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Thursday, September 27, 2018

“My Year of Being Held Responsible for My Own Behavior”

An accursed genre of personal essay has now emerged: “My Year of Being Held Responsible for My Own Behavior".   Tales 

 ABC boss Justine Milne falls on his sword
ABC CRISIS: The ABC chairman has resigned after being asked to step aside by the board while an inquiry takes place.

 ◾ How Milne compromised the independence of the national broadcaster

 'They fricken hate her': Full Emma Alberici email shows Justin Milne was not taken out of context
The full text of an email sent by former ABC chairman Justin Milne about journalist Emma Alberici reveals he wanted the high-profile presenter sacked because she was "sticking it" to the government with a "clear bias".
Mr Milne, who resigned as chairman of the public broadcaster on Thursday, complained in an ABC interview that his email to former managing director Michelle Guthrie was presented "out of context" when Fairfax Media broke the story of his attempt to have Alberici removed.

Turnbull denies he asked for Emma Alberici to be sacked

“He has always been obsessed that people are laughing at the president. From the mid-’80s, he’s said: ‘The world is laughing at us. They think we’re fools,’ ” said Thomas Wright, a Europe analyst at the Brookings Institution. “It’s never been true, but he’s said it about every president. It’s the first time I’m aware of that people actually laughed at a president. I think it is going to drive him absolutely crazy. It will play to every insecurity he has.”

ONE of the men accused of poisoning Sergei Skripal in the English country town of Salisbury has been outed as a highly awarded intelligence officer in Russia.

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