The Labour leader and Catholic Church radio RTK's journalist – Part II
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
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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?
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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
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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).
Believe me, bad syntax and all, Google is probably more “coherent” than the misspelt language used in the original exchange of emaiils.
“ajma joseph jahasra …”
How sweet.
Flirt.
Tghid DIK qrat dawn l-emails?
Talk about ambition. Dritt ministru trid issir.
Forsi xi darba nkun fil-kabinet mieghel, Daf :)
[Daphne – Tahseb ma saqsejtx ghalik sweet. ara hallini ta Baxxter jahasra]
tejt idahhluni nahdem commis chef mijek, Defni ?? ;) Smajt li int tikteb kotba tat tisjir
[Daphne – issapporti ghandi bzonnok hemmhekk!!!! haha]
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]
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
Nispera li ma tghaddix l-email ta’ Daphne lill-mummy.
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.
Baxxter, kien hemm l-applikazzjoni tal-Burger King, applikajt? Ghandna bzonn xi hadd hemmhekk.
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. =(
‘andi bzon lilek biex isiru jafuni’
Well – her prayers have sure been answered.
You three made my day! This is brilliant.
Just couldn’t stop laughing! You guys made my week!! Issa din l-isketch nahseb ticcirkolla fuq youtube, bhala xow taz-ZOO!!!
“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.
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.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=547625160&ref=ts#!/photo.php?fbid=32229130160&set=a.10150269922965161.492279.547625160&type=3&theater
They sound like two 14 year olds flirting.
“utilizzani bl-ahjar mod”…
Subtle, isn’t she?
Did this exchange take place on her employer’s time and money?
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.]
@Dee
and using the employer’s server
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.