Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Prime Minister Julia Gillard's hand overplayed

Andrew Bolt,Herald Sun (Australia)
"....This, then, is how news can be kept from the public.

Not being able to report on what I consider improper pressure by a desperate Prime Minister to kill a story meant I could not report fairly on the political scene as I saw it. I could not do my job, and I consulted friends about resigning. I am now told that News Limited was just being cautious while it checked its legal position. Hartigan told me: "At no stage is my job to stop stories getting into papers."

No, it was the Australian Prime Minister who, in my opinion, tried to do that."
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Bolt column is up (Catallaxy Files)

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