http://www.thepunch.com.au/tags/rove/ Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/dont-take-this-out-of-context-but-deveny-is-full-of-it/ Context/ noun 1. the parts of a discourse or writing which precede or follow, and are directly connected with, a given passage or word. 2. the circumstances or facts that surround a particular situation, event, etc. (Macquarie Dictionary Third Edition). I’m not a fan of comedians being censored or sacked for going over the top, and think The Age has probably just cut off the most interesting thing about itself. But Catherine Deveny, who likes to think she’s holding up an unforgiving mirror to Australian society, has mounted an intellectually limp defence of her Logies night idiocy. The belligerent iconoclast has relied on the same weak “out of context” argument, which is usually the fallback of misogynist clerics, the likes of whom Deveny would rightly pillory with relish. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/dont-take-this-out-of-context-but-deveny-is-full-of-it/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/dont-take-this-out-of-context-but-deveny-is-full-of-it/#item2998 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Alright I’m calling it now: Penny Wong will be a contestant on the next series of Dancing with the Stars. Well actually that’s not true, but the scary thing is I bet you didn’t know whether that was a joke or not. With news this morning that Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is going to be a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef this country has entered a bizarre dimension that has further blurred the line between politicians, network celebrities and reality tv stars. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/politics-is-not-a-gameshow/ Alright I’m calling it now: Penny Wong will be a contestant on the next series of Dancing with the Stars. Well actually that’s not true, but the scary thing is I bet you didn’t know whether that was a joke or not. With news this morning that Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is going to be a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef this country has entered a bizarre dimension that has further blurred the line between politicians, network celebrities and reality tv stars. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/politics-is-not-a-gameshow/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/politics-is-not-a-gameshow/#item1091 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Alright I’m calling it now: Penny Wong will be a contestant on the next series of Dancing with the Stars. Well actually that’s not true, but the scary thing is I bet you didn’t know whether that was a joke or not. With news this morning that Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is going to be a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef this country has entered a bizarre dimension that has further blurred the line between politicians, network celebrities and reality tv stars.