Some intelligent commentary for the bogan investors.

[Horatio Leafblower]

...and the truth spoken clearly and publically for the politicians... finally :ouch:

Beware the Qantsd investment trap: SMH (http://www.smh.com.au/business/comment-and-analysis/beware-the-qantas-investment-trap-20140915-10h2l1.html)

[Transition Layer]

And incredibly, in the same paper on the same day:

Qantas circling inflection point (http://www.smh.com.au/money/investing/qantas-circling-inflection-point-20140912-10g2en.html)

Clear as mud :ooh:....no wonder Buffet doesn't touch airlines!

[ANCPER]

Must be why I have a sub for the I.I., but not for the MF!:)

[600ft-lb]

It's News Ltd just trying another angle to make some money, offsetting their declining revenue.

The link at the bottom of the page says it all, they get paid per click or sign up

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Begs the question, when the 'experts' who make their living peddling their points of view, have polar opposite views, does anyone know what is really going on?

[The Banjo]

Which bogans are you referring to?

The ones that provide liquidity in the market or the ones who buy Qantas Group tickets and pay your wages?

[RAD_ALT_ALIVE]

My sentiments exactly Banjo.

I'm amazed at how dumb we (as a professional group) like to appear on a public forum. The ill-thought out posts, the ignorant opinions that so many spruik as fact. The lack of depth of understanding of the world outside of our cozy little offices beggars belief.

The only truth in media is the snapshot image that might accompany a story; it may not even have relevance to the specifics of the story. It is, however, a picture. And it is the truth as it relates to that place in that moment in time.

Everything else presented in the media will likely contain various degrees of opinion. And that opinion will, more often than not, be based to a very large extent on the political leanings of the ownership/management of that media outlet. And politics being what it is, their political affiliates will be pressing them to publish/air subjects for their own political gain.

It's usually never about the truth. Qantas is big money. Qantas is marketed politically as a critical asset to the Australian people (hmmm...who by, I wonder?). It is a powerful institution in so many ways in this country (whether real or perceived is irrelevant), that it will always be the subject of editorialisation and scuttlebutt journalism.

It's so much deeper than selling papers, or belief in the notion of truth in journalism. That is just too simplistic for me to believe.

[Bankstown Boy]

Umm ... 600ft-lb ... I know there are many who just love any opportunity to 'stick it' to News Ltd, however, both articles appear in the SMH/Age; which, last time I checked, are part of the Fairfax stable.

[bmam7]

Bankstown Boy. Don't know when you last checked, but they still are Fairfax. Mind you the tenor of articles in the SMH is heading in the same direction as News Ltd - down to the bottom!

[50 50]

I sense a pointless unrelated argument coming on......