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  Andrew Bolt interviews Cardinal George Pell after Royal Commission in Rome

Bolt's interview was simply a repetition and summary of the answers he gave the Commission. Bolt allowed George Pell to use the Sgt Schultz defense to the question of pedophilia  in the Catholic Church "I knew nothing". Bolts questions were as challenging as being hit by marshmallows and it seemed that Pell had no trouble answering them because he knew what was coming. As if he'd been prepped but unnecessary as it followed a repetitive script. 

We thought the Bolt Report  was repetitious unchallenging and boring. Bolt only had to travel to Burwood and dress like a dummy out of Peter Jacksons window. But this interview was even less than convincing. The theatrics of  going to Rome was nothing more than a marketing ploy and Bolt didn't even look convincing. He's certainly not a reporter. He needs structure to appear to perform. Score 1-10 * and that's just for the pre-production hype that went on beforehand otherwise it was  a nonevent a hollow vessel as hollow as an Easter egg. Basically absolution by News CorpCardinal George Pell slammed by Sydney priest Father Michael Kelly on ABC radio

 Many more guilty in the church than Cardinal George Pell... Andrew Bolt .

So Bolt assumes Pell bears some guilt given his headline  in the Herald Sun

"Within months Pell had set up the first fund to compensate abused children, and then called in one of the paedophile priests, Peter Searson, who had been protected for so long by Little." "Pell told the commission that even the Vatican had — incredibly — overruled his decision to force Searson’s removal."

Why then did Pell also insist that their was no institutional or systemic problem with the Catholic Church. You can't have it both ways and Bolt just conveniently ignores this. The churches back was to the wall and a fixer was needed and Pell did the dutiful. He wasn't an innocent he had prior knowledge and he came in and tried to fix it and save the church's reputation at the same time. He was no saint but the churches Sgt at arms in Australia. There were many more guilty is a strange term used by Bolt who is a moral absolutist.

Greenhorns aren't appointed CEO the fact that Pell became Archbishop and acted simply goes to show the church knew it was between a rock and a hard place and Pell was simply called in to fix it. His predecessor no longer had the confidence of the public or the church to do so. To say Pell was oblivious to what was needed before his appointment beggars belief of an organization such as the Catholic Church. 

 

Cardinal George Pell interview with Andrew Bolt to follow royal commission hearings

"CARDINAL George Pell will sit down for his first interview since taking the stand at the royal commission into child sex abuse, but viewers hanging out for gotcha moments can safely go about their Friday night as planned."
12hrs late sounds a rehearsed face saving exercise for both of them
It appears the spin doctor is interviewing his client. However it appears Bolt needed to backflip on his first response to Pell's questioning by the Commission counsels.  Had he not no interview would have been given. So the mea culpa mea culpa by Bolt. Then it's 12 hours later than advertised  why? Because it just might needed to have been rehearsed. Has Pell's team been given the questions before hand of course a typical News Corp PR job.  Wasn't Pell meant to be a frail sick old man with a heart condition? He seems to have the stamina of a man half his age.
The question that sticks in the forefront of the mind is why Bolt has held back for a week? Maybe he hasn't and this was how it was intended to go down a week ago, the rehearsed absolution of Pell by the Church of News Corp to be shown globally. Both Bolt and Pell now require this  belated interview in an attempt to save each other because the pre-production seems to have been ify. You need to remember nothing on TV or in politics goes down unrehearsed and pre-planned otherwise bloopers happen as they always did to Tony Abbott. So the 12 hour delay.
 " It was then revealed by 2GB that while in Rome Bolt had secured “an exclusive, one-on-one interview with Cardinal Pell” which will air on Friday morning on 2GB and Sky News. Would this be like a spin doctor interviewing his own client, we wondered?"

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   Cardinal George Pell slammed by Sydney priest Father Michael Kelly on ABC radio

 Father Michael Kelly, a well-known Jesuit priest, took to the ABC airwaves to say what he really thought about the Australian cardinal who he has known for more than 30 years.

“He’s one of the best developed narcissists I’ve ever met in my life,” he told interviewer Wendy Harmer.

“He’s astonishing at the way in which he can deploy his insensitivity; he seems just impervious to human experience.”

 In which Pell crosses to the other side of the road

 

 

George Pell agrees to interview with Andrew Bolt

1.30pm Friday 4/3/16  

 

Braggart Bolt the Jimmy Olsen of News Corp still dipping into what he first wrote about himself 40 years ago. Kismet, Serendipity and Rupert Murdoch gave birth to Bolt when Murdoch decided to mix opinion with news and adopt a political position. Bolt disliked reporting because it was too tedious. He preferred loose and lazy bullshit and Murdoch turned away from Keating to Howard and Bolt was born. However a legal department was also needed.

 

Straight from The Australian 2 days ago. Thursday passed so it seems did the exclusive live interview. Was it in Italian and not broadcast here or was The Australian just promoting Bolt's trip? Was it part of Bolt's column yesterday where Andrew Bolt told us how he stood head and shoulders above all others in the media. No that interview seems to have gone MIA. But then is it any surprise?

Update Is Andrew Bolt trying to upstage Pell?

" It was then revealed by 2GB that while in Rome Bolt had secured “an exclusive, one-on-one interview with Cardinal Pell” which will air on Friday morning on 2GB and Sky News. Would this be like a spin doctor interviewing his own client, we wondered?"

" Sky still can’t say whether the touted interview with Pell will go ahead. We think it will depend on which version of Bolt turns up for the chat."

It's Friday morning if you go to Sky News all you get is Bolt on the street  which could have been shot in Carlton. What's Bolt talking about himself of course. What is for certain the Article of Paul Sheehans that Bolt referenced and silently removed is being investigated by the Press Council. It goes to show just loose and ready Bolt is with facts verification not required. Maybe the Pell exclusive will also quietly slide into oblivion. Is there a rape culture? | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog - News Removed without apology