Crikey editor told to pipe down after heckling ABC winners. Plus: faint praise from the Australian for its departing editor-in-chief
“You might find yourself being publicly attacked,” Neighbour said. “You might have the prime minister’s press secretary ringing your editor trying to kill the story. You might find yourself pilloried in the national broadsheet day after day after day.” Turning to the News Corp table, she added: “And by the way, thank you to News Corp for sponsoring this award.” It brought the house down.
“My messaging was always assisted by our freelance media team, Ben English, Jason Morrison and Linda Silmalis,” Elliott said in reference to his close relationship with some of the Sydney press, namely the editor of the Daily Telegraph, the director of Seven News and the Tele’s chief reporter.While tongue in cheek, it was a surprisingly candid admission about the symbiotic relationship between parts of the media and the Coalition.
We say “surprisingly” because Andrews has been attacked daily by News Corp across its mastheads and on Sky’s After Dark., which argued that the Labor premier’s “eight-year reign has been the worst in Victoria’s history”. It was watched by 102,000 viewers, which is not too shabby for the channel, but tiny when compared with overall viewing.
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