Noelle McCarthy is doggedly reigning in her ferocity and nastiness for a while (Aug. 11, 2018)

Noelle McCarthy is doggedly reigning in her ferocity and
nastiness for a while, and pretending to be a serious person.
RNZ National, Saturday 11 August 2018, 8:10 a.m.
https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday

Noelle McCarthy’s breathy Cork-accented wittering is, unfortunately, becoming frequent on RNZ National. For the last couple of weeks, she’s been filling in for Kim Hill on Saturdays. This morning she’s interviewing the Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs. McCarthy is putting on her very best imitation of a decent human being, at one point saying, in perfect seriousness: “When you look at the ferocity and nastiness, especially of the gendered stuff, it really is appalling.”

She’s right, of course. When one looks at the “ferocity and nastiness” of some feral people in the media and in politics, it really is appalling….

NOELLE McCARTHY, 10 July 2013: Y-y-y-y-yeeeeeessss, …. [snort] ….he he he! He’s still in hiding. He he he! …. He he he he he! Yes he is still in that terminal! …[snort]… He he he he he he! ….[snort]…. He’s got a choice! Venezuela, Bolivia or Ecuador! …. Bolivia would be hard with the altitude! ….
http://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-10072013/#comment-661123

Less than one week later, she was at it again….

NOELLE McCARTHY, 16 July 2013: [grimly] Heh, heh, heh. Well someone else with not such a good view is Edward Snowden. [snicker] Looks like he’s STILL in the airport! …
http://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-16072013/#comment-663663

And here she is enthusiastically taking part in another group guffaw, this time about another Government-designated political target, Julian Assange….

http://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-19072013/#comment-664870

On another occasion, McCarthy mounted a sustained attack on Roger Waters after he spoke out against Israeli crimes against Gaza. Ferocity and nastiness, indeed.

https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2018/01/noelle-mccarthy-stops-snickering.html

https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-11-08-2018/#comment-1512579