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| Rowe caught out in Timor interview |
| 2006-05-30 |
| The Rowe woman is particularly annoying, becuase she can't shut up and constantly interrupts people including her co-host who obviously loathes the woman. BTW, I'm boycotting this show because of another blatant piece of manufactured news about a week ago. Video at the link. AN Australian military commander has tried to ensure truth does not become a casualty of conflict in East Timor, but has embarrassed Today show co-host Jessica Rowe in the process. Australian commander in East Timor Brigadier Michael Slater appeared this morning in a live cross from Dili to Channel 9's Today show, with helmeted and heavily armed Australian soldiers standing behind him. He was pressed by Today host Jessica Rowe about whether Dili really was as safe as the Australian military claimed, given the presence of armed soldiers at his shoulder. Pausing briefly, Brig Slater replied: "Jessica I feel quite safe, yes, but not because I've got these armed soldiers behind me that were put there by your stage manager here to make it look good. "I don't need these guys here. "It is not safe on the streets, as it is back home in Sydney or Brisbane – no it's not, if it was we wouldn't be here. But things are getting better every day." Rowe apologised, saying she didn't realise the guards had been placed specifically for the interview. But Rowe ran into more trouble when she persisted with her line of questioning, and referred to footage of looting and violence. Brig Slater told her the pictures were a "couple of days old". TV rival Channel 7 gleefully circulated grabs of the interview this morning, enjoying an element of revenge after Nine's taunting over its exclusive interview with the Beaconsfield mine survivors. |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #1 Rowe couldn't help it. If she didn't know, she didn't know. She's a newsreader, a presenter, not a journalist. Anyway who the hell cares? 7 versus 9? It's what you expect from the Today show. |
| Posted by: Anon1 2006-05-30 08:52 |