Julia Gillard has done a Kevin Taylor and meddled in the employment affairs of a political enemy. Mark Latham took the fight to the street and ambushed the unctuous Gillard about her complaint to nine about employing Latham.
Mr Latham ambushed Ms Gillard without warning, asking her if she knew anything about a complaint that had been made about his working for Channel Nine.
Ms Gillard replied that she didn’t know anything about the claim, but Mr Latham persisted with his aggressive attack to the astonishment and amusement of the many supporters and journalists.
Ms Gillard told Mr Latham that any complaint should be directed at Kevin Rudd.
The Prime Minister eventually moved on from him smiling through gritted teeth, later complaining it was inappropriate.
This has all the hallmarks of Kevin Taylor’s inept bully-boy tactics over me appearing on The Nation which back-fired in him, and resulted in me quitting the National Party. What is inappropriate is meddling by politicians and their staff in the private affairs of citizens.
Predictably the fat old school lazy repeaters and churnalists are upset that someone who can’t write short-hand is muscling in on their cosy territory with the pollies and whined loudly about it all.
A top TV political editor has lashed out at his own employer for hiring a former Labour leader as a journalist.
Mark Latham, who works for Channel Nine’s 60 Minutes programme, was attacked following a very public ambush of Prime Minister Julia Gillard during a walkabout.
Nine news’ Laurie Oakes said the former Labour leader-turned-journalist was full of bile and only settling old scores.
Complaining about “full of bile and only settling old scores”? …sounds like brilliant television to me. Time the old school retired. Laurie Oakes for example has been a member of the Canberra Press Gallery since 1966. Go…already!
