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    Gents, please keep the discussion suitable for family viewing, thank you.

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    Groggy quite rightly removed a post I made earlier in the day, my apologies if it offended.
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    I hadn't watched MediaWatch on Monday however just watched on iView (ABC iView - Media Watch 2012). I thought JH was going to launch into AJ however the whole episode centred around the legality of AJ's speech in a supposedly private forum. Interesting. Would love to invoke Chatham House rules on these forums hehe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sjt View Post
    Groggy quite rightly removed a post I made earlier in the day, my apologies if it offended.
    Scott

    Thanks for "owning up" . After reading Groggy's post I re-read half a dozen posts and was scratching my head wondering what I had missed and pondering if I had transgressed again (inadvertinently of course ).

    This issue is of course very emotive regardless of political persuasion. I try (now I am reformed ) to say things I would only be prepared to stand up and say in a court of law. Alan Jones at al would do well to heed the same mores.

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    Ps. Don't get me going on Tony Abbott. I am not anti-liberal per se, but I do call into question the credibility of any party that thinks he is a suitable person to represent a country, particularly when they have somebody like Malcolm Turnbull.
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    The German word "shadenfeude" comes to mind. Delighting in the misery of another. Mr Jones is an entertainer not any kind of journalist and we all tend to forget that. Part of his spiel is the ranting exaggerating stance he takes. The trouble is his loyal audience who take him seriously, eg the Cronulla riots a few years ago. I note that he was convicted but hasnt returned his AA yet. Anyway, its good theater. Lets hope this episode finally nobbles him.

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    The trouble seems to be that he appears to take himself seriously.
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    I see that he is having to undergo journalist training, apparently in order to help him distinguish fact from fiction.
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