. . . the amount of accurate, detailed, clearly attested information about that is phenomenal.
Phenomenally absent, that is.
Take the article in *star observer , (Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979), titled: JOY 94.9 STUDIOS EVACUATED AFTER REPORTS OF ALLEGED BOMB THREAT
Wow! Nothing quite like an All-caps heading to get the biases running ahead of the intellect, is there? And “reports of an alleged bomb threat”? Well, I suppose secondhand, thirdhand, rumours are as good as facts really in some circumstances, aren’t they?
The article commences:THE JOY 94.9 studios were evacuated and searched by Victoria Police last night after reports of a possible bomb threat.
So let’s look at some of the “reports”:
Leading Senior Constable Kendra Jackson said police conducted a security check at the Melbourne radio station just before 8.30pm.
“A check of the building was conducted and declared safe,” she said.
All staff and volunteers were required to evacuate the building as soon as the alleged threat was made.
“While we were still upstairs someone said it was a bomb threat,” Clark said. [Pity Liam didn’t know who the “one of the volunteers “ was, but, I guess we can be certain that “one of the volunteers “ had firsthand knowledge of the alleged threat, can’t we?]
Heck ! Where did that thought of the possibility of an agent provocateur come from? No one in the media has suggested that before, have they? I wonder who put that thought into my head?
Enter the CEO:Chief Executive of JOY 94.9 Tennille Moisel said the station strongly condemned the threat.
Ah, the plebiscite! Now we come to the heart of the matter. We don’t want that plebiscite, do we? I mean, it’s not that we are scared that the majority of Australians are fed up with all this rubbish when the economy is what our politicians should be concentrating on, and might vote overwhelming against the proposal, is it? No, of course not; we have much more high-minded objections to it based on the cost to the country – a cost that is miniscule by comparison with the shocking waste of politicians' time on this matter that really affects very few people, when the vast majority are facing the effects of an economy seriously in need of repair, but being ignored.
“Our communities have faced many threats over the years, and this latest one will not silence one of the only LGBTI radio stations in the world,” she said.
Moisel added that the threat highlighted the damage a plebiscite on marriage equality could inflict.
“A plebiscite is a delaying approach to the issue of marriage equality,” she said.
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