I have a very great friend who, for the sake of anonymity, I'll call Slade Burnett. Incidentally, he's not at all even closely related to another fine friend whose name is Slade Burnet. (One T)
Anyway Slade had decided he wasn't going to buy The Australian any more.
According to him The Oz, in running a concerted campaign in favour of the republic, had shifted dramatically to the Left.
Whilst I agreed with him that The Australian's handling of the republic issue appeared to be skewed in favour of a Crown free sunburnt country, I wasn't convinced that this accurately reflected any left leanings at the national biggy.
This is not to say that the paper was/is completely devoid of any Left wing opinions.
Idiotarian cartoonist and Ralph Steadman mimic Bill Leak can always be counted upon to splatter his quadrangle with leftist sentiments, ink blobs and other vague shapes.
And as we've all become nasally aware, the Weekend Australian continues to smear the noxious oozings of the Gastropod across it's back page, but more and more am I convinced that this vile mollusc's ludicrous rantings are an advantage to the Right.
On the other hand I do agree with Slade that it was almost unreadable. I believed that this, however, was as a result of it becoming so bloody boring.
It seemed to me that when there was a whacking to be done The Oz wasn't prepared to step up to the plate and whack the whackees out of the park.
Was this just a reflection of a couple of boring years? Possibly.
A bizarre circulation decision to sell TWO less papers? It worked.
Anyhoo, things seem to be back on track lately.
Greg Sheridan recently swiped Arab apologist and manky Scotch git, George Galloway's medication.
Tim Blair upset Bob Ellis.
Janet Albrechtsen spanked David Marr.
Mark Steyn spanked Margo Kingston, Bruce Haigh and inflatable punching clown, Robert Fisk.
Goody Shanahan spanked Peter Carnley. Clerical tradition dictates Carnley enjoy it.
Maybe the Tampa incident, the Twin Towers attack, last year's Federal Election result and now the Bali murders have left the shrill bleatings of our pink tinged brethren sounding even more idiotic and thus irresistible as targets of ridicule.
Whichever way you look at it, The Australian has now risen to the occasion and regularly delivers Idiotarians of all shapes and sizes a thorough spanking.
The Age however, keeps publishing articles by oxygen thieves such as this Relevance Deprived Culture Whore. What is wrong with that paper?!?
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