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b'Years ago, a bloke got frustrated at the end of a long day, and swore a bit. And suddenly the entire fucking media in this country is buzzing around this one pissy little story like blowflies to the corpse of a dead horse.

Yes, less than two days since I posted episode 18, today\\u2019s bullshit reportage on a video in which former prime minister Kevin Rudd swears a few times \\u2014 shock horror! \\u2014 and a bunch of unsubstantiated rumours from Canberra have triggered this episode.

Just look at this crap, from ninemsn. Even the ABC, which is supposed to be a credible, non-sensationalist news outlet, covers the swearing but then has two \\u201crelated stories\\u201d about the speculation about a leadership challenge, that the cabinet is supposed repeatedly testing support for Julia Gillard and that attorney-general Nicola Roxon had declared her support for her.

The Australian has at least six stories linked from its home page, including some irrelevant commentary from opposition leader Tony Abbott and even Rudd saying he\\u2019d do it differently now.

Seven is reporting that independent MP Andrew Wilkie reckons Rudd will launch a challenge, describing the video as \\u201cexplosive\\u201d.

This entire episode is an embarrassment. It\\u2019s this sort of Canberra pseudo-insider bullshit that\\u2019s precisely the reason I don\\u2019t read newspapers or their websites and don\\u2019t watch TV news. It\\u2019s all a sideshow, the so-called journalists who perpetuate this bullshit know it, and yet they continue to do it.

Why?

Well I think I know why this fucktardery happens, and I have a modest proposal for fixing it.

Episode notes and full credits are at:
https://stilgherrian.com/edict/00019/'