Oops. Albo on the “preferred” Studio 10 hosts

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese drew upon a curious parallel in TV interviews this morning when he was asked about Scott Morrison pulling ahead as preferred PM.

A Newspoll conducted for The Australian showed Albanese fell three points to 39 per cent while Morrison rose a point to 44 per cent.

Speaking to Today, he said “He is the Prime Minister, Ally, that is what happens….. You do a survey of whether you want Ally and Karl as your preferred Today show presenters versus people who aren’t Today show presenters and guess what? You and Karl would win.”

But he awkwardly drew on the same example on Studio 10 with Narelda Jacobs, filling in for Sarah Harris, with Tristan MacManus: “Prime Ministers have traditionally been the preferred prime minister. That’s just a fact. Just like yourself and Tristan there, are the preferred Studio 10 presenters compared with people who haven’t got that job.” (vision from 0:48 min).

With apologies to Sarah Harris.

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