When did the War in the Pacific become the “lesser known theater” of WW2?
Seriously, are these people retarded?
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The ABC Spin Starts Here
Why bother?
New Dr Who to make online debut
Australian Doctor Who fans will be able to legally watch new episodes of the sci-fi series online before they air on television.
Date to appear in iView: April 16.
Date first episode airs in the UK: April 4.
Running a VPN or proxy to watch the stream from the BBC website April 5: not illegal at all.
If the ABC was serious about attracting Doctor Who fans, they’d run it on iView April 5.
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After The Storm, Media Rap Up
So it bucketed down Golf balls here in Melbourne Saturday…well, it did where I lived, some media are reporting hail as big as lemons.
One of the few times I’ve ever been scared in weather (other times nearly exclusively on aircraft.) I actually pulled Declan away from the windows because I was scared that the hail would shatter them. The noise is something I’ll never forget: we have a colourbond roof, OMG it was loud.
I didn’t keep a full tally of how long it took for the media to cover it, but my general observations: slow.
The Age was first with the storm warning. News.com.au didn’t have it, but it did appear in the Hun just before storm. ABC mustn’t work Saturdays.
Afterwards, The Age was first up with a picture, but slow in updating the storm warning.
The Hun beat The Age, but it was a good 30 mins after the fact.
The rest followed. ABC was beyond slow, hours later.
Notably while the newspapers were still only just reporting it, Seven News that night (and it’s the only time I watch the news…natural disasters) dedicated the first full half to the disaster.
It was too local for my coverage (earthquakes and fires I’ll play, but hail not so much) but given what was coming out of Twitter in the minutes following, could have beaten them all….and anyone else could have as well. I was sharing video and pics via Twitter from others 15 minutes before the MSM hit the story hard.
It would appear though that the MSM here in Australia continue to get caught short on weekends.
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Enough Is Enough
Despite the Indian Media, local Indian representatives, and even family members calling racism this week, guess what.
The tragic death of the 3 yr old child (and I don’t give a shit what colour his is, he’s 3) came about due to an Indian national in the house.
Yeah, terrible racism again Indian media. And Indian student association head.
Enough is enough.
I don’t doubt that a very small number of attacks here might have been racially motivated. But I’m sick and tired of the whole racist meme, when most attacks weren’t.
And low and behold, like the last murder, the murder was within the Indian community.
Where’s the apologies Indian media. Where’s the apologies Indian community reps on ABC radio who called racism?
Here’s the important thing: he lived in the same house as the kid who died. That kid never disappeared, the guy took him, and I’d hope the others in the house are charged because given the “screaming” there is NO way the rest didn’t know.
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Things That Piss Me Off Episode 15635673
Mens clothing sizes.
How the hell can I be a S in Zanerobe and FCUK, M in Superdry and L in Ben Sherman (although Ben Sherman is completely screwed up when it comes to sizing…I swear they make clothes for midgets.)
How is it that a pair of 32 pants I bought on eBay in an obscure brand not fit (too small), and yet every other make they fit with room..or in the case of the FCUK pants, they nearly need the belt now to keep them up.
I mean: they don’t have this problem with shoes, do they?
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Something Is Not Right Here
The story of the 3 year old kid found dead in outer Melbourne is a tragedy. But there’s something not right in the coverage/ story:
The Herald Sun
When Harpreet Kaur Channa stepped out of the shower and realised her little boy, Gurshan Singh, was no longer in the house, she panicked. But when she discovered that the front door was ajar, her heart raced…
It was around 12.30pm when they lost sight of him.
News.com.au
disappeared from a house in the northern Melbourne suburb of Lalor about 1.10pm. His body was found about 20km away near Melbourne Airport after 7pm.
The boy was inside a house with his mother late yesterday morning at around midday she noticed he was missing, and after searching for him with family for about three quarters of an hour police were called.
His mother, Harpreet Kaur Channa, called police after he had been missing for 45 minutes, prompting a massive search.
Notice the time line problems.
It could just be confusion in the media.
But that’s not all
The Age
She told police she thought her son had walked out the front door while she was showering.
The Herald Sun
When Harpreet Kaur Channa stepped out of the shower and realised her little boy, Gurshan Singh, was no longer in the house, she panicked. But when she discovered that the front door was ajar, her heart raced.
She knew the three-year-old was able to open the security door.
and yet
ABC
and after searching for him with family for about three quarters of an hour police were called.
Why would you wait 45 minutes to call police if your 3 year old has gone missing? If you knew the 3 year old could get out of the house, why wouldn’t you key lock the door?
But here’s the oddest thing of all
The Age (different article)
Marisa Talarica, 37, whose parents have lived a few doors along the street for 40 years, said the street was busy with cars and people attending a funeral at St Luke’s Catholic Church across the road at lunchtime yesterday.
“At the time he went missing there was a funeral on at the church,” she said.
“The street was full of cars. I don’t know how it’s possible for a kid to go missing when you have so many people around.”
As of this morning, the police are saying no witnesses have come forward, although this will change…because it’s beyond the realms of possibility that a large group of people in the street wouldn’t have noticed a lone 3 year old child walking past. That’s presuming that is what has occurred.
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This has to be a publicity stunt
The Age: Sex story delivers blow to Underbelly
The next series of the hit television show Underbelly may be in doubt after a former King Cross police officer portrayed in the program has threatened to sue for defamation…..
Ms Hatfield’s barrister, Sue Chrysanthou, told the court her client did not know precisely what would be shown in the series but could only assume it would suggest she had a sexual relationship with the Kings Cross identity and nightclub owner John Ibrahim
Yeah, odd that. Given that she admitted under oath to having having spent time with the drug dealer, and that he testified to an affair.
Indeed, if you look back into the archives, the Sydney Morning Herald reported it as fact in 2004
He also had more than his fair share of run-ins with the police. At one stage he was having an affair with a Kings Cross police officer, Wendy Hatfield, who gave another police officer a false name for him when he was pulled over by police for a driving offence
She didn’t sue then, so why now?
Oh, I wonder if it has anything to do with publicity for the series. But no, I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that a former police officer can magically find the money for high priced defamation lawyers 🙂
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I can’t help it, this makes me like Tony Abbott
So you’re stuck in the middle of whoop whoop. Literally. You might be stuck for the night, under dressed, surrounded by scrub and god knows what else. So what do you ask for?
via The Age
As the light was fading, the chopper pilot wouldn’t be able to land but could drop some supplies.
“Beer, water, food and rugs. Especially beer,” quipped the Opposition Leader.
You just can’t imagine Rudd saying anything close.
