http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/01/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/01/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/#comment-6406 Jock SOB Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-6406 Thank you Richard, I have thought that for some years that I getting very cranky and hypercritical about the reporting in the print media. Now I realise that the loss of quality and comment on news is the result of a fixation with 'the story', not the reporting of the world to please bean counters, naive editors and sub-editors and those of 'advanced prejudice' such as wowsers, racists and the 'frothing at the mouth' readers.<br />Jock Thank you Richard, I have thought that for some years that I getting very cranky and hypercritical about the reporting in the print media. Now I realise that the loss of quality and comment on news is the result of a fixation with ‘the story’, not the reporting of the world to please bean counters, naive editors and sub-editors and those of ‘advanced prejudice’ such as wowsers, racists and the ‘frothing at the mouth’ readers.
Jock

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