tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post5293284482450267241..comments2023-11-03T00:06:36.875+11:00Comments on Bunyipitude: Manne On The MoveBunyiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-80016540325829384682011-08-20T19:39:24.905+10:002011-08-20T19:39:24.905+10:00The first comment reminds me of the description of...The first comment reminds me of the description of pop music journalism.<br /><br />Interviews with people who can't talk, written up by people who can't write for people who can't read. <br /><br />It was probably Jon Hawkes who said that when he was editing Australian Rolling Stone.Rafehttp://www.the-rathouse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-33652035416331854742011-08-19T01:55:54.320+10:002011-08-19T01:55:54.320+10:00(From previous post.) I correct myself - it was Da...(From previous post.) I correct myself - it was David Marr. But there was a Manne connection - http://homepagedaily.com/Pages/article10048-power-trip-david-marr-talks-to-robert-manne-about-rudds-political-journey.aspx - which is probably why his name came up.Perturbedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10708803081795229778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-76238413576004879332011-08-19T00:55:10.116+10:002011-08-19T00:55:10.116+10:00@ the Professor: Either that, or he is preparing t...@ the Professor: Either that, or he is preparing to jump horses in midstream. Does he see the onrushing electoral juggernaut and desire to lie down with the winners? Or perhaps not so much lie down with the winners, as be seen to throw stones at the losers as soon as it is safe to do so? <br /><br />Was it Manne who waited until Rudd was out the door and then whacked a polemic knife in his back, laden with diatribe about how deranged and unfit for the post he'd always thought the man was? Or am I thinking of someone else?Perturbedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10708803081795229778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-45690337186306841782011-08-18T19:08:21.265+10:002011-08-18T19:08:21.265+10:00I let out a laugh when I first read of this migrat...I let out a laugh when I first read of this migration. My wife asked why and all I could tell her was,<br /><br />"someone no self-respecting Australian has ever heard of has left a publication no self-respecting Australian would ever read."<br /><br />Wife: "what, is this something to with the Sydney Morning Herald?"IMFI Pty. Ltd.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04509973856589777794noreply@blogger.com