Michael Dado

I don’t have a mountain, I have a newsroom and a camera. Senior Producer @skynewsaustralia

[State of Palestine @Palestine_UN]

Palestinian children watch Lion King in Gaza.

📸 Omar Ashtawy

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmith]

Dave, you've responded to a detailed fact check by introducing an entirely different argument.

Whether government should be smaller is an interesting discussion. It just isn't the discussion we were having.

We were discussing whether your description of Australia's economic history in a 90 second clip was accurate.

It wasn't.

What I think is extraordinary isn't that you got things wrong. Everyone does. It's that you've conceded precisely nothing.

Not one factual error. Not one correction. Not one "Fair enough, I got that wrong".

You have a remarkable ability to turn economic fiction into confident public performance. The problem isn't just the mistake. It's that once the performance is over, the fiction is simply left behind for your audience to keep repeating.

You haven't acknowledged that you confused government debt with the Future Fund. Your reply now explains how the Future Fund grew from around $60 billion to $255 billion which is a baffling addition, given you previously spoke about it as though it had ceased to exist.

You haven't acknowledged that you claimed the GFC stimulus was funded by the Future Fund. Or that your broader account of Australia's response to the GFC was wildly misleading.

Instead, you've simply changed the subject, which is a perfectly respectable debating tactic, provided nobody remembers what the original discussion was about.

When the errors are painstakingly explained, you don't correct the record. You simply move on, leaving the misinformation behind for your audience to repeat as though it were true.

I’m reminded of a line from Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses - Explaining this to you has become rather like trying to explain Norway to a dog.

[David Shoebridge @DavidShoebridge]

Did you see this? Home Affairs has denied a visa to the ex-ASIO source who tried to warn about the Bondi gunmen. This is a deeply political decision, and now the Royal Commission may never hear his evidence.

It looks like a stitch up by those who don't want this on the record.

[AIPAC Tracker @TrackAIPAC]

Laura Loomer says anyone who reposts us should be banned from Twitter. 😂

[Ellen Sandell @ellensandell]

Ever wonder how political influence works?

Gift parcels from the AHA (ie: pokies lobby) lining the halls outside Labor MPs’ offices today. They weren’t happy to see us 😂

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.

I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.

It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.

May God bless America.

[The Shovel @TheShovel]

Optus executive Gladys Berejiklian has provided her daily update on the latest Optus numbers

[andrew rickert @_rockrit]

POV: TikTok is banned from Australian government devices. @ccroucher9 #fyp #foryoupage #HamburglarChallenge

[Bureau of Meteorology, Queensland @BOM_Qld]

Rainfall in the 24 hrs to 9 am was widespread with TS ⛈️all adding to the list of flooded rivers, including flash flooding at #Rubyvale. Highest in the state was at #Bundaberg with 192 mm. More rain and TS ⛈️ in the north and east today. Check warnings https://t.co/FBmpsInT9o

[Victorian Department of Health @VicGovDH]

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[Usama Wajid @UsamaWajid22]

Trump: I don't want to go from white house.
But sir you have to.. 😂🤣🤣
#TrumpMeltdown
#USElection2020 #USAelection2020 #USElectionResults #USElections2020 #USAelection2020

[Andy Lee @andytomlee]

Just added my big toe to iPhone fingerprint recognition. Now if both my arms get cut off I can still call for help.

[CIA @CIA]

We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet.

[Michael Dado @michael__dado]

@willos26 @daynamalkoun I feel vulnerable after that picture was posted against my will #violated #seeyouincourt