CANBERRA: Kerry Packer is absolutely furious with Aunty ABC for mocking his once great Channel Nine flagship -Wide World Of Sport .
Another Argus Tuft Scoop
In an exclusive interview with Packer , on Cloud Nine, where the television reception is poor, he ranted against the ABC over its Wide World of Rorts send up of the ScoMo government's brazen sports rort affair.
"Those bloody Lefty ABC reporters have not only taken the piss out of my great cricket empire that I proudly set up at massive cost , but have trained a bunch of weirdos , including a sick looking Koala , to romp around to the national anthem C'mon Australia , Come On ."
Kicking a fallen angel in anger , Kerry told me he has sent ABC boss Ita Buttrose a withering letter of complaint .
"Bloody Ita ! " he ranted . "Sir Frank and I made her at Consolidated Press , let her start Cleo-she even had the cheek to ask me to be a naked centrespread in the magazine !
"We gave her the editorship of the Australian Women's Weekly , entertained her lavishly at the Taiping with David D. McBlue-Rinse McNicoll , gave her a beaut expense account and other fringe benefits.
"I may have even given her one of my many gold ingots as a Xmas present .
"And what does she go and do ?
"She gets the window dressing ABC job through Scott from Advertising/Marketing/Genuflecting and kicks me in the polo pony vitals by allowing the national broadcasting buggers to lampoon the wonderful Wide World of Sport -even cricket!!!!-which is the opium of the masses in modern day Australia and up here in Heaven ."
After delivering the tirade , Packer , mumbling , retired to a monastic cell in the Media Magnates' West Wing where he feasted on pork spare ribs , caviar and nectar of the Gods while watching endless Big Bash League replay matches on a giant screen ,like that other well known cricket tragic Earthling , John Howard .
