Telly timeout
It’s hard to write 2500 words on the philosophy behind Australian courts’ reluctance to grant interlocutory injunctions against the publication of allegedly defamatory material, when there’s perfectly good TV by which to procrastinate.
I’m watching Enough Rope, which is this week featuring John Laws, who has been very entertaining.
There’s been his continued insinuation of a homosexual relation between David Flint and Alan Jones, including a reference to the quasi-judicial closet.
There’s been his attempt to deny that he has power, or even influence — he’s just annoying, apparently. (I’d opt for “all of the above.”)
And there’s been his attempt to deny that his friendship with Paul Keating was connected to the fact that PK was PM. By Laws’ own admission, he has hardly spoken to Keating since 1996. And I wonder how often Jumbo Jim, the panelbeater from Leichhardt, has been invited to stay over — notwithstanding the fact that Laws much prefers him to Keating.
The fact is, Laws and Jones aren’t much different. They’re both arrogant, self-important wankers.
Now, back to The Church of Scientology v Readers Digest…
What happened to Deborah Mailman? I could’ve sworn I saw her advertised for this week’s show…
Aplogies in advance. Denton wanted to talk to the actual letter writers not the mailman.
I think you meant to say that it was John Laws who Denton was interviewing. And Deborah Mailman followed him.
Er, yes. I’ve fixed it, and changed the link to point to the transcript.
http://dox.media2.org/barista/archives/000602.html
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