grodscorp@grods.comIdiot news medium gets idioter
 | Posted by Scott on Sunday 10 June 2007, 10:38 am Categories: Corporate stupidity, The Age Tags: Tags: newspapers, ParisHilton, TheAge |
A few days ago The Age ran an opinion piece arguing that newspapers were a special news medium in that they offered serious, important and in-depth news coverage. The piece said “any idiot news medium can handle the Paris Hilton story,” and today The Age has proved itself to be the idiotest of them all. Check out the front page:
Oh, and don’t forget the editorial:
It might be tempting to read her story as an only-in-America farce, and there is certainly an element of that, but underneath it is a serious issue: if you break the law — no matter how rich or famous you are — you have to face the consequences. This is a valuable lesson for any young person to learn.
