Comments on: Yes Virginia, there is a vision switcher

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:37:31 +0000

It’s irrelevant whether or not we were all thinking the same thing. The point is that her actions were completely unprofessional and given the ABC’s mandate to provide impartial reportage, totally unacceptable.

By: DP

DP — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:50:18 +0000

Yes, she was signifying that Joyce is crazy. And she’s not wrong!

By: SJ

SJ — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:23:08 +0000

I watch that program every morning and I remember thinking how stupid that guy was when he went on and on and I completely missed her hand signal- damn!

I need an animated gif of that lol

By: howe

howe — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:01:32 +0000

Of course it doesn’t matter what Virginia did – he is a coalition crank and should not be respected. The only people deserving of respect are those on the Labor side – we can understand her entirely reasonable actions, and have a laugh at those silly right wing people who are complaining. I am sure that every one whose opinion is worthwhile would agree. You see, some people are more equal than others.

By: Rabbit3

Rabbit3 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:36:05 +0000

Make me number 7 (Or one number higher than the last posted).

By: Kenny

Kenny — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:27:39 +0000

@JohnTV – ABC Breakfast has a bigger audience than all Aust’n FTA stations combined when it’s on. You see, it’s actually on Australia Network, seen from India to Samoa, Japan to Antarctica, Fiji, Singapore, Thailand, China, Philippines, New Zealand, etc., etc.

By: Someone BBBA

Someone BBBA — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:07:53 +0000

Barnaby Joyce was actually responsible for Ten’s decision in 2006 to axe BB Adults Only. He threatened to block the passage of new media ownership laws if TEN didn’t oblige, and then went and boasted about it to the media.

By: brisvegas

brisvegas — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:48:30 +0000

so she’s human after all !!! I think it’s not a red card offence….it happens!

It’s nowhere near a Karl stefanovic “incident” – and if he cant get the sack over his action, no reason to think she should either. It’s good to see barnaby joyce not making a big deal out of it too.

Oh – and guys get your numbers right – i make myself to be the 6th person

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:21:56 +0000

I must be fifth person then.

By: Matt J

Matt J — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:13:15 +0000

I found it funny. Keep her don’t fire her.

That’s just stupid.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:09:36 +0000

We all do it but she got caught out. End of her career, oh wait she could pick and eat ear wax and still survive.

By: Chloe

Chloe — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:07:23 +0000

Everyone else knows he’s loopy. She was just confirming what we all think…albeit, she didn’t mean to do it on camera, but I doubt this will cause any sort of furore. It’ll probably just get stuck on some news blooper reel on Youtube.

By: George

George — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:46:55 +0000

@JohnTV:

That actually is a valid point. How many viewers does ABC News Breakfast generally get? I remember it got 9000 viewers on debut. Because if it isn’t really seen by many, then who really cares? lol

Though, people Do get outraged by things which haven’t even aired yet these days..

By: David

David — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:15:42 +0000

If that was me caught doing that gesture to Kevin Rudd you lot would be furious!

Typical left wing hypocrisy .

By: JohnTV

JohnTV — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:02:35 +0000

Oh please – all this fuss for a show that is see by what 5 people – and 4 of them are in the control room…

If it was Sunrise or Today which is actually seen by people, then it might be an issue – except for the fact that he is actually mad !!!!

By: tom tom

tom tom — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:56:18 +0000

I’m referring to her mucking round on air. It might be funny for on air talent to see what they can get away with then vision is running over them, and it often happens. But political sensitivity is important for the ABC, and impartiality is key. You just knew when you read the title of the story that it wasn’t going to be a Labor or Greens politician.