Abbott’s ‘mission to destroy’ caption on Bolt Report: These things don’t happen by accident
Dr Mumbo was surprised to see footage of Prime Minister Tony Abbott captioned “Mission to destroy” during Network Ten’s The Bolt Report on Sunday morning.
So could the unfortunate label have been the work of a disaffected junior staffer on the News Corp produced show trying to smash the system from within?
While Dr Mumbo isn’t crazy enough to subscribe to that particular conspiracy theory, it was fortunate that The Bolt Report was just about to offer its viewers some detailed analysis of the production process behind text appearing on screen.
The Bolt Report dedicated several minutes to Monday’s unfortunate incident on Q&A, when the disparaging Twitter handle “AbbottLovesAnal” briefly appeared on screen. This, presenter and News Corp columnist Andrew Bolt told viewers, was a “smear”.
And just to add to the analysis, along came Gerard Henderson to tell viewers: “These things don’t happen by accident”.
Dr Mumbo is sure that by now the boss of News Corp will have followed the lead of ABC boss Mark Scott, and texted the PM to apologise.
Never mind captions, there should be warnings on screen about the Bolt Report. It is Australia’s equivalent to Fox News. It is terrible.
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Don’t be ridiculous Nuts, you are dead wrong.
The Bolt Report is far worse than Fox News.
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Missing: context.
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@ Nuts and Birdman.
At least we only have to watch 1 hour of right wing crap, as opposed to 24/7 of left wing crap that is the ABC.
And everything else is just..well, crap.
This is why I don’t watch TV anymore.
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@Bucks if you think the ABC is “left wing crap” then your radar is probably a bit askew. Just because Blot says it is doesn’t make it so.
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Thaaaats right …. anyone who thinks the ABC is left leaning has a radar then is not left leaning enough — thus always wrong.
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@Bucks
Oh please.
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@ Birdman and Buts.
Yeah you’re right. ABC isn’t a left wing station.
Birds eat cats.
Black is white.
Ovens freeze food.
And your opinions are unbiased and well informed.
See what I did there?
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@Ducks is Back
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck…
See what I did there?
Btw have you thought of changing your name to Gumby?
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