I'm surprised it wasn't on the front page, and i wonder who the un-named person was....most likely the premier himself trying to stir up a bit of shit. What a load of shit they go on with, looks like they are trying to scare people. I hope that everyone comes out in force to support the ride(mums, dads, and kids.) and everyone has a good time.

And the source did not want to be named, I'm sure we could all have an educated guess where that came from??

Aaaaah that's funnier than anything i've seen in pure clownery...

Mike, you are surely the biggest fool EVER to draw breath... but thanks for the larf anyhow...

 

The trouble is that the public are duped into believing this is what will happen. If it's in the paper, then it must be true.

What shits me the most is that any reputable pulisher of a news paper would print that crap.

 

 

But people read and believe that crap like you say LB if its in the paper its true, Mass murderers on a picnic or is that a poker run farkin retard,Like they say what goes around comes around
Mr Rann. Ill calm down down now OK deep breaths,Ive a good mind to ride over to SA to support the nice murdering bikies. Its propaganda like in the friken wars
cheers
weasel

I read that in the paper today, and I thought the same, and I agree this pissant town has a pissant newspaper.

I am not the biggest fan of Free but got to say that this  is just wrong in so many ways

that sort of reporting certainly warrents complaints...........i think that is the most rediculous thing i have heard so far in this disinformation campain.............

Methinks the SOURCE is getting desperate!

yep. long term is where a lot find easy to ignore, no doubt this is the tip of an bloody big iceburg,

unfortunately rann and others can get away with shit most of the time ..due to parlimentry privallige an most papers wont say a name and if they do they will mention a club not spesific ppl thatswhy they get away with being sued . would love for someone to say it to someones face an there be witnessed would win hands down . with sending your complaints in the responses alot i know who have complained are trhe same the best thing is to write a letter to them ..

Heres a response I got from the press council re my complaint



The Council has received your email of 18 February in which raise a concern about an article published in the Advertiser on the same day.

For your information, a copy of the Council’s principles and practices can be found on the Council’s website, http://www.presscouncil.org.au.Therein are set out the standards of journalistic ethics that the Council upholds and the procedures it uses to deal with complaints alleging breaches of those standards.

The question of whether the newspaper has gone ‘too far’ in its use of a quote attributed to an unnamed source is not always going to be an easy one to determine. It would be a matter that the Council might have to rule on in the long run. However, in the past, the Council has given some leeway for newspapers to report on matters of public interest. The question that it would have to address is whether this coverage is in such bad taste as to be extremely offensive to the newspaper’s readership or is overly sensational. It is not difficult to argue that this article would have upset many readers but, equally, it might well be argued that it accurately reports information given to the newspaper.

Have you submitted a letter to the Advertiser for publication in response to the article? The Council has consistently said that the best response to such matters of taste is the submission of a contrary view for publication. If the newspaper does not provide the opportunity for such response then the complainant is in a better position to press a complaint against the newspaper. You and a number of your colleagues have expressed your deep disgust with the terminology used in the article, the best way of addressing that concern is by making it clear that any ride by motorcycle groups, of the sort envisaged for March 14, would not involve people of the type alleged by the unnamed source or have the consequences predicted.

I therefore urge you to take the matter up direct with the newspaper in the first instance, if you have not already. If you cannot achieve satisfaction in this way, you can then bring the matter to the Council as a formal complaint by completion and submission of the complaint form (found on-line at http://www.presscouncil.org.au/pcsite/compform.html) and its submission together with a copy of the submitted material. I will write to the newspaper urging it to give due consideration to any submitted letter as a way of dealing with your concern.

I will await your further advice on this matter.


Yours sincerely,



Jack R Herman