The Australian goes stupid

Someone has dropped something in the watercoolers at The Oz.

I went to get the papers this morning and I nearly swore in front of a little old lady when I saw that Kevin Rudd had been named The Australian's Australian of the Year - a sure fire way of not getting me to buy your paper, guys. Well done.

Nevertheless, I read some of the article online. I am not going to sully this blog by linking to it. However, to give you an idea of the unfathomable crap that will greet you should you be so inclined, here is the final paragraph:

Despite several unconvincing efforts to sell himself as the average "fair shake of the sauce bottle" bloke, most now appear to see Mr Rudd for what he is: an earnest policy wonk. He is respected rather than loved. But the country owes a deep debt to him for showing courage in the face of fire during the GFC and for displaying astute leadership when Australia needed it most.

Unmitigated heifer dust.

Anyone who says The Australian is the most right wing of the nation's newspapers might well need to reassess that belief. More accurate, I think, to say that the national broadsheet is the most 'centre' of the nation's papers. Today's front page story just gives you an idea of how off the scale to the left all the others are.

It's times like this I really wish Australians had the choice of being able to purchase a newspaper that is aligned ideologically and poiltically with one's beliefs - as in the UK for example.

I would happily start my own, but for want of a little capital.

Thank God for blogs.

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