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An outspoken gentleman from our town’s lakeside suburbs has told anyone within earshot that he’s displeased with the content that the national broadcaster.
Shouting at the television this morning, retired businessman Roy Gooch tried to articulate his frustration at the ABC’s reporting on the Federal Government’s ‘controversial’ housing bill. He did so by having a one-sided conversation with ABC Breakfast presenter Michael Rowland, who was just reading something off a teleprompter.
“Oh give me a fucking break!” he yelled.
His voice boomed through his empty home.
“Blocking bad legislation isn’t ‘roadblocking’! It’s common fucking sense! God, I hate the fucking ABC!”
Mr Gooch spent a further 2.5 hours watching the ABC Breakfast Show, taking time every five minutes to yell another retort at his LG OLED television set. He purchased it on David Warner’s recommendation.
Around 9am, the breakfast show ended at the regular ABC News24 rolling coverage began.
“OH Christ! Not this bloke again!” Roy continued.
“He’s worse than the bloody other bloke!”
Roy’s wife June returned home just before lunch time to see him visibly annoyed and scowling at the OLED.
June had seen this many times before. Roy began listing off every trespass the ABC had made against him that morning while June nodded.
“Come on,” June said.
“Let’s get you outside. They did the lawn this morning, come and tell me how they’ve cut it too short again.”
More to come.
