Protesters mob PM

[Matilda]

1. A slightly different take from New Matilda

Despite no arrests being made, no physical harm coming to any of the guests of the ceremony, indeed, no real threat to the Prime Minister or the Leader of the Opposition at all, through lazy reporting and the distorting lens of the television footage, the protests have been reported as though a group of violent protesters took Australia’s two most senior politicians hostage.

http://newmatilda.com/2012/01/27/mob-violence-wasnt

I wasn't there, so I know only what I saw on television, but to be quite honest, I couldn't see why Julia Gillard had to be dragged away by security - a cordon of security officers between the restaurant and the car should have been enough. If the mob was violent, it would have been bettter to have kept her and Abbott in a back room of the restaurant until things quieted down, surely?

Looks to me like another AFP stuffup.