“Then today we find in Pravda on the Yarra, the most one-dimensionally left-wing paper in our nation’s history, a pious rant about the influence of Rupert Murdoch.
The editor in chief of the Australian, Chris Mitchell, is a man who feels moral injustice keenly. And he’s not afraid to say so. Oh yes. “Absolute hypocrites,” he calls the staff of the Melbourne Age, though really that sounds a little . . . inadequate. You feel that with a little more time he could work himself up to something rather more grand. It’s never wise to skip elevenses.
Like this February 19 2014 editorial, which starts quite brightly:
Fairfax Media chief executive Greg Hywood needs to act now to salvage the reputation of The Australian Financial Review before it is completely shredded by the deranged output of senior reporter Neil Chenoweth
Moral indignation is a delicate flower and I’m fortunate enough to know something of this hidden side of Mitchell. Continue reading →