August 2011
37 posts
“Being accused of bias by Ray Hadley is like being accused of being overdressed...”
– Chris Willis, Seven News Director, in response to Ray Hadley accusing 7 journalist Mark Riley of being on the ‘PM’s cheer squad’.
July 2011
47 posts
RT @ChasLicc: A few simple ways we’re manipulated by restaurant menus http://bit.ly/pJD6mu (via @bakadesuyo)
RT @TheVineonline: Exclusive!: The people who made Jersey Shore are doing a fashion show: http://t.co/BNz2R0Y
Air Canada plane on air over Sydney http://t.co/Pjqrf9h
RT @MarkDiStef: “I’m not a journalist, I don’t even know what that is…” - Alan Jones is so entertaining. http://t.co/0NfcbAJ
RT @allisonkilkenny: Boehner could have scored some real brownie points had he worn a #fuckyouwashington t-shirt.
Art v Science v Cadel
Waiting to see which news program will be the first to use “Parles Vous Francais” by Art v Science under a Cadel Evans montage today….
RT @Tzarimas: Nick Minchin says Malcolm Turnbull would do better to stick to matters concerning his shadow portfolio of Communications. …
Michael Smith on 2UE throwing round allegations of blackmail by a prominent Labor MP.
“It took just eight words to give us a glimpse of what she could be - and needs...”
– Graham Richardson, The Daily Telegraph, 22 JULY 2011
Sky’s Sydney city studio is flooding! The end is nigh! Mr Murdoch, where’s our 1/3 of 1/3 share of your ark? Don’t let a > 1% news org drown!
“Australians addicted to social networking sites, email and SMS are not...”
– The Herald Sun, 20 JULY 2011.
The difference between humble and humbling
abcnewsintern:
“This is the most humble day of my life.”
“My walk-in wardrobe is bigger than this shambles you call a committee room. I had to come in the back way! Wendi didn’t even let me wear my favourite watch.”
“This is the most humbling day of my life.”
“I really screwed the pooch this time, didn’t I?”
“Foreign embassy staff owe more than $75 million in unpaid congestion charge...”
– The Australian, 20 JULY 2011
RT @mumbrella: Looks to me like something was pushed into Murdoch’s face http://t.co/21OwjCM
“Mr Abbott said the Liberal Party was not a Stalinist organisation, and people...”
– The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 JUNE 2011.
Have you ever had dreams so vivid you thought...
RT @sfslim: Harry Potter is about doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfrien …
RT @dylabolical: Which Prime Minister am I? “Wah wah wah. boo hoo hooo. Wah wah wah.” That’s right. Bob Hawke.
RT @jameswest2010: BBCs Robert Peston says News Corporation has withdrawn its bid for BSkyB http://t.co/612BKaQ
“We’re in 300 countries worldwide. Three hundred!”
– Kris Jenner, about the Kardashian klan. At press time, only 195 countries were recognized by the U.S. government, and 192 member countries of the U.N.
RT @uueaver: andrew wilke should wrote a blog and call it ‘wilkepedia’
Excellent profile of my favourite Murdoch, James #teamjames http://t.co/jaR7zAG
“Today I met the mayor of Sydney and she made me an honorary citizen of Sydney...”
– Lady Gaga, performing a secret show in Sydney on Oxford St, 11 JULY 2011
“Most of your influence comes from being able to influence the wider debate on an...”
– Nick Xenophon, news.com.au, 15 JUNE 2011
I really want TAbbott’s new nickname to be Abs. Like Abs from 5ive. I don’t see any flaw in this idea.
“If a bottle of water is more expensive than a bottle of wine, something is...”
– SURGEON John Crozier in the Sydney Morning Herald, 11 JULY 2011.
News Pic of the Day
Opposition Treasury Spokesman Joe Hockey enjoying himself in QLD, The Australian 11 JULY 2011.
RT @iamnotmatt: Can you believe “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls was released 15 years ago? FIFTEEN!!
Seeing a lot of socks on #cp Aus Agenda this morning. David Speers went with diamonds. Tim Wilson chose stripes. Paul Kelly colour blocked.
Spencer vs. Monckton
In a week which has been...
http://t.co/jA6JFm6 Photos of (a cardboard cutout of) Angel doing stuff. It IS as amazing as it sounds.
For lovers of Jon Hamm, Jezebel presents the Hammeo (a montage of Hamm cameos) http://t.co/I4e5MeM
““The main thing is that the marriage took place,” said a local...”
– Monaco royals deny pre-wedding rift, The Australian 04 JULY 2011
Making a drachma out of a crisis
Greece currently leads the way in making their country a horrible place to live in.
This week, the Greek Prime Minister has been forced to form a unity government after widespread protests at the savage austerity measures the IMF and the European Union are forcing Greeks to put into place. The IMF have basically staged an intervention, telling Greece that their problems are no longer just...
RT @9NewsBrisbane: Australian Idol judge Jay Dee Springbett has been found dead in a Sydney hotel.
I am surprised that in all the Greens bashing today there hasn’t been a bit of rehashing the glory of The Democrats #solidaritytiltheend
