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Welcome to A Frank World – which is what the title suggests – A frank view on Politics and the media from a Centre Left perspective – ie the Current ALP Govt. This blog will treat posters fairly and will aim to give support to the current Government led by Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
So Join Us and Chat away.
Oh a message for any prospective trouble makers – Guess who is in charge of the sinbin this time :-)
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Kezza
A FRANK VIEW is not gilligans isle pt 2
as for alan jones
another fib farqwit
Via our Favourite Ghost – the full results on the Newspoll re Their ABC.
http://ghostwhovotes.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/newspoll-abc-2011.pdf
gussy
are you saying i’m being twee?
kezza
nevah
so, tell me what happens if I accidentally am critical of something ALP
Is it automatic sin-binning?
or like I did today, saw the cleverness (and spite) in TA’s ‘if you stop the boats you stop the smokes’ line – would that be considered pro-LNP?
kezza
gd point
but its the intent – not the words
we aim to be pro labor
sometimes even pro labor from a far left type thingy stuff
but we aint going to cop any bullstein from false flaggers or concern trolls
Been looking for something like this for a long time. Pity there’s no lefty radio station to counteract all the righty ones.
Further
at times we want argument
but FRANK and factual arguement
NB
no watercresses here
Greetings all. About bl00dy time you started your own blog Frank. Great name for it as well.
Here’s hoping we can plot the downfall of the “fargin barstiches” (thanks gus) free from the trolling from said “barstiches” on “that other site”.
Hi marian
u iz a truly welcome guest
feel free to say what u want
Thanks for all the nice comments everyone and good to have you onboard – it is interesting to note that those with vested interesst in pushing a media friendly media are fiinally showing their true colours – as some have observed today.
And I wonder if Their ABC commissioned Newspoll to do the polling ? If so no wonder it gives thm the result it was after – considering how “Normal” Newspolls are reported.
hola dan
the primates will take over the world
well at least the blogosphere
:grin:
frank
i just wish fate hadnt taken away one of our best ‘insider”
here’s my theory re tony abbott
he’s smart but not intelligent
doesn’t think on his feet
it goes without saying, for me at least, that he wouldn’t be where he is without the msm on his side.
but, the thing is, I keep harking back to the budget reply speech.
it was reported that he was seen in a huddle with execs?/senior journos from the Daily Tele.
I worked in newspapers for quite a while and there is one thing I know and that’s there are very very good wordmeisters employed. I can’t help but think that one of Murdoch’s minions is moonlighting or ghosting Abbott’s lines. The Libs just aren’t that good.
See the stuff-ups prior to then? One goodish day followed by a bad. Now, it’s too measured. Sure it’s the slogans but there’s something else going on.
The LNP was pretty well snookered on the AS issue by the ALP offshore processing policy. Julia Gillard didn’t blink. Boats were turning up but no fierce reportage. It had sunk like a stone. Then up pops Abbott today with the boat/smoke line.
From Latika Bourke’s tweet, he winked and then grinned for 10 seconds. He knew it was a sly joke. To me, that line came from a very smart sub-editor. I’d say someone who was also into music because of the type of rhyme. And it’s no LNP stuff either. I’d love to dig up who’s on Murdoch’s payroll helping TA.
And PvO’s been sucked in too. He thinks he’s fair and balanced. He claims that he’s never once been told what to write. He was even a bit apprehensive going into editorial meetings. God, they’ve done him over like a dinner. He was only allowed to see what they wanted him to see. He wouldn’t even have realised that he’d been told what to write. I can see them now, glad-handing him and him leaving with the impression he’s got a free rein.
My ex-boss writes a column for The Australian.
Some interesting figures from that Neewspoll on the ABC/other media.
Can’t argue that the ABC, despite its many faults these days, is still head and shoulders above the rest of the pack
I wonder if there was any similar polls done on this in the past, and how they compare with those in the recent poll.
thanks all
65 posts is a nice start
where are the numbers?
Sheiser, it seems I’m as dyslexic here as I am on “the other site” Meant to say Newspoll, not Neewspoll
Just gave a heads up to my Tweeps about this site, so we’ll see how many people we can attract.
[Dan_Gulberry Citizen Dan
I just joined “A Frank View” – Aust’s leading site 4 progressives (eventually). Login with ur Twitter name and comment http://bit.ly/ocPGaG
kezza
frank linked to @ghostwhovotes a bit earlier
full tables there
tho frank may post em in full
gussy
i meant the numbers on the posts. it’s a bit difficult to refer to another post without a number showing. Or is that just my browser setting?
sides which I’m bluddy well polled out.
couldn’t give a stuff if i never saw one again till the real one, next election.
Kezza,
I’m slowly working my way through wordpressc and at present cannot find the feature to turn on the post numbers – though I believe it isn’t a feature – the other mob use a Bastardised version of wordpress.
As for publishing the full results – What all 43 pages of them ? :-)
Thanks Frank
Ok, just renabled the reply feature so you can reply under the person’s post.
That is an interesting thought, kezza, that TA might be getting his lines via LimitedNews. In terms of efficiency it is almost elegant.
Puffy.
kezza
in the interim
we iz flying blind
(expect a few hiccups)
But at least we don’t have to rely on a gerbil to drive the blog – wordpress is very reliable :-)
kezza2 says:04/10/2011 at 8:22 PM
kezza,
you can also just copy the header with the date and time
puff
kezza has hilighted the elephant in the room
JG faces not just a feral conga line line of harpies
but the harpies are embedded in the budgie smugglers
Its why abbott always looks ricketty
Just loke Colin Barnett’s Spin Dept is run by Staff from Ch 9 Perth – in particular former Newsreader Dixie Marshall – whose Father Arthur served wityh Barnett under Richard Court.
Is there anyway we can find out if someone has replied to an earlier post without scrolling back?
puff
sadly, no
like all blogs it has its limits
tho a quick scroll back will fix that
ps we aim to have pages enabled soon
Unfortunately No at the moment – once Finns & Ruawake get on board I’ll ask them to fine tune under the hood so to speak. It will be a long and slow process to get this place running to my liking.
Thanks for the great new forum Frank and Gussy
Hi Puff, Dan et al
Gotta go, the kids are home and demanding the computer.
We only have one now as the other one’s power supply blew up and is at the panel beaters as we speak.
Check you all tomorrow,
PS
once we get ru etc on the job, I expect the glitches to be well, glitched
kezza
nite
btw our old tower just decided to stop
we iz running as a single laptop household too
Oh the humanity
Gusface (@StGusface) says:04/10/2011 at 8:30 PM
It is a shame what has happened to the Liberal Party. I wouldn’t mind lining up against them on election day and losing, if it didn’t mean that these far-right lunatics would get their hands on the reins of power and proceed to wreck the place for decades to come.
Frank Calabrese says:
04/10/2011 at 8:36 PM
I prefer the rolling conversation style.
Puffy.
If I can be of any help with the techy stuff, ask away.
In the real world I run and manage a portfolio of sites for a range of smallbiz clients, and use WordPress exclusively. Although they are all customized/bastardized versions, hosted on private servers (like “the other place”), I know my way around a lot of its quirks. So if I can be of help, holler out.
puff
so true
we must do our best to bolster JG
the fibs arenbt fit to wear menzies nappies
let alone his ideals
Dan I will add you as Admin – then go for it and make it like the other place with the tumbleweeds :-)
DAN
send frank a DM
u iz a 6.5 stars
access all areas
frank
sweet
pls liase with dan
Dan
finns and ru
BTW everyone,
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Thanks Frank, I was sure you wouldn’t mind,
Puff
pls put it on twitter
will retweet
Puffy wrote:
“It is a shame what has happened to the Liberal Party. I wouldn’t mind lining up against them on election day and losing, if it didn’t mean that these far-right lunatics would get their hands on the reins of power and proceed to wreck the place for decades to come.”
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If they won fairly and squarely, on their own merits, in a fair race, I’d grudgingly concede that the better side won. However, while the bad guys have got the media onside, Labor runs with a massive handicap. As a result it’s simply not possible for the Liberals to “win” fairly and squarely, regardless of what the figures might look like on election day.
Gusface (@StGusface) says: 04/10/2011 at 8:52 PM
They are not worth the fill of the nappies that Menzies wore, let alone the water they were washed in.
When is Gloria at the NPC?
Speaking of How the Intelligensia view the Current Govt:
Ironically that post was made on a blog we once called home.
Will those left behind take notice ?
Cuppa
well said
u haz a special place here
a true first media realist
the jigsaw is coming together
Marian Rumens wrote:
“Pity there’s no lefty radio station to counteract all the righty ones.”
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Yes, yes, yes, a dozen times yes.