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  1. The best news of the day for we Sydneysiders is that La Trioli is quitting her morning radio show. Perhaps she has realised that when/if Labor is elected they’ll shun cheerleaders like her, and she’ll be left to interview member(s) of the opposition.
    She likes to think of herself as an insider, so the lack of access would hurt.

    Rumours that she’ll front Media Watch suggest another downgrading of a once great program.

  2. This appears to be what the tip off was talking about. Not a real story by the Telegraph uncovering some scandal, but a secret arrangement between Liberals and News Ltd to include a subliminal ‘smear’ in one of its headlines. It’s ridiculous. Rudd will have a great line if this gets any air.

    “Look I’m a married man with n kids. This really is desparate stuff for the Liberals to try this smear that somehow I am gay (not that there’s anything wrong with that). I mean, does anyone go around asking Liberal ministers, say Alexander Downer or Christopher Pyne if they are gay? No.”

  3. Oh get a grip guys. If anybody should be slighted it should be howard. It implies he’s calling a rival gay.

    Don’t know about you, but thats an insult that only works in Primary school and it should reflect poorly on Howard if he were to be associated with it.

    Oh, and I suspect Trioli’s ratings were lower because she is a shrew. I haven’t heard her Liberal leanings, but I have turned her off because she was just plain annoying.

  4. The hard copy head on Farr’s “sorry” story plays it straight: “Defining moment in PM’s sorry saga – Mortgagees don’t rate an apology.” That’s what the voters will see and they won’t like it. Seems that other nonsense was the online version.

  7. S: “Oh, and I suspect Trioli’s ratings were lower because she is a shrew. I haven’t heard her Liberal leanings, but I have turned her off because she was just plain annoying.”

    Agree. Now get her off Lateline as well, and I’ll be a happy camper.

  8. Malcolm Farr is such a scumbag. He had gay in quotation marks and will argue that it’s the original meaning as in happy.

  9. Yes, I actually bought the Tele – isn’t that sick! Just couldn’t believe it would run such a misleading headline …

  10. I see, Derek. Storm in the proverbial, then.

    s, you are right Trioli is a shrew, but also a shrill cheerleader.

    So a shrill shrew cheerleader?

  11. 58 – I think the editors write the headlines. And there was a link in the body of the text to the Ecuyer using ‘gay hunks’ story.

  12. Adrian, As a fellow La Trioli Hater I can only concur.

    This is the person who had Malcolm Fraser on her show to debate something or other, but when the government minister didn’t turn up she took over his part and his side in the argument.

    “My job is to provide balance.”

    Fraser made the rather good point that if the government could rely on her to spruik their side of any argument they’d make a habit of not turning up for interviews on her show.

    I’m not sure whether La T is actually a Howard Hugger, although she did tell us all breathlessly last year how “brilliant” his counter against the Costello Wet Lettuce Leaf challenge was and now Howard could “stay forever as Prime Minister”.

    I think she just wants to be seen as “connected”, part of the Sydney glitterati. It really doesn’t matter whether she has a politician on her show or the Art Gallery Director… as lobng as their part of what passes for an “A” list in Sydney.

    She actually loosened up a little towards the end and I thought there might be some hope, but obviously there wasn’t enough time to change the image (or the ratings).

    Poor Virginia, her radio epitaph will be, “She only wanted to be connected, and at least she wasn’t as bad as Sally Loane.”

  13. I have to say, btw, that even though I have no doubt this was a dirty trick at least by the Tele people (and possibly Lib chums), and that they should get their a*ses kicked over it, I think it’s hilarious, and if it gets legs – which it should – it will only further confirm the scumminess and pettiness of those who will stop at nothing to pull Rudd down.

    I have no doubt they knew what they were doing. And at the same time, they haven’t a clue.

  14. But it’s best to ignore the “gay” thing. The more we discuss it the worse it becomes and don’t spread it around ie tell friends and relatives.

  17. VoterBoiy, I have great respect for your views but I can’t quite read into this the implication that somebody at the tele is trying to plant the impression that Rudd is gay. Unless it’s a cunning ploy to win Wentworth …

    OTTH, maybe Costello IS gay. That’d be a turn up for the books!

    When’s the next poll? Data may distract us from the rumour mill …

  19. Virginia used to grace our airwaves down here. She was replaced by Lindy Burns. Believe me, VT is a rocket surgeon in contrast to Lindy. Her idea of deep thought is to reflect on how long Geelong’s winning streak could last.

    Having said that, VT is a sort of superior air-head. She talks nonsense, but in a very confident way, and knows ALL the right people.

  20. So what next – Howard is Jesus Christ!

    Well I am looking forward to him getting crucified on the 24th. But I doubt his political carcass will be resurrected on the 27th, just buried with the rest of the Lib garbage.

  22. My fellow Sydneysiders: Viriginia Trioli has been a disaster. On the rare occasions when the woman hasn’t been on holidays, she’s been a shameless cheerleader for the Rodent/Liberals. The lack of balance on her program is very obvious! Let’s hope the ABC replaces her with a decent broadcaster, someone capable of dealing with all sides of politics in an objective way.

  24. Just on Sydneysiders (at least east of the Galdesville bridge) did you see the 7.30 report last night on Wentworth? Being a Brissie boy having to spend days and days dealing with Sydney types in buisness I LOL at how Wentworth really is a caricature of all that is spivney about Sydney. La Trioli, Turnbull and Garrett are part on the vaccum that envelopes that part of Australia. Nice harbour though.

  25. “Morgan (groan!) is out today, at least it will give us something to discuss.”

    Great (sarcastic). I think I’ll start a similar polling company next year… I’m gonna call it “Roll the Dice”.

  26. Indeed he does. But, again, he’s the best of a fairly poor lot. He does have some snes eof la vie politique, at least. Virginia, on the other hand, treats it like a celebrity gossip line. Lindy just talks crap, endlessly … she’s out of her depth with a local Mayor.

  28. S Says:

    Don’t know about you, but thats an insult that only works in Primary school and it should reflect poorly on Howard if he were to be associated with it.

    Yes, but it would seem the Liberals in charge of the election campaign ( and given Howard’s sorry, not sorry, probable Howard as well) are not smart enough to see this.

    They really have lost it, 105 seats to labor is looking like a good bet.

  29. Another angle on the Tele story is that Malcolm Farr would not have included the linked paragraph. Of course it’s completely irrelevant to his piece.
    It’s inserted between the PM regretting the pain and the RBA announcing the rates rise! WTF!
    Pretty clear the link and the title are the work of a Machiavellian sub editor.

  30. I just saw the DT ‘headline’ mentioned. Looks to me like a very childish prank by some immature sub editor. I doubt if it will attaract much attention unlike the ‘Sorry’ thing which has legs and will run for a few days yet with Labor help.

  32. Mornin’ Bill ‘n’ all. Fifteen sleeps to go.
    CBet board odds have remained remarkably stable for the past 24 hours.
    LABOR 1.36
    COALITION 3.15
    If there were any fluccies, I didn’t peg ’em and I visit the site quite a lot. Every “dot-ball day” is good day for Team Ruddster as E-Day draws ever nearer.

  34. Sub-editors write headlines, which are then checked by check sub, chief sub, then the editor. That’s how it used to work, anyway. Journos don’t write headlines, as a rule. Most can barely spell, anyway.

  35. Someone could have been trying to find out a leak,

    I tell person 1 that on “Friday”, that the SMH has the bad info, person 2 the Tele, person 3 the Fin Review etc and see what turns up.

  36. Goodbye Virgina Trioli, stupid cow. Just never “got” Sydney and we never “got” her.
    Thought she was the new Maxine McKew. F off, there is only one Maxine!! God save the queen!

    That Herald headline is dodgy as, might write a letter to the scum.
    So is it in the hardcopy edition or not?

  37. Just got to work and catching up on the reactions to the Tele headline. It looks like they were trying to get a bite from bloggers, just like Caroline’s blog.

    A poor try at sophisticated humour. They should get Peter to write their gags.

  38. NO Henry – it is NOT in the hard copy version – it’s a bit of online wankerism. Probably the work of a kiddie sub. Move along – nothing sinister here, I’d say.

  39. Latham bags both sides in the AFR?

    My god, that’ll get Australia to sit up and listen…not!

    What kind of excuse for journalism is that? An interview with a political corpse? Not an ex Prime Minister, not someone like Hewson who at least has some dignity and who’s opinions are occassionaly given in public and taken respectfully, but Latham?

    God, that’s trawling the journalist depths, isn’t it?

  42. Well, whoever it was, I’m sure he or she will be named and shamed by the end of the day. Either way, if it gets into the mainstrea, Rudd will only win support. What a bloody foolish thing to doa.

  43. The apology v sorry thing is not getting a lot of coverage in the SMH nor The Oz. There’s a Spin blog about it in the latter. Or did I miss other articles?

  46. This Latham thing will fall as flat as a pancake. What more can Latham say about Labor that he hasn’t already said? Besides, it will be seen as more sour grapes from a poor loser, will reinforce that Labor and Rudd are a long way from his version of Labor and is an attack on the Liberal Party as well. Howard has already responded to that attack.
    All over in 5 minutes.

  47. Fran Kelly made the observation that the LIberal’s campaign seems to have come together this week, and they are now very much on message and coming across as very disciplined.
    Now, I’m not sure if I am blinded by my own bias, but it does seem a bit at odds with my observations this week… can any Coalition supporters provide their take on things?

  50. Howard Hater Says:
    November 9th, 2007 at 8:54 am
    GALAXY WENTWORTH POLL:
    George Newhouse(LAB) 51
    Moneybags Turnball: 49

    Is that a guess or have you read that somewhere?

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