"Controversial Fairfax columnist Paul Sheehan will be one of the more high-profile casualties of the publisher's latest redundancy round, Diary can reveal. Sheehan disgraced The Sydney Morning Herald with an unsubstantiated story about an alleged gang rape in March. He was stood down indefinitely by SMH editor-in-chief Darren Goodsir who said at the time a review of the incident had found 'unacceptable breaches of fundamental journalistic practice.' Perhaps the writing was on the wall for Sheehan, although the redundancy program was still in its 'voluntary' stage as of last week. That could change, given Fairfax editorial director Sean Aylmer told staff on Friday the program had not yielded enough 'suitable' job cuts." (Sheehan facing the axe, The Diary, Media, The Australian, 9/5/16)
So what's next for Paul? Surely not the dreaded scrapheap?
Wait a minute... I've got an idea! Now that ex-Australian Mark Regev has become Israel's ambassador to the UK, Netanyahu will be looking for a new foreign media spokesman. Sheehan should slot in nicely. After all, he's got it all down pat. For example:
"Women [in Gaza], living under sharia law, are used primarily as breeding stock." (See my 13/1/09 post Oriana Fallaci Meets Israeli PR at the SMH.)
"Most of the constrictive actions Israel has taken in the Palestinian territories - the walls, roadblocks, security restrictions - has been in reaction to an intransigent Palestinian political culture." (See my 21/11/14 post Paul Sheehan: Toeing the Likud Line.)
2 comments:
The bottom of the 'scrapheap" for broken down old journos like Paul Sheehan IS working for the likes of Netanyahu.
There is no shortage of sprukers and shysters who can remember the talking points like actors in an amateur Gilbert and Sullivan play. None of them are convincing or authentic.
Besides, Greg [Jerusalem Prize] Sheridan might want the job?
I don't think Sheehan can do the Regev whine! Mark has a patent on that.
Fortunately the cynical Brits are waking up to what's going on. The vicious attacks on Naz Shah and Ken Livingstone have been soundly rebuffed by the voters in the Mayoral election in London. I am sure that Regev will cost the Zionists a lot of support in the UK over time. Can you imagine a worse ambassador?
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