tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post6682621641905540256..comments2023-09-04T21:36:48.170+10:00Comments on The Site Formally Known As: Canberra press gallery 'pack of nutjobs'.Stubbadubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05333188150383405691noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-49195914121338686112008-06-18T13:20:00.000+10:002008-06-18T13:20:00.000+10:00'Della-Bosca Iguangate' was Los Lobos's second sin...'Della-Bosca Iguangate' was Los Lobos's second single from their third album.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-71602403721041846262008-06-17T16:32:00.000+10:002008-06-17T16:32:00.000+10:00Ah yes, the 2004 election.I remember waking up tha...Ah yes, the 2004 election.<BR/><BR/>I remember waking up that Sunday morning thinking "Gee, I've got the worst hangover of my entire life and The Rodent is still in power.<BR/><BR/>"That's just swell".<BR/><BR/>And stayed in bed most of that day.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-28158458358776434352008-06-17T14:30:00.000+10:002008-06-17T14:30:00.000+10:00Latham: "Those hacks in the Press Gallery never pr...Latham: "Those hacks in the Press Gallery never predicted I'd lead the Labor party to such an embarrassing defeat, hand old Rat-brows a majority in both houses, then proceed to a Chernobyl-sized meltdown. Bwahahaha, I sure showed those suckholes how it's done!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-57138595784032299112008-06-17T14:14:00.000+10:002008-06-17T14:14:00.000+10:00I'm reading The Latham Diaries at the moment (yes ...I'm reading The Latham Diaries at the moment (yes yes, 3 years too late) and he has some scathing things to say about the press gallery.<BR/><BR/>Basically, superannuated hacks relying on the same old sources and constantly getting it wrong. For e.g no-one predicted Latham would be opposition leader.<BR/><BR/>Off topic, but it's worth reading just for the Keating quotes.Louchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447703991420625216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-53535529089618679942008-06-17T12:50:00.000+10:002008-06-17T12:50:00.000+10:00I've said it before and I'll say it again.Faine is...I've said it before and I'll say it again.<BR/><BR/>Faine is a crap interviewer.<BR/><BR/>When I was at the ABC, there was much rolling of eyes in the newsroom whenever Faine was trying to conduct an interview.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-67721376574086889162008-06-17T12:34:00.000+10:002008-06-17T12:34:00.000+10:00Kruddy and Gillard drive the Tories in the media n...<I>Kruddy and Gillard drive the Tories in the media nuts by refusing to take them seriously.<BR/><BR/>Gillard is particularly good at it.</I><BR/><BR/>She's also good at driving the Ineffectual Left in the media nuts too. Her work on 772 with John Faine this morning was a delight to behold. She was holding Faine at arm's length on the IR issue while he desperately windmilled his scrawny arms trying to land a blow, any sort of blow.Loose Shunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07051892420367907816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-19019945500603236842008-06-17T11:50:00.000+10:002008-06-17T11:50:00.000+10:00Thanks, Red.Kruddy and Gillard drive the Tories in...Thanks, Red.<BR/><BR/>Kruddy and Gillard drive the Tories in the media nuts by refusing to take them seriously.<BR/><BR/>Gillard is particularly good at it.<BR/><BR/>She has that amused glint in her eyes that says "yeah, go ahead and ask that question - you pathetic nobody".Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-87067903691980203712008-06-17T11:42:00.000+10:002008-06-17T11:42:00.000+10:00Rudd's strategy of dealing with the conservative m...Rudd's strategy of dealing with the conservative media is classic 'rope-a-dope'.<BR/><BR/>Brumby's doing the same thing with the Vic Liberals, though 'dope' has extra meaning in this case.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-78971480749896855192008-06-17T11:40:00.000+10:002008-06-17T11:40:00.000+10:00Love this site.Love this site.The Red Setterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589324390222379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-32179506234757938852008-06-17T11:24:00.000+10:002008-06-17T11:24:00.000+10:00Quite.<A HREF="http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=FmxRdx7HMME" REL="nofollow">Quite</A>.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-36978503584526642292008-06-17T11:19:00.000+10:002008-06-17T11:19:00.000+10:00Such a statement might get you quite the smack in ...Such a statement might get you quite the smack in the mouth, seeing that Belinda Neal is closer to Vyvyan than Neil in temperament.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-6984985922846205772008-06-17T11:10:00.000+10:002008-06-17T11:10:00.000+10:00"Do you really think anyone's ever the slightest b..."Do you really think anyone's ever the slightest bit interested in anything you ever say or do Neil?"Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-33273002300895869772008-06-17T10:56:00.000+10:002008-06-17T10:56:00.000+10:00Yeah, but Iguanagate saounds so much better.Neilga...Yeah, but Iguanagate saounds so much better.<BR/><BR/>Neilgate sounds more... Young Ones-ish.<BR/><BR/>Is Dennis Shanahan related to Brendan Shanahan?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-17149169098786485062008-06-17T10:10:00.000+10:002008-06-17T10:10:00.000+10:00Iguanagate is covered by Neilgate, Boogey.Slow new...Iguanagate is covered by Neilgate, Boogey.<BR/><BR/>Slow news month? It's been a slow news <I>year</I>.<BR/><BR/>Poor old Dennis Shanahan must be weeping himself to sleep each night, clutching his signed poster of John Howard.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-58397546864944345692008-06-17T10:06:00.000+10:002008-06-17T10:06:00.000+10:00You forgot Iguanagate.It seems to have been a slow...You forgot Iguanagate.<BR/><BR/>It seems to have been a slow news month politically - it's all been squabbling over small-fry stuff, like fuel prices, and Belinda Neal, and similar zzzzz-es.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com