Comments on: News Ltd’s Devine interventions http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/13/news-ltds-devine-interventions/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:14:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: john2066 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/13/news-ltds-devine-interventions/#comment-32736 john2066 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:09:05 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/13/news-ltds-devine-interventions/#comment-32736 Good riddance to bad rubbish! Frank Devine was a typical News Corp groveller, cranking out right wing crap to suit his proprietor. Its no surprise the other glove-puppets who work there idolize him. Good riddance to bad rubbish! Frank Devine was a typical News Corp groveller, cranking out right wing crap to suit his proprietor. Its no surprise the other glove-puppets who work there idolize him.

]]> By: jchercelf http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/13/news-ltds-devine-interventions/#comment-31054 jchercelf Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:20:48 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/13/news-ltds-devine-interventions/#comment-31054 Please Mr Rundle and everyone else, Don't euphemise death as you did today when writing about Frank Devine. Yes I made up that word - but death is death. In any day in the SMH's deaths column less than 5% die. We only know they are dead because they are in the column. They either did it 'suddenly' - at home - or because we are invited to their funeral or something even more surreal.. I wrote to the ABC and since then have detected several usages of the dead or died words where all before were passed aways - so it is possible to change attitudes - so change. Stop it. Joan Croll Please Mr Rundle and everyone else,

Don’t euphemise death as you did today when writing about Frank Devine. Yes I made up that word - but death is death.

In any day in the SMH’s deaths column less than 5% die. We only know they are dead because they are in the column. They either did it ‘suddenly’ - at home - or because we are invited to their funeral or something even more surreal..

I wrote to the ABC and since then have detected several usages of the dead or died words where all before were passed aways - so it is possible to change attitudes - so change.

Stop it.

Joan Croll

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