The opener for The people’s forum is pretty impressive @Leo_Puglisi6 . Well done!
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Yeah if Channel 9 was able to put in something for me, surprised 10 didn’t for Roman and Connor!
Thanks! All down to the great work of Christian Penny behind-the-scenes
Was a bit of a test run for our election night coverage soon, so excuse the technical issues we had, but I think we went pretty well!
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One thing for me was the quality of the actual video of the forum, was that a webcam on a Zoom call?
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Last night was our first live stream testing out some new elements and solutions. You would absolutely notice Leo was disappearing into the background at one point, some graphics didn’t playout, and not being able to secure an audio link into the forums mic’s really hindered our ability to capture clear audio.
Vision wise, we had a strong signal initially, though because we predominately utilise iPhones, and unfortunately, they are restricted to 1 4G/5G signal. When we can, WiFi is the best bet for us, opposed to what majority of networks now do by using systems like LiveU encompassing as many as 4 separate signals to increase bandwidth and reduce latency.
Bias aside I was relatively pleased with how things turned out considering Leo was in Melbourne, Roman in Queensland, and myself in Sydney. We have a few more rehearsals planned! LOL.
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Welcome to MS Christian!
Great to hear some of the behind-the-scenes stuff. Did the venue not have any WiFi of it’s own, and was it merely a case of you guys showing it, rather than you guys running the debate (ala the Sky ones)? (I’ll admit I haven’t watched much of it)
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good get Leo and 6 news 
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I want a live battle between ScoMo and Albo on 6news!
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Good scoop, Leo!
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Ofcourse transgender men are men. Why even ask such a pathetic and offensive question?
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Should clarify that question, this is the full question we asked him:
“Earlier this year the Daily Tele asked you “can men have babies?” to which you responded “no” - some critics, including transgender people, have pointed out that there are many well-documented cases of trans men having babies. Simple question - do you believe trans men are men?”
We then followed it up, as seen in the video, as he did not give a yes or no answer.
Hope this clarifies!
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Nothing more but a cheap stunt for a bit of publicity. The question you asked has absolutely nothing to do with the election. You know that no matter how the question is answered that it will be taken the wrong way by somebody and clearly this is what you intended. If you’re trying to get a job at Sky News however, you’re on the right path.
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Trolling attempt aside - the responses to this are unhinged. The assumption that someone who wouldn’t vote Labor would automatically be a Lib/Nat voter is insane
There are other options….
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No fault of Leo’s, but sadly the #auspol twitter nutjobs that already were convinced that something was fishy with Leo or 6 News are going to use this as ammo / “evidence” that the operation is a Coalition / Newscorp / [Insert Conservative Individual or Organisation Here] conspiracy.
Absolutely ridiculous, but not unexpected sadly.
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Lowering the voting age to 14? Is that meant to be a joke?
I can’t actually tell from the Twitter thread.
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“He’s 14” is now trending on Twitter, must be from people trying to calm down the nutters and conspiracy theorists
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Leo’s joke was that the Labor launch wasn’t enough to get him to vote for Labor, because he’s 14. But that was misinterpreted as some kind of Libs reference
it certainly doesn’t help that the majority of the people who bite are as thick as two bricks, but I do wonder whether being provocative with posts like this is really a smart move.
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I was just reading through some of the replies. Far out some people are cooked 
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Must admit I’ve muted muted quite a few people on twitter lately Leo included. Not for their views, but the ridiculous replies they receive and twitter thinking i might enjoy that kind of post. Hopefully can unmute in a few weeks, but no doubt their anger and misunderstanding of politics will continue.
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Agreed, however it has resulted in this
But I can’t imagine a situation where the abuse / harassment is worth the publicity / attention.
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