Dandrews' strength of leadership vs. Scotty's dithering

[watt price tully]

Fact- Jon Faine does paid work on behalf of the Victorian government, much like some of the biggest supporters of the Victorian government on Twitter have since been revealed to be paid to support the Government.

Fact- Even the ABC felt that Faine was too obviously tied to the Victorian government by his paid roles there to be considered to even meet their very low standards of journalistic integrity.

What’s the paid employment you talk about?
Put up or shut up

[Lazza]

Fact- Jon Faine does paid work on behalf of the Victorian government, much like some of the biggest supporters of the Victorian government on Twitter have since been revealed to be paid to support the Government.

Fact- Even the ABC felt that Faine was too obviously tied to the Victorian government by his paid roles there to be considered to even meet their very low standards of journalistic integrity.

Ok Ed Smithy

[Yarra Falls End]

Fact- Jon Faine does paid work on behalf of the Victorian government, much like some of the biggest supporters of the Victorian government on Twitter have since been revealed to be paid to support the Government.

Fact- Even the ABC felt that Faine was too obviously tied to the Victorian government by his paid roles there to be considered to even meet their very low standards of journalistic integrity.

Ok Ed Smithy

[David]

Whatever the specific nature of his Victorian government work, the guy's an obvious Labor Party hack. It'd be like getting Chris Kenny to do a profile on Scott Morrison.

[eddiesmith]

Fact- Jon Faine does paid work on behalf of the Victorian government, much like some of the biggest supporters of the Victorian government on Twitter have since been revealed to be paid to support the Government.

Fact- Even the ABC felt that Faine was too obviously tied to the Victorian government by his paid roles there to be considered to even meet their very low standards of journalistic integrity.

Ok Ed Smithy

[stui magpie]

Whatever the specific nature of his Victorian government work, the guy's an obvious Labor Party hack. It'd be like getting Chris Kenny to do a profile on Scott Morrison.

Snap.

Except Kenny (as far as I know) isn't on the Liberal payroll.

[watt price tully]

Whatever the specific nature of his Victorian government work, the guy's an obvious Labor Party hack. It'd be like getting Chris Kenny to do a profile on Scott Morrison.

What a lot of rubbish David.

First: Jon Faine is not a paid employee, he is an independent contractor
Second it’s a lazy assertion and false equivalence let alone a simplistic juxtaposition to suggest an alleged dog f*cker like Kenny is the same as Jon Faine.

https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episo ... rs/9973500

Faine was ruthless with politicians of all political persuasions in his former role on 774 radio. He even earned the respect of his commercial right wing liberal spruiker Neil Mitchell for his fearless interviews across the political spectrum.

[David]

That may have been the case in the past, but when it comes to journalism, governments know who their mates are.

[watt price tully]

That may have been the case in the past, but when it comes to journalism, governments know who their mates are.

Knowing Jon Faine he would not allow himself to be used as you suggest. His interview would be conditional on questions he would be allowed to ask; there is no way he would be allow his work to my to be edited by the Government. He is a very impressive person both individually and professionally. His reputation for integrity and being fearless is well known.

[stui magpie]

You're viewing your old school mate through very rose coloured glasses there, other less biased views are no less valid.

[David]

[stui magpie]

I'm not that surprised, his media/marketing team have been the most effective part of the Government. The rusted on are now welded on.

What I am surprised at is that his paternalistic authoritarianism has appealed to so many people.

[roar]

Don't know why you're surprised, we're a very compliant lot. Not many places in the world that are as "nanny" as here.

[pietillidie]

A lot of the noise does sound a lot like old-school Victorian Lib/Lab barracking. Most people would probably rather not change pandemic leaders midstream because that will only add to the disruption.

[stui magpie]

It's a strange dynamic. The welded on will be enough to get Labor re-elected, despite Libs making some traction.

Despite a growing number of very vocal dissenters and the complete lack of reasoned decision making or accountability, Andrews is indeed Teflon Dan.