Tag Archives: worst newspaper

Inside The Inside Cover

Posted on April 21, 2009 by AHC McDonald

The opening day for the revamped Inside Cover was reviewed here yesterday, but Skink has been doing some excellent animation work that illustrates the state of play a lot better. The Broadfield and Hatch relationship is the classic story of … Continue reading →

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Do you have The Kahunas (or even cohones?) to be West editor?

Posted on January 21, 2009 by AHC McDonald

Here’s the call to West Australian Staff to put up their hands for editor, as reported in The Content Makers. Can I say what a fucking outrage it is that I didn’t get this before Crikey Blogs from MEEAA mouthpiece … Continue reading →

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West has New Boremaster

Posted on January 15, 2009 by AHC McDonald

Wanted to try for the magic 500 000 page views before I left work today, so a quick media rant. How often have we heard that blogs are parasites on legitimate newspapers? Lots of times. There is still apparently traction … Continue reading →

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Slumber Party

Posted on December 17, 2008 by AHC McDonald

Since the crappiness of The West is still the all time favourite topic on this blog, displacing even boozies as number one, perhaps it needs a specific post to seriously look yesterday’s editor coup. The marvellous Sunili was able to … Continue reading →

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Fairfax – When turds go bad

Posted on December 11, 2008 by AHC McDonald

You’d think that as Fairfax circled the toilet bowl, there might be some attempt at a last stand, some quiet dignity, something we could remember them for before they reach that big poo chopper in the sky. Instead this. Remember, … Continue reading →

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Perth Now? I don’t think so.

Posted on December 7, 2008 by AHC McDonald

OK. I’m back from The Land of the Long White Clown, with a gigabyte of New Zealand Worst in the camera still to throw onto the pile, along with all the wonderful Western Australian & world Worsts you’ve been sending … Continue reading →

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Grok. Still being printed for some reason.

Posted on August 5, 2008 by AHC McDonald

I thought I had purged all my media bile this week, until someone reminded me again how bad Grok (Curtin Uni Guild Mag) has become. It claims that, “Grok is Australia’s biggest and best student-focused news magazine…” It’s not. If … Continue reading →

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Weekend Worstoff 17

Posted on August 2, 2008 by AHC McDonald

70th Anniversary of George Orwell’s diaries this week, which are being published as a blog, as is the latest fashion. Perfect time to show Vic Demised’s first submission, the ominous, forbidding face of capitalism, the rear of the Osborne Park … Continue reading →

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Through a Dark Glassly

Posted on July 29, 2008 by AHC McDonald

Skink took the trouble of making up a Paul Murray/Idi Amin pic for me to celebrate the ex editor of the West Australian’s incomprehensible column today, during which he takes on the persona of Idi Amin(!) I didn’t want to … Continue reading →

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