ChillOut 2011
details online
starobserver.
com.
au
Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est.
1979 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 1063 Wednesday 9 March 2011
Ten newsreader
issues apology
Drew ShelDrick
A Channel Ten newsreader has
apologised on...
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ChillOut 2011
details online
starobserver.
com.
au
Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est.
1979 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 1063 Wednesday 9 March 2011
Ten newsreader
issues apology
Drew ShelDrick
A Channel Ten newsreader has
apologised on air after he branded the
SydneyMardiGrasparade“disgusting”.
The interview on on Ten’s Morning
News on Monday between Mardi Gras
co-chair Peter Urmson and newsreader
Ron Wilson turned sour after what
began as a general discussion about
the political themes of this year’s Mardi
Gras quickly turned into a tense backand-forth between the two when Wilson
began questioning the relevance and
appropriatenessoftheparadein2011.
“Some of the spectacles you’re seeing,
I’m assuming would even make you
cringe.
Itbecomesanexploitationalmost
of a sexual image rather than trying to
explore the diversity of lifestyle,” Wilson
said.
“Our community is extremely
colourful, and we celebrate our diversity
through .
.
.
” Urmson replied, before
Wilson in
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