But the "worm" had to wriggle through a political minefield which included the plug twice being pulled on Nine's direct feed from the debate, forcing it to take emergency measures.
The ensuing media imbroglio of accusation and counter-accusation is likely to be dealt with at a special meeting of the board of the National Press Club, which admitted cutting the direct feed, this afternoon.
So how big was the worm?
[File photo] (Getty Images: ANSTO)
Prime Minister, John Howard, disgusted by the fact that a feed to the Packer Media upstaged his presentation on the ABC - was especially displeased by the use of the "Worm" as an indicator of his success - or otherwise in his debate with Prime Ministerial aspirant Kevin Rudd. He appears to be telling people about how THICK it was!
Peter Costello - the heir apparent, was of course a little bit at odds with the PM's description of the worm, when he congratulated John Howard (2nd-R) standing with his wife Janette (R) and Alexander Downer (C-background) on the occasion of his debate with Australian opposition leader Kevin Rudd at the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra, 21 October 2007 in front of hundreds of spectators. That was only to be expected.
Not to be out done, the Environment Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, himself an ambitious politician who has aspirations for the top job was probably also telling the crowd about what he thought of the size of the worm.(File photo) (AAP: Tracey Nearmy)
Not having watched the Channel 9 coverage my question is did they really see the worm or is this simply more spin?
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