TripleM gives ‘divisive’ former politician Mark Latham podcast and radio show ‘Lathamland’
Radio station Triple M has released a podcast from “divisive” former politician Mark Latham called ‘Lathamland’.
The 18-minute podcast was uploaded today, with the former Labor Party leader in a bombastic mood, taking on some of his pet themes around political correctness and “lefty feminists”.
A trailer for the show asks whether Latham is the “wild nutbag of Australian politics or could he be just what this country needs?”.
The show will air on Southern Cross Austereo’s TripleM in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne from midday to 1:00pm on Friday. It is understood, at this stage, to be a one-off.
Latham was in the news last year after a Buzzfeed investigation uncovered he was behind a Twitter account called the @RealMarkLatham which had been trolling other users on the social media site.
He was then picked up by Channel Nine to be a regular panelist on its panel show The Verdict, its challenger to the ABC’s Q&A.
The release for the podcast:
The uncompromising Mark Latham has had a gutful of political correctness ‘there’s been a surge in political correctness in Australia and quite frankly it’s pissing people off’.
Helmed by one of most divisive political and social figures of our times, Lathamland is a podcast and radio show, taking on what Mark dubs the Elitist Left as he fights for every Australian’s right to free speech.
Latham stands firm that the right to free speech is being violated by everyone from ‘lefty feminists’, ‘political elites’ and even ‘the ABC’ and Australian’s are tired of being told how to think, speak and act.
Latham resides in the South West of Sydney and hears first hand that the political correctness that crept in during the 90’s is now so over the top it is damaging and dividing the nation. He believes it has resulted in political apathy with the average Australian turned off from positive political debate ‘listening to all this rubbish’.
He also believes a culture of outrage and offence has stifled language to the point you can’t, eg, call someone who is fat fat without a barrage of offence and outrage. And Australian’s have had enough.
Some say he’s a loose cannon; others agree with him and think he’s just what this country needs. No matter what side you sit on Lathamland will be a must-listen broadcast.
“…former Liberal Party leader”
Are you serious?
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Mark Latham was the Labor leader…
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Latham is actually a former leader of the Labor Party, and there’s footage of him crushing John Howard’s hand that proves it.
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Oh – and that screencap has a problem, too…
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Former Labor leader, not Liberal.
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Hi Richard, Steely, Andrew and KGB,
Thanks all for flagging – my grave error, I shall go and hit myself around the head with a history book.
Cheers,
Alex – editor, Mumbrella
What kind of blackmail material does Latham have on these programers? He keeps getting air time, yet I thought he rated appallingly, why?
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Latham should not be given any more air time. He is completely misguided and not a very well man.
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A trailer for the show asks whether Latham is the “wild nutbag of Australian politics or could he be just what this country needs?”
A rhetorical question if ever I saw one.
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Not a good look for Triple M which proudly supports white ribbon day.
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Attention seekers.
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This just demonstrates how Triple M has paid lip service to White Ribbon Day purely to reap the benefit of the positive association for themsleves. Mark Latham is a nasty troller who consistently tries to undermine the work being done to bring, the very serious problem of DV, to the attention of the masses. DV is the biggest killer of women under 45 in Australia, with one women being killed every week. Why would anyone want to give airtime to a man who attacks, Rosie Batty, one of the most respected campaigners trying to prevent these deaths?
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Tap the ‘SJW / feminist outage hive mind, across social media, to hyper propel your brand.
profit, rinse and repeat.
ha ha, brilliant Triple M.
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What Chad said.
So much easy and free publicity available in pushing the buttons of the permanently outraged
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