LATELINE: Stephen Long lays to rest four eyes for two, in a fit of non-economic abandon, frightening the living daylights out of Leigh Sales

Although he strenuously attends to the details of presenting himself as a conservative fellow, Stephen Long has never fooled me. And tonight, on LATELINE, Mr Long's rebellious essence filtered through his veneer of cautious demeanour, when he appeared for his mere 3 minutes of weekly glory, discussing matters economic with anchor Leigh Sales, SANS SPECTACLES!!!

The shock was writ large over Ms Sales' face:

Just how much can a girl take?

To those who only know Mr Long with his glasses on, here is the new naked truth:

A rebel is born…

The old Mr Long, bespectacled then (now laid to rest):

Generous to a fault, Mr Long has donated his now redundant glasses to the ABC's Memorabilia Department

Captioned text within pictures:

001: The perils of live visual current affairs presentation: Leigh Sales gets a frisson when Economics Correspondent Stephen Long exposes himself on LATELINE, 30^th July 2010

002: Stephen Long, the ABC's usually modest Economics Correspondent, exposes his naked eyes to Leigh Sales, anchor of LATELINE, on the evening of 30^th July 2010, for the first time, explaining her frisson.

003: Nostalgia aside, did the bespectacled Stephen Long, pictured here giving the economic lowdown to Ticky Fullerton on LATELINE on 23^rd July 2010, have his mojo patently held back by those skulduggerous glass windows?

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