http://blog.dfg77.net/2008/06/13/the-tele-does-it-again/ Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:56:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.dfg77.net/2008/06/13/the-tele-does-it-again/#comment-770 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:34:26 +0000 http://davefromalbury.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-770 Cockheads.

]]> http://blog.dfg77.net/2008/06/13/the-tele-does-it-again/#comment-769 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:21:58 +0000 http://davefromalbury.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-769 Not to mention the cost associated with a government employee tracking down the family, scheduling the appointment, doing the background checks, hiring a photographer, choosing which photo to use, etc… Probably a bit more than three hours work and a much greater costs to Jo Taxpayer than $55. I’m obviously missing the point about crap journalism, but really, can the voting public really be expected to keep their eye on the ball with this kind of blinkered reporting? How about a companion piece on the merits of the Rudd Government slashing costs whereas the previous government, concerned more with looks than substance, would have paid models to pose (see any number of ridiculously expensive propaganda films).

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