tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post7504641335457421277..comments2024-03-29T10:53:28.617+11:00Comments on loon pond: Speaking of that very small minority attracted to extremism in Murdoch la la land ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-15687944146906138452013-04-16T09:27:51.286+10:002013-04-16T09:27:51.286+10:00Happened to catch some Counterpoint without realis...Happened to catch some Counterpoint without realising a couple of weeks ago: There was this woman host who was totally bamboozling her guest by interrupting with non sequitur self-aggrandising anecdotes... I realised later that it was AmandaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467071669624321286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-78667019244537727842013-04-15T17:18:03.746+10:002013-04-15T17:18:03.746+10:00Well said as usual. Been coming to the pond every ...Well said as usual. Been coming to the pond every day for several months and love your articles.<br /> <br />I stopped listening to ABC Counterpoint when Amanda Vandstone took over. Pity, because I was always willing to listen to what the political right had to offer. Amanda was just a bridge too far for me.<br /><br />Have not bought newspapers for many years now for the same reason. Their business model is broken and they are only preaching to a small minority ( I hope) Social media is the 5th estate taking over from the tired, old 4th estate which was supposed to hold the Govt./ Big business to account.<br /><br />Keep up the good work !<br /><br />Cheers, MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-43562295573601713552013-04-15T17:10:51.644+10:002013-04-15T17:10:51.644+10:00Sheridan gets a gig on the ABC with Faine to espou...Sheridan gets a gig on the ABC with Faine to espouse his thoughts of the world why should citizens be subjected to this Abbott planner and plotter we do not need him to spread his fear and loathing when if we wanted to read his and Murdochs thoughts all we would need to do is purchase their rags.<br />He was on the Faine show stating how the murder rate in Caracas was such and such and how violent a city it is because of Hugo Chavez.You see they cannot bring themselves to tell the stories of the interference the the USA has perpetrated on South America to assassinate and remove from office leaders who they disagree with or they cannot bully into submission.<br />How can the ABC justify using journalists from Murdoch organisation when we know they will distort and mislead the listeners with their ideology of right wing political beliefs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-14008864066911310432013-04-15T14:25:19.697+10:002013-04-15T14:25:19.697+10:00When it comes to the irrational and the superstiti...When it comes to the irrational and the superstitious, and a grasp of a profound unreality, nothing beats the irrationality of Miranda "the burning bush' 'walk on water' 'wine into blood' 'bread into flesh' thoughts of Catholic Miranda Devine, who is always off topic, and off in la la land. Conversely, anything she has to say is therefore on topic, since this after all is a pond for rolled gold loons ... and 24 carat loons as well ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-61464793395416170502013-04-15T12:03:08.850+10:002013-04-15T12:03:08.850+10:00off topic Dorothy i know, but La Devine has pinche...off topic Dorothy i know, but La Devine has pinched your Kool Aid reference, as in http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/climate-damage-doomsdayers-have-led-to-a-surge-in-hocus-pocus-ideas/story-e6frezz0-1226619889625?sv=ebb26075c86e3e97d0c21592a04f22b#.UWtUzZYj-_A.twitter<br /><br />Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-34420784752360258412013-04-15T09:41:19.216+10:002013-04-15T09:41:19.216+10:00Seriously, stop bagging Downer as an Adelaide prat...Seriously, stop bagging Downer as an Adelaide prat. He's an Adelaide *Hills* prat. That is, from outside of the Adelaide metropolitan area. The rarefied air gives them a different outlook to us plebs on the plains.Jim Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09993698182265743168noreply@blogger.com