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Title: For those of you who are hungry for non-PC opinion Post by Lord Herbert on Jul 6th, 2017 at 11:07am |
Title: Re: For those of you who are hungry for non-PC opinion Post by mothra on Jul 6th, 2017 at 11:14am
Quadrant ... lol. The widely discredited Keith Windschuttle's baby.
Here is an example of their form: In the immediate aftermath of the Manchester terrorist bombing Quadrant's online editor Roger Franklin wrote an article titled "The Manchester Bomber's ABC Pals"[8] Referring to the Manchester bombing and Monday night's Q&A television program, the article said, "Had there been a shred of justice, that blast would have detonated in an Ultimo TV studio" (it was later amended to, "What if that blast had detonated in an Ultimo TV studio?") and then continued, "Unlike those young girls in Manchester, their lives snuffed out before they could begin, none of the panel’s likely casualties would have represented the slightest reduction in humanity’s intelligence, decency, empathy or honesty."[9][10] The Q&A panel included guests Niki Savva, Lawrence Krauss, Mikhail Zygar, Mona Chalabi, and Paul Beatty. The show was moderated by regular host Tony Jones and there was a live studio audience.[11] The article incorrectly referred to Lawrence Krauss as Richard Krauss, stating that, "as Krauss felt his body being penetrated by the Prophet’s shrapnel of nuts, bolts and nails, those goitered eyes might in their last glimmering have caught a glimpse of vindication."[12] ABC Managing Director Michelle Guthrie called the article a "vicious and offensive attack" and called for the article to "be removed and apologised for".[13] The federal Minister for Communication, Senator Mitch Fifield, called the article "sick and unhinged", and media reports stated that the Australian Federal Police had been notified.[14] Quadrant board member Nick Cater distanced himself from the article on the ABC's The Drum program on 24 May, suggesting that it was self-published and saying, "This was a despicable things [sic] to write."[15] Australian political commentator Chris Kenny called the article "disgusting," "sick and reprehensible," and "a tasteless overreaction."[16] News Corp columnist and blogger Andrew Bolt initially praised the article, stating, "Roger Franklin is magnificent in his anger at this Q&A sophistry." Later, Bolt updated his comment: “My goodness. They took it seriously? They seriously believe someone will act on Franklin’s satire?” Later still, Bolt wrote, “I guess, on reflection, that Franklin should not have – satirically – said he wished the blast went off at Ultimo instead of Manchester. It is certainly not what I would have written."[17] Finally, all Bolt’s comments were removed, but an earlier version of his blog post is still available on the Internet Archive. Quadrant’s editor-in-chief Keith Windschuttle was contacted to comment about the article by reporter Nick O'Malley from The Sydney Morning Herald and he replied "You’re talking bullshit. Don’t call back."[18] Windschuttle later sent Guthrie a letter of apology, stating, "I have instructed that the article and its comment should be withdrawn completely from our website. Even though I do not share all of the interpretations expressed in your letter, I accept your assurance about the offence it caused you and your staff. You have my unreserved apology for any concerns it might have given you."[19] Although Windschuttle acknowledged that the article was "intemperate" and "a serious error of judgment", he apologised for the offence it had caused but not its content, and assured Guthrie that Franklin had been "counselled".[20] The article was removed from the Quadrant website on 25 May 2017 but it is still available on the Internet Archive. Management structure[edit] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrant_(magazine) |
Title: Re: For those of you who are hungry for non-PC opinion Post by Lord Herbert on Jul 6th, 2017 at 11:25am
'News Corp columnist and blogger Andrew Bolt initially praised the article, stating, "Roger Franklin is magnificent in his anger at this Q&A sophistry." Later, Bolt updated his comment: “My goodness. They took it seriously? They seriously believe someone will act on Franklin’s satire?” Later still, Bolt wrote, “I guess, on reflection, that Franklin should not have – satirically – said he wished the blast went off at Ultimo instead of Manchester. It is certainly not what I would have written."[17] Finally, all Bolt’s comments were removed, but an earlier version of his blog post is still available on the Internet Archive.'
It was a little thing called 'satirical comment' that got the ABC luvvies all in a panic of confected ire ... confirming that yes indeed, they are all bedwetters. |
Title: Re: For those of you who are hungry for non-PC opinion Post by mothra on Jul 6th, 2017 at 11:28am
Isn't it interesting who gets away with "satirical comments" and who doesn't to the right wing mind?
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Title: Re: For those of you who are hungry for non-PC opinion Post by mothra on Jul 6th, 2017 at 11:31am
Another example of Quadrant's form:
In January 2009, Windschuttle was hoaxed into publishing an article in Quadrant. The stated aim of the hoax was to expose Windschuttle's alleged right wing bias by proving he would publish an inaccurate article and not check its footnotes or authenticity if it met his preconceptions. An author using the pseudonym "biotechnologist Dr Sharon Gould" submitted an article claiming that CSIRO had planned to produce food crops engineered with human genes. However, "Gould" revealed that she had regarded the article as an Alan Sokal style hoax, referring to an instance in which writings described as obvious scientific nonsense were submitted to and accepted by an academic journal.[82] Based on the reporter's intimate knowledge of the hoax and what he described as her "triumphant" tone when disclosing the hoax to him, Windschuttle accused the online publication Crikey of being involved in the hoax, a claim Crikey denied.[83][84] Two days later, Crikey revealed that "Gould" was in fact the writer, editor and activist Katherine Wilson. Wilson agreed to being named by Crikey, as her name had already appeared in online speculation and it seemed likely that her identity was about to be revealed by other journalists.[85] Reporters Kelly Burke and Julie Robotham note that: … the projects cited by "Gould" as having been dumped by the organisation [CSIRO] are not in themselves implausible, and similar technologies are in active development. Human vaccines against diseases including hepatitis B, respiratory syncytial virus and Norwalk virus have been genetically engineered into crops as diverse as lettuce, potato and corn, and shown to provoke an immune response in humans. Gould also suggests the CSIRO abandoned research into the creation of dairy cattle capable of producing non-allergenic milk for lactose-intolerant infants and a genetically engineered mosquito that could stimulate antibodies against malaria in humans who were bitten, mitigating against (sic) the spread of the disease. Both ideas are under serious scientific study by research groups around the world.[86] The hoax elements of the article published in Quadrant were that the CSIRO had planned such research, that they had abandoned it because of perceived public moral or ethical objections and that evidence of this was "buried" in footnotes to an article in a scientific journal and in two annual reports of the CSIRO, the relevant report years being unspecified. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Windschuttle |
Title: Re: For those of you who are hungry for non-PC opinion Post by cods on Jul 6th, 2017 at 11:50am Lord Herbert wrote on Jul 6th, 2017 at 11:07am:
I do trust that doesnt mean he has leaked about some of your huhum problems herb? that wouldnt be nice. or satirical. |
Title: Re: For those of you who are hungry for non-PC opinion Post by Lord Herbert on Jul 6th, 2017 at 3:12pm cods wrote on Jul 6th, 2017 at 11:50am:
You would like to know more about my prostate gland, wouldn't you codsey-baby? |
Title: Re: For those of you who are hungry for non-PC opinion Post by Lord Herbert on Jul 6th, 2017 at 3:14pm
Nice try but no vibrator this time, Mothra.
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