The Weekend Mumbo: What the hell was Kerry Stokes thinking?
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It’s not ageist or unreasonable to say that Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes is nearing the end of his illustrious tenure. He’s 82, after all.
And so, with the clock running out and some final pen strokes needed to complete the masterpiece of modern folklore that will be his formidable legacy, you’ve got to wonder… what the hell was he thinking? And is he still thinking the same way?
What was he thinking? That a man who is fighting for his country is allowed to make a few mistakes… That he might not be qualified for the job but you’d pick him on your team at school and you don’t see so many brave men being men these days… He was thinking that he had to get behind this case so men can be men. He was thinking with his patriarchy. And doing it with a beautiful serve of audacity found only in men of a certain age, shade and persuasion.
How can you possibly think killing a man who went to buy shoes for one of his children by kicking him off a cliff and then shooting him, then making those who reported to him lie about it is a mistake? What planet are you living on?
Good response to the author from the fourth estate!.
You’ve nailed it!
Stokes felt as most people do me
included that ben has been unfairly treated .just the same as one of our most highly decorated soldiers keith payne he was also singled out for critism .we stayed in aghfganistan 5 years too long in my opinion .however journalists are one sided and thats the problem
What a great bloke to stand by this warrior who the press has almost destroyed, pity there are not more like Kerry, good on him,
Who cares about the agency numbers? Big deal. Get over it.
If you ask for the methodology – they’ll tell you.
We did. They didn’t. And agencies care… which is why we care, because it’s our job.
– Shannon Molloy, editor