Independent. Always. Ah, yes. That pledge below the mastheads of Nine Entertainment’s left-wing tabloids to give you the sort of satisfaction cigarette ads once used to promise.
Instead, we know its just yet another symptom of the cancer killing quality media.
Take the todays papers. The SMH got opinion columnist cum journalism “academic” cum activist, Jenna Price, to write a piece of straight journalism even though she’s as disinterested as, oh, say Pauline Hanson:
More than 800,000 sign petition to have Anning removed from parliament
Cue breathless praise:
More than 800,000 people have signed a petition to remove Queensland Senator Fraser Anning from parliament after...
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