Leigh Sales’ guide to critiquing her interviews
Leigh Sales probably feels like she can’t win at the moment. The ABC’s premier political interviewer was attacked today for being using ‘kid gloves’ in an interview with Malcolm Turnbull last night by The Australian this morning.
It is of course the same paper which slammed her in May for being too tough on then Treasurer Joe Hockey after his second budget.
To save them writing time Sales has tweeted a cheat sheet to writing about her interviews in future:
The tweet reads: “To save time, please save this handy template for use in commentating future #abc730 interviews!”
And the picture states: “Leigh Sales went too hard/too soft in her interview last night and she is a left-wing stooge/right-wing fascist. Her outfit was gross/awesome/reminiscent of a bag lady/ Bring back Kerry O’Brien/Chris Uhlmann/that guy who plays the piano with a puppet.”
Somehow Dr Mumbo reckons the critiques of her work won’t see Sales changing her style any time soon.
Leave (Brit)Leigh alone! Aaaaah aaahhh, sob!
Leigh is awesome. I wish she would stop worrying about stuff, but.
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Doctor, political parties have what is known as ‘factions’.
Mr Turnbull is from the left or moderate faction. Ms Sales would never vote for the Libs, but at least Mr Turnbull’s world views (and his love of the ABC) more closely match hers.
But evil, cigar-smoking Mr Hockey, is on Tony Abbott’s side, what some call the right faction (even though they’re more centre, but I don’t wish to confuse you).
Ms Sales gives harder interviews to these people, because clearly they deserve to be treated badly, because, well, they’re just bad people.
Please try to follow. And I don’t understand why a marketing site’s knee-jerk reflex is to defend the ABC, which (you should already know this, but I’ll run it past you again) is funded by taxpayers, not businesses that typically utilise marketing.
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@Robbo
“I don’t wish to confuse you”, “you should already know this but I’ll run it past you again”
Robbo has to be is Malcolm, surely.
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Thanks Robbo, that effort in trying to twist logic is one of the most absurd comments I have seen.
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Hockey deserved a hard interview by all media- it was a budget disaster for those who live in the age of entitlement – pensioners, students and the sick who needed to cough up a co -payment at the doctor. It proved to be a budget disaster for Hockey – all downhill from there. Leigh you haven’t said anything about your hair in template – too long, too big, up or down…
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Robbo,
Bishop, Hockey, Pyne and Turnbull were all considered ‘moderates (small ‘l’ liberals)’.
It seems to me in general, all liberals are free-market thinkers, however, social policy is generally what divides the ‘moderates’ and ‘conservatives’.
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I watched the interview last night and wish to say there was absolutely nothing wrong with the interview.
Intelligent, pertinent questions were asked.
Decisive and intelligent responses were given.
Would everybody please give up on the cigar smoking Joe Hockey.
I do not understand the mentality of Australians and their hang up with anyone who smokes a cigar. It is not a status symbol.
For goodness sake truck drivers all over America smoke cigars does that mean they are better than anyone else?
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Sammy J and Randy for PM and Deputy PM!!!
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Birdman: Happy to admit an error of twisted logic, if you care to point it out?
But you won’t, because a) it’s not there, and b) I’m fairly sure you’re a typical ABC-lover who refuses to see anyone else’s point of view.
Be an exception to the rule, go on.
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When TV interviewers actually get something relevant out of an interviewee, ill be pleased.
Our current politicians have it worked out and interviewers by and large are a waste of time especially as Turnbull is better than most and knows how to twist an interview.
Its another reason why (real) TV news is dying and we are force fed “panel news”.
I dont have the answer, but the sooner some one works out how to get the truth from these bobble headed pollies, the better off we will all be.
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Thank you Robbo for explaining to all of us who Leigh Sales votes for.
I assume you know this becuas you stalked her to the polling booth last election?
Or because you are talking through your tin foil hat. And that cannot be heard because of the bubble you live in.
It takes a fair sense of entitlement to assume you know how someone votes based on the way they interview people.
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Ah Robbo, showing the thinking capacity of a gnat there. How do people function with such a binary mindset?
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Leave Leigh alone, she is most definitely a class act.
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