Ooops. Treasurer’s mishap ripe for political puns
On Monday Media Watch said the press love a good pun at the expense of politicians. Enter Wayne Swan on Thursday.....
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Treasurer Wayne Swan had a mishap when doing a radio interview on the ABC, when he appeared to misplace a glass of water.
The glass smashed on the floor (which, to radio listeners might have sounded like somebody threw something). Political interviews on ABC Radio are often filmed for ABC News Breakfast too.
But in politics, it is already now rising above anything he said in the interview as its own break-out moment.
Print media are already describing it as “Swan ‘cracks’ under budget pressure,” “Wayne Swan just can’t hold his drink and smashes glass during interview” and ABC News Breakfast suggested he was, “a little broken.”
On Monday night Media Watch made some pointed commentary, drawn from Lindsay Tanner’s book, about how media are less interested in content (policy) and more interested in style (Julia’s hair, Tony’s speedos). Press conferences set against sexed-up backdrops find themselves the basis of journo puns and a clever editor.
So here’s a few more for free….Swan’s slippery fingers, butter fingers, glassy stare, smashing the figures.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrLYyMaJjpY[/youtube]
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12 Responses
Kenny – do you believe radio and/or television reporters are any better?
Crikey.
I am not a fan of this bloke or his govt….but you just don’t want any one who is looking after the nations finances falling apart like this…poor bugger
Treasurer creates Swan Lake but avoids Nutcracker?
Finally, an article not biased to the Labor party.
The perfect metaphor for this useless government.
So much for being a glass half full type of guy
Was it just me or did he looked really nervious?
This pick-up is typical of you, David!
Your right-wing, biased, rednecked attack on the government reeks of the lack of balance you and your other Bolt-loving buddies bring to the media 😉
Kidding of course.
How about : Swan’s Budget fails to hold water”.
And here I was thinking a Swan dive was meant to be elegant!
just watch the shallow media grab onto that one. Abbott and Hockey no-doubt getting some dumb puns going focus groups now…
Which is why I don’t buy newspapers anymore. The quality of print journalism thesedays is pathetic.
ha i didnt think the question was all that hard….did the opposition hold up glasses to him in question time this afternoon??? thats what i would have done lol