Thursday, June 21, 2012

Write the Script

I think I will write the script now - before anyone else gets a chance to enshrine their spin as fact.

The Fairfax papers are about to start bombarding us with previously unknown *facts* about the goodness of Gina's brand of extreme right wing capitalism and the badness of everything socialist and Labor.

News Ltd will be doing the same - just substitute Foxtel for The Fairfax papers and Rupert for Gina.

And Tony Abbott and his front bench will be telling us what a great thing it is for the nation and the people - while neglecting to tell us that this was part of the deal they negotiated with Rupert earlier - to entrench the conservatives in power forever.  The outstanding part is to neuter what little regulation we already have and to slash and burn the ABC.  But that will have to wait until after they get to pull the levers.

And Jet-set Julia and the rest of the Labor front bench will be all hand wringing and forelock tugging and complaining about the lack of media diversity and Uncle Rupert and Auntie Gina's dominance of our media and other blah, blah, blah.

All BS because while they will moan and complain and tell us how bad it is - they won't actually do anything.  Because they never actually do anything - just ask citizen Julian.

All this despite the fact that Rupert has been found elsewhere to "not be a fit person to exercise the stewardship of an international company" and Gina has made it clear that she wants to turn the place into a giant quarry.

And the Leveson enquiry is still underway in the UK and hearing evidence of News bastardry on a daily basis.

No wonder Assange wants to decamp to Ecuador.

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