tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post3896797736745929698..comments2023-07-27T21:14:18.975+10:00Comments on The Magpie's Nest...: From smear to sneer - The Astonisher reveals the true worth of their objective reporting i.e zero - and Desperate Dave Moyle is back on the scene, entertaining us as always with his latest reach for relevancy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-36956115325039801322013-06-01T00:31:29.040+10:002013-06-01T00:31:29.040+10:00'Buzz' Rothfield was well known to The Mag...'Buzz' Rothfield was well known to The Magpie in the days of yore, when Phil was just out of his cadetship with News Ltd. He was and is called Buzz because he was deemed to be the 'great Australian pest' among his colleagues, even back then. Back then, Buzz (he still uses it as his tweeter tag) was a regular at The 'Pie's nearby bar and bistro. <br /><br />He is now one The Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-8713375103506924832013-06-01T00:29:36.288+10:002013-06-01T00:29:36.288+10:00On page 19 of Thursday's paper there's a t...On page 19 of Thursday's paper there's a train wreck with the caption "Carnage as train derails. There were no reported injuries or fatalities so it cannot be carnage, there a host of accurate Adjectives for this catastrophe.<br /><br />Carnage means 'the killing of many people'.<br /> <br />In today's paper page 43 there's a wedding announcement which has a couple ofMKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-60063740452701183602013-05-31T21:09:41.133+10:002013-05-31T21:09:41.133+10:00For total mis-reporting, check out todays major ne...For total mis-reporting, check out todays major newsflash on Cowboys coach Neil Henry.<br /><br />With selective quotes from the Cowboys CEO the Astonisher had Henry with a two week chance to prove his worth.<br /><br />Tonights media refuted the whole scenario!<br /><br />This sort of sports reporting smacks of 'hidden agendas' and a bought press. If you can't report honestly, don,Tom Darlingtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-8714133138786245862013-05-31T10:34:34.023+10:002013-05-31T10:34:34.023+10:00I had just read the same column and only just fini...I had just read the same column and only just finished burying my head in my hands and moaning quietly into my coffee at the inanity of it all when your email appeared!Gimmeabreaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-61356074805541152552013-05-31T09:28:41.627+10:002013-05-31T09:28:41.627+10:00Look, it would seem The 'Pie has been wrong in...Look, it would seem The 'Pie has been wrong in all his snide sniping at The Daily Astonisher, even occasionally accusing it of not imparting accurate information and doubting the sanit .... errr, relevance of some of its columnists.<br /><br />No The 'Pie deserves a kick in the cloaca for his wrongheadedness, especially on the count of trashing the mostly kiddy columnists. Really, where The 'Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-62076546699978257802013-05-30T11:56:41.950+10:002013-05-30T11:56:41.950+10:00Remember, it's about 'prozac' the youn...Remember, it's about 'prozac' the youngies into thinking that they're 'selebs' around The Ville.<br /><br />Hard hitting reporters just like Raggot.<br /><br />ps. 60 years. Good on you ED !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-64552483562064262292013-05-30T11:19:30.967+10:002013-05-30T11:19:30.967+10:00Such a sensible young man, Simpo!Such a sensible young man, Simpo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-55770989778052013122013-05-30T11:18:18.918+10:002013-05-30T11:18:18.918+10:00Ironic to watch Typo Gleeson on the Today Show. Th...Ironic to watch Typo Gleeson on the Today Show. The segment before was on TELSTRA asbestos. Typo knew of the ASBESTOS within the Astonisher.<br /><br />He and management covered up the asbestos to their workers...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-57554578284725763792013-05-29T08:09:28.460+10:002013-05-29T08:09:28.460+10:00Pie, Excellent, as usual. I hope you weren't h...Pie, Excellent, as usual. I hope you weren't hacked by the Chinese, who made the cyberspace hit on the new ASIO headquarters, and the Pentagon defence systems! Cheers, Gonzo.Gonzonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-3660317251808289672013-05-29T05:28:01.739+10:002013-05-29T05:28:01.739+10:00For Grumpy Yes you are right I was so besotted w...For Grumpy Yes you are right I was so besotted with the variety of cars there i made an error I noticed a very very Flash Red Range Rover Sports model there yesterday Oh to have another occupation...John Nnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-50933036320555144512013-05-28T17:57:41.597+10:002013-05-28T17:57:41.597+10:00Bhahah and well said Pie. I'm afaid Kate seems...Bhahah and well said Pie. I'm afaid Kate seems "wet behind the ears" to me. And why with little life experience (well, that's my take) she has her own column is frankly astonishing.Watching the grass grow is more interesting and entertaining. Bully Boynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-8960864703802970222013-05-28T12:08:04.798+10:002013-05-28T12:08:04.798+10:00Sorry to be a pain, but it was Oscar Wilde who sai...Sorry to be a pain, but it was Oscar Wilde who said 'Youth is wasted on the young' - not George Bernard Shaw... Just saying...Lady_Byronhttp://www.magnetic-diary.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-57497958917467026962013-05-28T10:57:57.844+10:002013-05-28T10:57:57.844+10:00Ah as GBS so eloquently put it "Both Love and...Ah as GBS so eloquently put it "Both Love and Youth are wasted on the young".MKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-27828169851974336962013-05-28T05:18:52.003+10:002013-05-28T05:18:52.003+10:00You would think and hope the Bully could get it ri...You would think and hope the Bully could get it right - Tuesday 28 May - this story from Kate Higgins sourced from Facebook's Townsville Crime Alert page and this sentence in her story "Alex Palka said her mother's car was set on fire while her family slept inside." She means slept inside the house not the car! There's no hope is there? http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/Engrish peeelease!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-798735216899013702013-05-27T22:35:41.128+10:002013-05-27T22:35:41.128+10:00Therein lies the rub...
Most of these immature li...Therein lies the rub...<br /><br />Most of these immature little brats at the Bully-Tin honestly believe that they are the font of all wisdom and that their sophomoric take on the world is simply the way it is. Without guidance and example from experienced and mature journalists, it is like the pre-schoolers taking over the tuckshop.<br /><br />One day, when they grow up, they shall read the Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-26164807642647470452013-05-27T21:52:40.890+10:002013-05-27T21:52:40.890+10:00Strange...I have always found it to be reasonably ...Strange...I have always found it to be reasonably reliable and well referenced. Certainly a good starting point at least for serious research. <br /><br />Do I detect a whiff of intellectual snobbery here?Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-49659701845893169742013-05-27T16:19:18.183+10:002013-05-27T16:19:18.183+10:00Best opening words to a column in the Astonisher g...Best opening words to a column in the Astonisher go this week to our old chum Kate Higgins, with her plaintive cri de coeur this morning: 'Oh, to be young again'.! <br /><br />In the same column, Kate let's us know she is a 20-something, and bemoans the hateful aging process when she asks us: <br />'How often, as a man or woman in your 20s, can you dress to the nines and The Magpienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-72465882410964200102013-05-27T13:34:13.557+10:002013-05-27T13:34:13.557+10:00Your key words are 'some one is trying somethi...Your key words are 'some one is trying something' - spot on, and in the case of Magnifico Moyle - to whom The 'Pie guesses you're referring - the words 'wool' and 'eyes' spring to mind. It is clear - abundantly, hilariously clear - that Mr Moyle is besotted with the glare of publicity, and his organisation is simply a vehicle he deludedly believes will elevate hisThe Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-89477272275822316432013-05-27T13:31:34.081+10:002013-05-27T13:31:34.081+10:00God help you if you want to have a go. At least so...God help you if you want to have a go. At least some one is trying something rather than taking it up the proverbial from this council Not David Moylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-56373948759737210572013-05-26T19:12:51.535+10:002013-05-26T19:12:51.535+10:00Informative & entertaining as always, but woul...Informative & entertaining as always, but would you please stop quoting Wikipedia - it is as dubious as the Astonisher.cobaloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536742590214141026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-59224703111537860212013-05-26T17:41:08.707+10:002013-05-26T17:41:08.707+10:00I understand that (political Pest and Media hound ...I understand that (political Pest and Media hound magpies words) is in deep trouble with the Thuringowa branch of the Labor Party .It would seem that a confidential issue was discussed at a Branch meeting as as his usual fashion Jacob told the world . I believe he has been told to toe the party line or he may have a serious problem....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-69773831029856714902013-05-26T16:23:13.374+10:002013-05-26T16:23:13.374+10:00It is interesting to note that the total debt of T...It is interesting to note that the total debt of Townsville City Council is roughly $20.million les than the entire State of Tasmania $390. Million compaired with $412. Million.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-56007827015734185342013-05-26T15:01:03.699+10:002013-05-26T15:01:03.699+10:00The perennial political pains in the bum, Moyle an...The perennial political pains in the bum, Moyle and Jacob have morphed into Monitors (according to their free add in the Sun)<br />The Wikipedia definition has it just right:<br />"Monitors: are generally large reptiles"Fed up Idalianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-79777530037917554272013-05-26T14:21:05.950+10:002013-05-26T14:21:05.950+10:00Its 5 weeks to go until the 13/14 financial year a...Its 5 weeks to go until the 13/14 financial year and other than a news report that TCC will possibly be passing on larger than expected rates increases is Mayor Mullet getting the councillors involved in the process and they seem to be running out of time?.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-20331862430936853482013-05-26T14:00:19.514+10:002013-05-26T14:00:19.514+10:00That NT number plate, in its Queensland form, woul...That NT number plate, in its Queensland form, would be really appropriate on the car of a certain retired politician of our acquaintance.The Captain should check if it's available.<br />Ron Bairstow Perthnoreply@blogger.com