking-dumb/

I love #TheShot when it comes to journalism and #msmfailure when it comes to having a bit of a share.

#JanetAlbrechtsen is held up as one of the great benefactors of #MaleSupremacy by any old white man who counts the #lnp among his memberships.

A seriously good read.

https://theshot.net.au/general-news/janet-albrechtsens-anti-women-bile-lets-predatory-men-off-the-hook/

Jo Dyer gives an excellent response to The Australian’s Janet Albrechtsen and her repeated attacks on women who dare to speak out. Especially on sexual assault:
“In Janet’s world this means that, despite Janet’s championing the right to free speech in every other forum, a woman is forever forbidden from speaking of her own lived experience, as a man’s right to an untarnished reputation trumps all.”
#RapeTrials #LehrmannTrial
#WomeninLaw #TheShot

https://theshot.net.au/general-news/janet-albrechtsens-anti-women-bile-lets-predatory-men-off-the-hook/

Ah the Shot. The only thing that kept me going through #Lockdown. Is Dave Milner on here does anyone know? #auspol #vicvotes #theshot #fucktheheraldsun

https://theshot.net.au/general-news/why-everyone-except-me-was-wrong-about-the-victorian-election/

@shot Woo hoo! Dave Milner at the top of his game! This is beautiful. #vicpol #auspol #TheShot

I've been using this WordPress hub for about a year now, and I've found it massively helpful. One of the last things I did this semester before the exam period kicked off was stick posters for it all around UOW campus.

I get the feeling that some outlets on here are gonna be seen as more reputable than others, but... eh, what the hell. #MichaelWestMedia and the #Guardian are my personal favourites, I find #IndependentAustralia to be worth a look (Tom Tanuki's columns are really good and I wish he got more exposure than the IA journalists who cheer on FriendlyJordies and PRGuy), and #RenewEconomy is good to check up once in a while. I do make a habit of buying #TheSaturdayPaper when it comes out. Not sure about #Crikey to be honest. Gotta say, though - I do wish #TheShot and #6NewsAU were on here.

Either way, this is a really good source of #independentnews for anyone interested in #auspol. Have at it! https://independentnewsonline.wordpress.com/

I've been using this WordPress hub for about a year now, and I've found it massively helpful. One of the last things I did this semester before the exam period kicked off was stick posters for it all around UOW campus.

I get the feeling that some outlets on here are gonna be seen as more reputable than others, but... eh, what the hell. #MichaelWestMedia and the #Guardian are my personal favourites, I find #IndependentAustralia to be worth a look (Tom Tanuki's columns are really good and I wish he got more exposure than the IA journalists who cheer on FriendlyJordies and PRGuy), and #RenewEconomy is good to check up once in a while. I do make a habit of buying #TheSaturdayPaper when it comes out. Not sure about #Crikey to be honest. Gotta say, though - I do wish #TheShot and #6NewsAU were on here.

Either way, this is a really good source of #independentnews for anyone interested in #auspol. Have at it! https://independentnewsonline.wordpress.com/