Shane
Maloney
& the World of Murray Whelan

The Press and the Election

Sat 28 Aug 2010

Having spent the last few weeks observing the Rudd coup, then following the election campaign at close hand, attending press conferences and events like the Rooty Hill RSL ‘forum’, I am almost lost for words to describe the political media. But I’ll try. Fatuous pompous phonies, a stewpot of groupthink, narcissism, laziness, ignorance, hapless stupidity (hello Latika), menacious bullying and anti-democratic spite. An unfair quotient of shits and twits. And still they blather on, demanding that the country behave itself and get back to business as usual as soon as possible.

A pack of rabid lemmings, munted on self-importance, rampaging around the country looking for someone to glass.