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The Bug received this stream of unconciousness from a concerned Brisbane journo on May 24.

What happened to Scorpios in the latest edition of The Bug’s star signs?
Also, Terry Sweetman tells me that contrary to your editorial comment on Rupert Murdoch, he is, in fact, very popular among journos.
It is untrue he is a pain in the arse and jokes about his prostate are unbecoming of your august organ.
Greg Chamberlin says the same thing. As does John Hartigan. As does Col Allen. As does Bob Gordon. As does Chris Mitchell.
So up yours, I say. Young journalists idolise Rupert. I myself would have his baby. In fact, I sincerely believe there would not be one reporter at The Courier-Mail who would agree with you that Rupert is unpopular. I defy you to ask them.
The Bug is in poor taste and if you continue with this negativity you will become defunct like The Sun, The Sunday Sun and The Telegraph. That is a warning.
Rupert is a genuinely great man. I think he should be our first president.
Perhaps we should outsource the public service to News Corp, sell Parliament to him and lease it back, renamed Canberra Ruperton.
I myself have nominated him for the Nobel Prize.
Look what he’s done for film-making, job security, peace and good government.
Imagine how much worse off we would be if he didn’t give us Titanic, page three tits, Super-League, the Fraser Government and Channel 10’s Blankety Blanks.
What, I hear you say – Piers Ackerman and Lachlan Murdoch as well.
You only have to look at The Courier-Mail to see what he’s done to good journalism. I think you’re merely jealous and secretly you’d like to be a journalist on The Sunday Mail.
By the way, Rupert is a Scorpio.

Concerned, Bowen Hills
June 2.

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Hey interesting stuff, found Rufus's column really useful. Thanx!

B, June 14.

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