Frank wrote on Aug 27^th, 2023 at 9:05pm:


More enfurta wisdom.

You have mastered puerile insults and almost completely eliminated everything else.

Dnarever wrote on Aug 27^th, 2023 at 9:03pm:

John Smith wrote on Aug 28^th, 2023 at 8:54am:


FMD! Five Foot Frodo must be stoned. He’s logged off and run away whilst Frank is still online. 😂🤣😆

Dnarever wrote on Aug 27^th, 2023 at 9:03pm:


So in fact the problem is with your comprehension skills.

lee wrote on Aug 28^th, 2023 at 1:07pm:


Everyone's comprehension skills?

Frank wrote on Aug 30^th, 2023 at 11:13am:


RMIT FactLab is under much-needed scrutiny for its overreach as a fact-check gatekeeper in important community debate. Under pressure for its repeated interventions into the voice to parliament referendum debate, RMIT FactLab has been caught out quietly deleting earlier determinations and acting without the necessary approvals.

The group is now facing legal action after it was shown to be giving fact-check decisions for Facebook without a current International Fact-Checking Network certification. Sky News Australia is demanding the retraction of false fact-checking verdicts on the TV channel’s online content and reimbursement for lost revenue. Lawyers for Sky News have listed at least five fact checks published since December last year – four relating to voice referendum content – that claim Sky News’ content is false. The fact checks were issued after RMIT’s IFCN certification had expired on December 2 last year. To issue fact-checking verdicts, RMIT FactLab must hold a valid IFCN certification as part of its agreement with social media giant and Facebook owner Meta. Meta has suspended its partnership with RMIT FactLab because of the lapsed IFCN certification status and concerns of bias in relation to fact checks done on voice debate content.

Concerns about the RMIT unit are heightened by the social media posts of some its fact checkers that display a clear bias on political and social issues on which the fact-check unit is making public declarations. In one post, Liberal leader Peter Dutton was called a “fearmongering racist”. The group has silently deleted a fact check that claimed it was false to question a statistic that alleged 83 per cent of Indigenous Australians supported the voice.

By operating a fact-check unit, RMIT has set itself up for greater scrutiny. Fact-check results are being presented as more than an option. They are a commercial arrangement that carries greater responsibility. The rise of media policing by bureaucratic and for-profit academic organisations is a trend that must be scrutinised closely. Someone must watch the watcher.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/editorials/factchecking-the-media-watchers/news-story/3be9f5f1f78b5f402f7d3eb098d13cb0

Frank wrote on Nov 8^th, 2023 at 10:09am:


Well said!

Also there’s this : The ABC is apparently riddled with internal bickering and empire building.

(Janet Albrechtsen is another story 😩)

The ABC Radio’s office in Perth has been the target of vandalism by pro-Palestinian supporters, in response to the national broadcaster’s decision to fire Antoinette Lattouf earlier this week.

Ms Lattouf was meant to be a fill-in host for one of the network’s most coveted radio spots on ABC Sydney, but was axed after three shows for her anti-Israel social media posts.

A slew of complaints about Ms Lattouf’s content from the Jewish community had reached ABC chairwoman Ita Buttrose.

Lattouf has repeatedly refuted the legitimacy of the “gas the Jews” footage from Sydney’s Opera House and posted numerous video on her social media accounts including X, formerly Twitter, Instagram and TikTok about this. She has also accused Israeli forces of committing rape.

It was reported on Friday she had lodged a Fair Work application claiming she was unlawfully terminated from her employment.

In the video obtained by The Australian, its message calls out the ABC’s actions as “censorship” and that it’s “an affront to the very idea of journalistic integrity”.


“Direct action was taken against the ABC Radio office in Boorloo/Perth to protest [the] unjust firing of Antoinette Lattouf over her factual reporting of the Israeli genocide against the people of Palestine.”

“This act of censorship by the ABC management is an affront to the very idea of journalistic integrity. While the ABC cower in the face of external pressure, 100 journalists have been killed while reporting on the genocide being committed by the state of Israel.”

In the video, an individual covered in a white scarf covers over the ABC Radio logo and proceeds to graffiti the words ‘Boycott’, ‘Justice for Antoinette’ and ‘Free Palestine’.

The Australian reached out to WA police, who told the publication that no one has reported the incident yet.


Tsk, tsk