Burying the news
Paranoia Corner: The circumstances of the death and whereabouts of Australia's first military victim of the Iraq War just get more bizarre. Apparently, Private Jake Kovko's body is in transit home once more, while the body of the fellow mistakenly flown to Australia in his place is going back to Bosnia.
And apparently, he didn't kill himself accidentally while cleaning his weapon, the clear impression befuddled Defence Minister Brendan Nelson gave in his Saturday press conference.
All this begs the highly – H-I-G-H-L-Y – cynical question from one Press Gallery operative: What if a certain body was lost on purpose to push out any headlines lingering from yesterday on Medibank/health reform/national ID card?
Now that would REALLY be burying the news.
And apparently, he didn't kill himself accidentally while cleaning his weapon, the clear impression befuddled Defence Minister Brendan Nelson gave in his Saturday press conference.
All this begs the highly – H-I-G-H-L-Y – cynical question from one Press Gallery operative: What if a certain body was lost on purpose to push out any headlines lingering from yesterday on Medibank/health reform/national ID card?
Now that would REALLY be burying the news.
posted by Hugo at 11:03 pm
2 Comments:
2 points. Jake was not the first australian milatary casualty in January last year Flight Lieutenant Paul Pardoel, a RAAF-trained C-130 navigator died when his aircraft was shot down north of Baghdad.
Secondly i'm beggin you - as one of his friends - and all your media friends to stop turning this into a circus, it's hurting his family and friends. Please.
thanks for the correction. He was, of course, the first soldier in Australian uniform to die in Iraq.
And Niall, i reckon you're onto something there. :-)
As for Jake's family, we can only extend our sympathy over the event, and how it's been played out - politically, and in the media. I guess that's the flipside of an open, democratic society. The media must report fearlessly. But, please, with a little heart.
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