Here's the print story about Her Royal Highness Princess Bob.
The greens have NEVER undergone any sort of scruitiny before now and people are asking valid questions, the big fairy is all in a tizz.
Harden the bugger up bob, it's politics not for the weak or the stupid it seems.
GREENS Leader Bob Brown has admitted he has decided to attack the media as a political tactic to shore up support for the carbon tax.
As he refused to answer direct questions in Canberra today over his stance on key carbon policy points, Senator Brown launched yet another attack on News Ltd, publisher of The Australian.
“I think it's very essential to take that on at the moment because I think the Murdoch media is doing a great disservice to this nation in perhaps the most important debate of the century so far, which is how we tackle climate change,” he said.
“And its negativity and its scepticism does need to be tackled because, you know, we need news in our papers but we're getting opinion far too much.”
Senator Brown was questioned over his tactics by journalists from Fairfax, Network Ten and West Australian newspapers.
Senior Ten reporter Hugh Riminton asked Senator Brown: “In the course of this news conference you've called the News Ltd journalists the hate media, you've taken personal issue with reporting by reporters at this press conference - is this a change of tactic? Are you on the front foot?”
Senator Brown replied: “Yes, I'm being very much on the front foot here because I think the media, with some very good exceptions, can at times lose track of the fact that it's part of the process of moving Australia into a much more secure future with a more secure lifestyle, economy and job creation prospects.”
Senator Brown described newspapers' front pages as unbalanced, opinionated and “not news in terms of having both sides”.
Fairfax radio reporter Michael Pachi challenged Senator Brown, saying: “You just come out here every day and you just bag out the Murdoch press or any media you don't like and you call them the hate press.”
Senator Brown replied: “Don't get too upset, this is just part of the democratic discourse.”
Mr Pachi denied he was getting upset, responding “most polls would suggest that people don't want the carbon tax and you are on the wrong foot on this issue, and (that's) across the media, not just the Murdoch press”.
Senator Brown replied that the Greens vote was growing faster than the circulation of News Limited newspapers.
“I'm happy, I'm just taking you on and I will do so. You know I know there is an inherent penalty for us there but I've got broad shoulders, I'm prepared to take that on,” he said.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/greens-leader-bob-brown-vows-to-take-on-the-media-to-shore-up-carbon-tax-push/story-e6frg996-1226058943187
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