Hahahaha what a campaigner
Banter RDT CLXXXV - Where’d all the hipsters go and can they stay there
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Always has been and always will be a fool.
Basil going the scramble
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Backed up by Michael Genovese who was the person Basil was actually having the conversation with
The tape in the tweet doesn’t provide the beginning of the conversation but even still it’s clear they were talking about reading the weekend news and being second fiddle (the reserves) to a major sporting event
Basil is a total dick but he’s been hung out to dry here. The pile on is ridiculous
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Considering the fellating he's going to get over the next few years from Kerry Stokes media empire (and is already getting), I struggle to give a shit tbh.
Sorry but that’s absolute horseshit.
That’s not how you phrase a comment about the news being second fiddle to sport.
He’s been caught out and made up a story to save face and Genovese is backing him up.
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Interestingly both of them are ex-reserves footballers as well as newsreaders.
I still don’t buy it.
My reading of that is he was still referring to the women’s game as “like a reserves game” and thus easier to go head to head against as opposed to a men’s game.
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Ignoring what he said here, I cant see Basil being that successful in politics. He's just not a likeable guy.
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Recent history would suggest being likeable isn't necessarily a prerequisite for political success.
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Go tell Shorten that lol
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That’s what I was saying about Trump all through 2016.
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The scary thing about his supporters is that they do find him likeable.
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US is a bit different though as you aren't required to vote. No one expected him to win. Not even himself I reckon.
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Yeah look just coz he isn't guilty of what people are trying to get him fired for doesn't mean they should stop trying to get him fired.
The extended footage doesn't do him any favours at all.
Fact that it was an overarching discussion was about the news going head to head against a women's final doesn't diminish the fact that he referred to women's match as a reserves game.
It's a disparaging thing to say, and his reaction to being told that he was micced up gave himself away completely.
Couple of blokes being blokes.
Fact that it was an overarching discussion was about the news going head to head against a women's final doesn't diminish the fact that he referred to women's match as a reserves game.
It's a disparaging thing to say, and his reaction to being told that he was micced up gave himself away completely.
Couple of blokes being blokes.
Scotty James matches Shaun White's extraordinary X-Games record
Shout out to Scotty James. One of Australias most dominant athletes but doesn't get the airtime. Putting Australia on the map in snowsports and we don't even have a half pipe in this country.
Shout out to Scotty James. One of Australias most dominant athletes but doesn't get the airtime. Putting Australia on the map in snowsports and we don't even have a half pipe in this country.
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"You're hosting to tonight? Head to head with (some other news reader)? It's like a derby. Oh the tennis is on. It's a reserves game then. Saying that having been there obviously."
I'd love to see Basil tarred, feathered then shot out of a cannon into the sun but unfortunately not this time.
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I'm doing an Albo on this one. Changing my position based on the current circumstances. Basil was not referring to women's tennis as reserve grade, he was referring to the news report as reserve grade, because everyone will be watching the tennis final (womens).
Facts matter. Nuance matters. Context matters.
Facts matter. Nuance matters. Context matters.
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I’m sure Seven West would be taking such a firm “nothing to see here” stand even if it wasn’t their man at the centre of the whole thing.
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"And people say she's just a big pair of t!ts."
"And people say she's just a big pair of t!ts."
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