The Chaser Report - Feud Critics | John Delmenico & Lachlan Hodson

Episode Date: November 28, 2024

Dom Knight is joined by Chaser Editor John Delmenico and Producer Lachlan, to whom he has some hot new housing market news. Meanwhile Lachlan brings warnings of war, as Australian government officials clash with other world leaders. Plus John has a lovely new tale about everyone's favourite rapper, Drake. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Chaser Report is recorded on Gadigal Land. Striving for mediocrity in a world of excellence, this is The Chaser Report. Hello and welcome to The Chaser Report. We don't have Charles, but my goodness, have we got some people on the show today. We've got Lachlan, aka producer Lachlan, he's made it back from the podcast Awards in one piece, and the editor of the Chaser nowadays, John Delmenico, who's just really all over the Chaser annual 2024. There's multiple columns by them as well as lots of humour. Thank you for that, John.

Let's get into it. We've all brought a story to the table for a little bit of news supper or news earlier breakfast, depending on what time you're hearing this. I just want to update you, the two of you on Anthony Albanyesies' property situation because that is, of course, the most important thing in the news at an annual point in time. I always try and keep my own the housing market, so that's nice to know that there might be something available for me in the future. Complex asset mix. Yeah, look, there's a...

Let me just say there's something at a very special price. I think it's Black Friday pricing, guys. Yeah, I've also brought a story. Look, guys, I'm not sure if you saw, but massive news. I think international war could be upon us. And I think Australia has thrown the first big stone that's going to topple a whole lot of dominoes and basically, you know, getting your bomb shelters now, boys.

Okay. All right, war is nigh. That's raising the stakes a little bit. And John Domenico, what have you got for us? So can you top war is nigh? I've got a whole new way to handle rat beefs that goes even further than the old days of killing people. Okay, I think rat beefs is probably a bigger deal than war. Sorry, look, you've been over-trumped on this one.

I understand. All right, let's publicise some stuff and then get into it. Now, where do we start? Can we start with the Prime Minister? Because I want to give you guys some good news. I know housing affordability is rough for Zoomers and indeed for people my age as well. but the good news is with this Black Friday pricing

Anthony Albanesey has a very special offer for you I heard about this is this the thing where he's making university degrees 20% cheaper right now That's next election Has that gone through? No they rejected that They're doing it next election Yeah yeah if he's re-elected you'll get your hex debt

Knocked down whatever it's called I heard 20% Black Friday I got confused My bad No there is a price cut It's look it's pretty exciting for you guys. We know he's just done a deal with Greens about social housing. Probably not going to help you guys, but might help someone along the piece. But let me put this to you. If you're interested in getting into the property market, there's a very special property in Dulwich Hill.

Ooh. And it was a townhouse. In September, it was listed at $1.9 million. Okay. I'm still listening. Black Friday, guys. It's dropped to 1.75. Oh, God. I mean, at prices like that, I'm basically losing out by not bidding. Yeah, you'd be crazy not to bid. It's a fantastic home. I've got the listing here from the agency

impeccably crafted for modern family living. Three bedrooms plus a study, guys. Settle the children for the night and retreat into the sanctuary of a peaceful master suite complete with a spacious balcony and a private aspect. Step outside into the heart of Dulwich Hill and Arlington Light Rail is only a short stroll

away, guys. He can't sell it. No one's buying Alba's house, is my point. Is this the very same house that Albanese tried to kick friend of the show, Jim Flanagan, out of? Is it that very house? I think succeeded in kicking out Jim Flanagan.

I'm sorry, Jim. Sorry, Jim, but why doesn't Jim just buy it for 1.75 mil? I mean, after all the media appearances he did, I'd be surprised he couldn't afford to bid. Is it that house that's still for Albinese

Apparently Should we do a go-fund me Do you think? Because I think we should move The Chaser of his house I think this could be our new office If someone's got 1.75 What's going on with this house

If it's a three bedroom in Sydney For 1.75? Does that seem good value to you? Like by Sydney standards That's cheaper than some one bedrooms What did he do to that house That he can't sell it for that load? That's a great point.

Look, there's a couple of possibilities here I'm looking through it. It's quite. small it's a townhouse it's 150 square meters which for a three bedroom it's it's pretty like you've got the double bed in the master bedroom and there's not much space besides i think there's a bigger problem guys i think it's not just this i think it's the albanese stench i think his approval ratings are so low that he's even his house is viewed as doom is this what it could be it's the albinese curse i think that um i've been looking at a lot of polls lately and i

I believe that the first indicator of an incumbent government losing is when they can't sell a perfectly good Sydney house. Yeah, yeah, I mean, this is shock to the system. How bad of his approval ratings if he can't offload a house in Sydney's inner west? I would thought there'd be queues. How long until Labor rolls this house? Surely it's time to knife the house. You know what? You know what needs to happen.

Peter Dutton needs to come in over the top, just take it off him. Yes, absolutely. Well, I mean, look, what about, we just heard the other day, Allegra Spender sold her beach house to James Brown, Malcolm Turnbull's former son-in-law, who wants to run in the northern beaches in Brown-Bishop's sold seat. So, you know, why doesn't Allegra Spender, now that she's all cashed up from that house,

so she could buy it and do a little... Surely this is the best possible way to get influence with the PM for less than two million Australian dollars. Surely this is the best way to completely oust Albanese. If Allegra Spender buys the Dalwich Hill House, well, that means she's in Grainla? Yes. So she could compete.

She could run in Grainla. She could run against Albanese. Whoa. And we could see the teals not only take out, you know, the libs, but we could see him take out the top dog from Labor. Why stop there? She should buy the lodge. She should just buy everyone's house.

No, I agree. No, look, it's become urgent too, because according to CBD and the Herald, he's settled on the, um, on the Copacabana Beach Mansion. So, from what I'm hearing, he's just had to dish out $4.3 million or whatever, or maybe it's got a mortgage. And so he's bought that one now,

and it's listed as an investment, meaning that he's probably going to rent it out, guys. So, Coasty Holiday House, do you think he's going to put it on Airbnb? Look, you know, I say with completely no bias whatsoever, and don't look into why I would say, this, but Central Coast, it's a beautiful place to live, beautiful place to raise a family. So I fully recommend that purchase to anyone looking to live in a beautiful little corner

of Australia that often gets looked over. And I hear the maths great. I can confirm that, John. I mean, why'd someone think of the man's investment property challenges? So there you go. That's the latest on the Arbanyi Housing Front. That's story one. Loughlin, you've got a war for us.

I have got war. I hope this doesn't affect, if there's war ships in the ocean, does this mean Albo's beach waterfront house could be in trouble? I mean, just like everyone else who reads the Australian Financial Review, when I hear about war, the first thing I get concerned about is the damage to the Sydney housing market. That's right. That's right. Won't someone think of the housing? They're even harder to sell Albo's house.

That's right. I can't believe you guys haven't heard of this. It's basically been all over the news, massive tensions between one of Australia's top. ranking government officials, and then two U.S. political figures. You guys haven't heard about, you know, the Kim versus Joe, not Kim Jong-un versus Joe Biden, Kim, Kim, Kim Kardashian? No, no. Kim Williams.

Kim Williams versus Joe Rogan. You guys haven't heard about those two? Are you talking about ABC chairman, uh, Kim Williams? The very one. Have you not heard? It's basically like Kim Williams. I'm not sure if you saw Jans. But he turned up at the National Press Club where he just went all out against Joe Rogan. He said that Joe Rogan preyed on people's fear. He said that he prayed on people's vulnerabilities.

He called it deeply repulsive. He just went on a spree with his tongue against Joe Rogan. And not only did Joe Rogan respond, but Elon Musk stepped in, which is very unlike Elon Musk. and I basically think high alert rally the troops because if we've got these two giants of world politics clashing with each other Australia has basically betrayed the US and we're doomed.

We're going to get caught in the crossfire between Kim Williams and Joe Rogan. I must say I would have been, I would have liked to be a fly on the wall for Kim Williams listening to Joe Rogan. I mean, this is a man who's famous for his love of classical music who wants the ABC to get more highbrow and more newsy.

He's had a lot to say about the quality of the ABC and trying to improve it. I can't imagine him listening to Joe Rogan. It's like, you know, it's like the queen eating at McDonald's. It's just a very strange idea. Maybe they're just researching who can feel that one slot on Q&A every week where it's someone who's just completely awful. He just had to find someone there

because the Q&A team must be busy or something. He's really stepping into his new role, getting hands on. Well, I don't think the Q&A team's going to be booking Ellen Jones anytime, No, so it wasn't only that Musk stepped in So Joe Rogan heard that he was getting criticised by Kim Williams And he then laid on the condemnation And he said,

Loll what on Twitter Musk stepped in as well, Musk tweeted Actually, this was big from Musk He said, from the head of the Australian government-funded media Their Pravda Yeah, which I think sort of made sense because the Pravda is the Russian

communist paper, right? It was, yeah. It was. But doesn't Elon Musk regularly chat to Vladimir Putin? That's what we heard. I think the Wall Street Journal reported that quite recently, so maybe you mean it as a compliment. That is the smartest way that somebody has said that ABC is communist.

The amount of times that News Corp has said that ABC is communist and not once have they pulled out the Pravda, he's just, once again, Elon Musk proving he is the new Rupert Murdo. because he is coming out. He's a master communicator. It's basically war, which is why I think, Jens, the only way forward is if Kim Williams resigns from his position as chairman of the ABC and we let someone else take charge.

But who? Who do we think is someone who should be chairman of the ABC that won't push the US's buttons but will also guide the Australian broadcaster to a new renaissance, that delivers the truth like Musk wants. Stick a Band-Aid on Bluey, and Bluey would be up to the task. I'd say, no, surely the person should run the ABC's Elon Musk. There's no limit to the jobs the man can take it. You've done it. I think between the Department of Government and Efficiency,

he's the person we should have as the broadcast. He's got enough time. He's got enough time. I mean, he's also just announced a new gaming studio. Did he? Yeah. The man's unwell. He's really unwell You know, apparently he never sleeps

He tweets more than 100 times a day No, he's not well Not to mention he keeps threatening to buy The MSNBC So why don't buy them Buy the ABC Fund us We only get one billion a year

We'll take 44 billion I must say I never thought I would read A sentence with Elon Musk Joe Rogan and Kim Williams In the same headline But that's the news today Very good Let's take a break

And then come back to John Delmenico The Chaser Report, news a few days after it happens. Wow, we've got a beef between Titans, the chair of the ABC, Elon Musk and Joe Rogan. You've got Albo's cut-priced property Black Friday bargain. How can you top this? Take us home. Well, as some of you might remember,

this year, one of the biggest pop culture stories has been Kendra Kumar versus Drake, as the two biggest rappers in the world went head-to-head in the rap beef that Kendrick Lamar completely won. Lost. What? Lot one. Or did he? Or did he win? Kendrick destroyed Drake, didn't he? You guys are Team Kendrick? That was months ago. My boy Drake, come on. Family Matters. Boys. Come on.

Drake. Team Drake. Have some respect on the name. How's the Heart Part 6? The song that was so bad that Drake pulled it. Oh, brutal. Definitely Kendrick. No, Compton represent. Come on. So, there's a new update to this story, which is that Drake has taken the Liberal Party approach to handling this beat. And by that I mean, he has filed a lawsuit. The Christian Porter approach.

So he claims that this beef has caused irreparable harm. Now, some of you might remember the song, not like us, where Ken Rick Lamar directly said that Drake is a pedophile. And he didn't sugarcoat it, he just directly said it. Right. That is the song that the lawsuit is over. Oh, so you're saying, I think I know what you mean. You're saying it's a defamation lawsuit because he's called him a pedophile.

Is that what you mean? Is that what this is about? No, this is a different approach. It's not a different... I thought you said he was doing the liberal thing and he's not doing a defamation lawsuit. Well, he's going a whole new way. He's accused them of organized crime.

Who? He's accused... Hendry? So he's accused Kendrick Lamar's record label, UMG, of organized crime. And he's taking a civil suit for the organized crime laws. The RICO laws. Organized crime.

The RICO laws. No. Also, to clarify as well, UMG also owns Drake's record label. Uh-oh. So UMG represents both artists. So Drake is suing his own record label to prove that he didn't lose the lawsuit. Sorry, to prove that he didn't lose the rap beat. That can only go.

But also, hang on. But isn't he essentially claiming that he's been, like, Kendrick slayed him so badly that there's been a murder? Like, that was my impression when I heard the song, was that it was all, like, Drake was finished. I mean, yes, he's lost a lot of money because I don't think Drake can come back from this, can he? Yeah, so his claim is that it hurts his reputation to claim that millions of people listen to not like us. Not the stuff that was said in the song,

but that so many people would listen to the song and that it's hurt his reputation. Wow, I can't wait till Australians, Ben Robert Smith and Coe get back onto this defense. So they're claiming bots. They're claiming that bots were deployed to falsely boost the popularity of the, insane.

Like, everybody wanted to hear Kendrick going off on Drake, and he's going, no, no, no one heard it. It was just bots. Yeah. And then not only that, he's also claiming that UMG paid off radio stations, which he has no evidence for. And they're his boss. Yeah.

And why didn't that do it for his song? Well, one weird thing is, if you read the lawsuit, it's constantly like, UMG has this thing to help their biggest artist, and it's an unfair oligarchy. And so, sorry, it's unfair monopoly. as if Drake isn't one of their biggest artists. It basically takes this approach to pretending that Drake is a completely independent, struggling artist, and Kendrick Lamar is this massive

heighten of the game, and that UMG is only helping one of them. The other thing they claim is that the other piece of, the only evidence they have so far, because the rest of the evidence they're asking for in, if the suit goes ahead, if they can get it in Discovery. The only actual evidence they have is that they didn't copyright strike YouTube reaction video. Yeah, which is hardly surprising.

I'm just looking at Not Like Us on YouTube and a lot of people have commented who's here because of the lawsuit. So as ever in a defamation action, Drake has just made everyone go. What did Kendrick say? I'm literally looking at the lyrics right now to remember exactly how Kendrick burnt him because he burned him really bad. The song has gone back into the charts in the US in the top 20 because of the lawsuit. You guys are totally missing the, I said the Drake won.

I stand by that opinion. No, I stand by that fact that Drake won. You guys are missing the genius 4D, 5D chess that he's pulling off here. They've both got UMG as their boss. Drake's trying to help out a guy that he knows as littleer than him. Drake went, oh, I'm sorry, I won. Everyone knows that I won the rat beef. So he's trying to help Kendrick out by getting Kendrick the extra streams.

And that way, the business, UMG, makes a bit more money. They all get a bit of extra press. and Drake gets to say, yeah, I helped out the little guy. You guys are missing this entirely. I mean, I think, to be fair, Loughlin, there are little guys in this case, and unfortunately there are people who have been hanging out with Drake, not Kendrick. Don't sue us, Drake. Oh, whatever.

But if UMG buys us. No, he wouldn't sue us. He's just going to sue UMG. All right, thank you, guys. What an amazing update on the day's news. We'll catch you on Monday. All right. Have a good one, guys.

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