And something else

Following on from my last two posts - a question. "Why won't anyone else in the mainstream media call them on it"?

Why don't Fairfax staff and the rest of the non-Murdoch media tell it like it is and expose the Coalition's dingbat behaviour for the un-Australian and destructive BS that it actually is? Why indeed?

The simple answer is fear. And their desire to remain within the old boys club.

Our so-called senior journalists and their colleagues are all fearful of the power that Murdoch and Abbott wield over their jobs and their promotional prospects. It's pathetic.

I watched Ross Garnaut deliver his final report today and then listened to the lame questions put to him by these same journalists. Not one actually displayed any real understanding of what Garnaut is on about. Actually reading would challenge some of them - lightweight the lot.

Ross Garnaut has credibility and spent a bit of time today explaining his report with its associated science, logic and reasoning. It was clear, concise and it made a lot of sense. As someone who has followed his climate work since 2007, I can say that he is an impressive individual who has dealt with this problem in detail and with class and style.

But tonight and tomorrow in *our media* we will see the most god-awful and distorted picture presented by these so-called journalists - because they "don't get it" - and their employers think that they are in the "outrage business".

It's just crap - pure and simple.