Reference :- Purveyor of facts , not opinion, Peta Credlin took a break .

Reference : -   It looks like Sky anchor Peta Credlin is enjoying a Christmas break .  We look forward to her return in the new year .

   Ah well Peta . What a shame that your last effort for the year was just an interview with another Sky reporter .  I guess with so much going on at present ,  it is probably difficult to find real people to interview .    Nonetheless , try not to make a habit of navel gazing in the new year . There was far too much of that last year , and watching Sky News started to feel like wandering through a mirror maze at a circus ....  endless reflections of the same opinions that became increasingly distorted and removed from reality .  

  Anyway , I don't wish to end the year on a low note , but there is one more comment I would like to make .  Please take it as friendly advice .  My son, Ken junior , drew my attention to this originally , but then it became quite a source of annoyance .

 You often mention , several times in a story , that " the taxpayer is funding "  something you don't like .   Sometimes you might say   " paid for with your tax money "   or  " that's where your taxes are going "   .  You know , that sort of thing .   I know it's an easy way to stir anger , and as we well know ,  angry folk are inclined to make hasty and  ill informed decisions.  But the technique is starting to look too obvious . These days both Ken junior and myself find ourselves losing attention when you say  " and this is what is happening to your tax money that .......blah blah blah ... " 

Maybe a good New Year's resolution would be to pack it in with that approach . It sure would freshen the sound of your presentations .   And while you are at it , maybe ditch those references to " socialists"  that you spit out with contempt .   Ken junior looked up a definition of socialism the other day , in the encyclopaedia .    He says it is a democratic system based on cooperation rather than competition  , with the mantra   "  from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs ".      He can't quite see why that is an evil concept .   It certainly sounds like a better basis for  developing a healthy culture  than galloping vampire capitalism .

 Anyway , we look forward to your fresh start in the new year .  We can always tune into Andrew Bolt if we feel the need to laugh at hate mongering cliches .  

 Seasons greetings .     Your comrade , Ken