The Labour leader and Catholic Church radio RTK's journalist – Part II

Published: October 20, 2011 at 2:08am

Joseph's plant at RTK, Sabrina Agius

An exchange of emails between the leader of the Labour Party and Sabrina Agius, RTK’s head of news:

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2010

Sabrina Agius 10:04AM

Bongu,

Naf li mintix il-producer tal-programm izda hassejt li ahjar nibghat din lilek ghax konvinta li tista tifhem ahjar dan li se nghidlek. Forsi shabi l-gurnalisti kapaci jifhmuni hazing u ma nixtieqx li jkun il-kaz.

Kritika Oggettiva dwar il-programm Affari Taghna
Nifhem li huwa programm li jixxandar fuq One u naf ukoll il-background politiku tal-prezentatur. Izda nifhem aktar li l-PL fl-elezzjoni generali jrid jirbah. Nahseb s’hemm naqblu.

Inti bhala mexxej qed tipprova turi li hemm bidla u lit rid bidla f’kull sense. Tenfasizza dwar bidla fil-mentalita.

U huwa proprju ghalhekk li ghandu jkun hemm koerenza. B’hekk nistaqsi ghalfejn l-newsroom ta’ Affari Taghna hija bbazata BISS minn gurnalist ta’ One u Orizzont? Kif ghidtlek, xejn personali ghalihom. Naccertak li assolutament mhux il-kaz.

Izda nemmen li biex il-programm ikun aktar kredibbli u bilancjat, anke fl-ideat, kien ikun ahjar li jkun hemm gurnalisti ohra. B’hekk tkun qed turi bidla fil-mentalita. Difficli tkun oggettiv fil-gurnalizmu, pero mhux impossibli. Izda li jkollok gurnalist minn ta’ gewwa hi l-iktar haga ovvja forsi u l-iktar haga facli. Dan dejjem jiddependi wiehed x’messag irid iwassal.

Idea ohra tista’ tkun li jekk ezempju la l-newsroom hi bbazata minn dawk il-gurnalisti fil-programm kull darba jkun hemm gurnalist oggettiv biex nghidu hekk, li m’ghandux it-tikketta hamra biex nghidu hekk.

Rgiward l-programm tal-bierah, fil-panel tal-gurnalisti seta’ jkun hemm inqas gurnalisit mill-orizzont etc la diga heq hemm l-newsroom tal-programm kollha mill-One u Orizzont. B’hekk seta’ jinghata aktar spazju fill-gurnalisti ohrajn li s-soltu ma jkunux fuq il-programm.

Bhas-soltu grazzi tal-hin.
Sabrina

Joseph Muscat 10:22AM

Punt tajjeb sab – dan huwa l-ewwel pass

Ovvjament dak li qed tghid int irid jkun pass ulterjur!

Sabrina Agius 6:23PM

Naf li mhux facli Joseph u naf li mhux facli li tal-madwar jaccettaw jew jifhmu certu bidliet.

Izda Ghandi fiducja bil-mod kif inti tikkomunika.

F’idejk.

Joseph Muscat 8:11PM

Nahdmu bla heda

Sabrina Agius 8:13PM

Forsi xi darba nkun fil-kabinett mieghek…:)

Joseph Muscat 8:26PM

Tajjeb kieku

———–

THE FOLLOWING DAY:

Sabrina Agius 8:51AM

X’tahseb?

TWO DAYS LATER:

Joseph Muscat 11:29AM

IVA

Sabrina Agius 11:50AM

Qabel kollox I have to gain your trust and I must show loyalty. Skuzani qed inkun skjetta ur diretta…pero mhux il-paroli biss. I must prove myself as an individual.

Hemm xi affarijiet li kieku xorta nista’ nibda’ nahdem fuqhom minn issa.

Grazzi tal-fiducja

Joseph Muscat 12:40PM

Tahseb ma staqsejtx fuqek jew!

Kulhadd kliem tajjeb kellu dwarek

Sabrina Agius 4:06PM

Dan ifisser li se nibdew ‘nahdmu’ bil-mod biex xi darba nohrog ghall-elezzjoni?:)

Joseph Muscat 4:35PM

Mela – mhux xi darba izda 12 jew 13

Sabrina Agius 6:59PM

Heq imma jekk jien head of news ta stazzjon kif nista? Jien kont qed nahseb ghall-elezzjoni ta’ wara…u mela u nitla mal-ewwel elezzjoni lol :) ajma joseph jahasra :)

Joseph Muscat 7:12PM

Taqtax qalbek – izda ghandek ragun

Sabrina Agius 8:36PM

Fuq liema punt ghandi ragun?
——–

THE NEXT DAY:

Joseph Muscat 10:31AM

Li ghandna bzonnok head of news bhalissa

Sabrina Agius 10:41AM

Mela naqblu li mhux ghall-elezzjoni li jmiss. Diga kont qed nimmaginani l-izghar MInistru jahasra :)

Joseph Muscat 11:55AM

Min fuq li kkonvincejtni

Sabrina Agius 12:17PM

Jekk ghandek bzonni hawn utilizzani bl-ahjar mod. Dan Jista jsir permezz ta’ tip offs ghal investigazzjonijiet ghall-istejjer.

Imma jien ukoll ghandi bzonn l-ghajnuna tieghek biex in-nies jibew ukoll isiru jafuni

Joseph Muscat 12:24PM

Nibdew nistednuk fuq one – izda l-ewwel sib saqajk hemm biex ma jkeccukx




25 Comments Comment

  1. Patrik says:

    Thank Bob in heavens for Google Translate. Doesn’t do a great job of it, but it’s comprehensible.

    The sad thing is that in any other place this would be a smoking gun turning nuclear, resulting in the end of Muscat’s career.

    In Malta he will without any significant effort turn his followers around, blaming everyone else (as is already happening by the looks of it).

    • Guza says:

      Believe me, bad syntax and all, Google is probably more “coherent” than the misspelt language used in the original exchange of emaiils.

  2. Paul Gauci says:

    “ajma joseph jahasra …”

    How sweet.

  3. maryanne says:

    Talk about ambition. Dritt ministru trid issir.

  4. H.P. Baxxter says:

    Forsi xi darba nkun fil-kabinet mieghel, Daf :)

    [Daphne – Tahseb ma saqsejtx ghalik sweet. ara hallini ta Baxxter jahasra]

    • H.P. Baxxter says:

      tejt idahhluni nahdem commis chef mijek, Defni ?? ;) Smajt li int tikteb kotba tat tisjir

      [Daphne – issapporti ghandi bzonnok hemmhekk!!!! haha]

      • H.P. Baxxter says:

        nihu l-parir tijek Daf :) alissa niqba aw fil-kcina ta McDonalds imma andi bzon lilek biex isiru jafuni :)) qed nimmaginani celebrity chef jahasra ;)

        [Daphne – zomm ftit ghax ghandi l-Malta Today fuq il-linja ghandhom bzonn ritratt u biex isaqsuni permess ghal xi haga tenks]

      • H.P. Baxxter says:

        qabel kollox i have to gain your trust : ) mux ghal elezzjoni li jmiss ;-(
        l-ewwel irrid insib saqajja ghax haw l-art mimlija cooking oil u qed nizloq =:-0

      • maryanne says:

        Nispera li ma tghaddix l-email ta’ Daphne lill-mummy.

      • H.P. Baxxter says:

        Daf, skuzani jekk metlekx ;) imma addejt l-email tijek lill mummy ax riedet xi ricetti:-) .tnx sry lol LOLZ

        P.S. uzani kif tixtieq qalbek.

      • ciccio2011 says:

        Baxxter, kien hemm l-applikazzjoni tal-Burger King, applikajt? Ghandna bzonn xi hadd hemmhekk.

      • H.P. Baxxter says:

        Kif dhalt f’din l-email exchange bejni u Daf sry ta hi :( mux LOLZ issa. :-[

        Daf, ciccio qed jihhakja l-account tieghi sry tijej. =(

      • john says:

        ‘andi bzon lilek biex isiru jafuni’

        Well – her prayers have sure been answered.

      • Slings and Arrows says:

        You three made my day! This is brilliant.

      • Seggy says:

        Just couldn’t stop laughing! You guys made my week!! Issa din l-isketch nahseb ticcirkolla fuq youtube, bhala xow taz-ZOO!!!

  5. Guza says:

    “Tahseb li ma staqstejtx fuqek jew!”

    Even sweeter. Michelle must be very pleased with her husband’s behaviour.

    It makes you wonder why Joseph was livid that the exchange of emails was leaked.

    It reveals so much more than the sneaky, under-handedness of Labour, or his collusion with the non-Labour-owned news media.

    Imagine Gonzi being involved in an exchange of emails like this one. You just can’t.

    • lomax says:

      It was my exact reaction. I think he was rigid with rage only because he seems to be flirting and encouraging this “young” woman.

      She needs his attention and he seems to relish this fact.

      I might be wrong, but I was uncomfortable reading the emails because they felt like “private” more than “confidential”. Not Wikileaks stuff, but rather, intimate stuff.

      But the crucial information is that Joseph Muscat is saying openly here that he and his party need and want moles in the media.

  6. GSD says:

    They sound like two 14 year olds flirting.

    “utilizzani bl-ahjar mod”…

    Subtle, isn’t she?

  7. Dee says:

    Did this exchange take place on her employer’s time and money?

  8. Antoine Vella says:

    I’m struck by how apologetic Sabrina Agius was when making a couple of suggestions (which do not even qualify as mild criticism) to improve the Affari Tagħna programme.

    The sparkling jewel of this exchange, however, must be her “. . . I have to gain your trust and I must show loyalty.” Really.

    [Daphne – It’s the classic exchange between a ‘charismatic’ male group leader and a fantasising woman acolyte. That’s how the terrorist and extreme religious sects recruit theirs, and why we find it inexplicable that grown women would end up as the abused and manipulated servants of some sect leader.]

  9. COD says:

    @Dee

    and using the employer’s server

  10. Carmel Scicluna says:

    Mela l-Partit tal-Iskipp itella’ programm bhal Inkontri biex jghajru lil Lou Bondi u lil Peppi Azzopardi li huma zbilancjati fil-PBS, imbaghad il-mexxej Laburista Guzeppi Muscat ma jisthix minn Alla li halqu biex jinqeda b’dal-mod sfaccat bir-Radju tal-Knisja u bil-mole tal-PL ghall-gwadann partitistiku.

    Bidla fil-mentalita’? Ghax ma tghidux li ghandkom ghira bazwija tinten seba’ pesti ghal Daphne, Lou u Peppi.

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