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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