Summary: Be First but first be something something How Australia Covered The Sydney Siege The Daily Telegraph goes with provocative speculation while the gunman still has people hostage TV News helpfully broadcast police actions so that the gunman can see what they’re doing 24 Hour Obsessive Coverage must be very tempting to the next nutter who wants to execute people live on TV (Odds of media recognising they went too far and putting something in place so as not to inspire the next one: zero) Media coverage of Sydney siege shameful A Stopped Abbott Is Right Once A Term Abbott points out to Uhlmann that we don’t blame the Pope for the IRA Sydney siege: Abbott refuses to blame Islam for Man Haron Monis’s actions Australia Isn’t Filled Solely With News Ltd Readers And Ray Listeners Yet #illridewithyou: A simple but elegant display of humanity, that today in Pakistan we need more than ever - Comment - Voices - The Independent Obama congratulations Australia on #illridewithyou Flowers take over Martin Place Aftermath Fin Review as bad as the Tele Some awkward facts for your Sydney siege narrative - Left Flank Man Haron Monis: fringe figure whose crime record and erratic behaviour made him notorious Martin Place cafe siege: Overreaction from fear is a measure of a terrorist’s success Let’s be honest: Man Haron Monis was an IS terrorist News Ltd vs The Real Villains: LEFTISTS Kenny vs #illridewithyou An imaginary backlash Devine vs The noxious and naive Left Teh News Unhinging, (with images, tweets) · swearyanthony · Storify Ray vs Tony on releasing MYEFO WaggaDailyAdvertiser fails to notice the Muslim community had actually been trying to get police to attend to Monis. Jerks on Twitter Des Houghton +After Twitter Tirade No One Wants To Ride With George Christensen MP Ewen Jones MP on Twitter: “Just want to distance myself from comments by @GChristensenMP . Completely insensitive and ignorant of the motive #illridewithyou” Govt MP Andrew Nikolic has now taken down this tweet on the #martinplace incident. The Day We Lost Our Innocence (If You Don’t Count All The Other Times Gunmen Have Taken Hostages Or Killed Australians) Timeline of major crimes in Australia - Wikipedia Ray, The Oz, Derryn, Abbott vs The Rule Of Law Derryn calls for tougher bail laws for next time he offends Tony Abbott ‘infuriated’ over funding for legal challenges Extra punishment for foreigners Libertarians Have The Worst Ideas John Howard rejects David Leyonhjelm’s call to relax gun laws as simplistic and flawed
