MURDOCH OMNIBUS FUELED BY HARVEY

 In what seemed like  a  steal  from the  1950 comedy-drama  film, Harvey , about a  giant invisible  rabbit  of  that  name,  nose-twitching  Sky Television  presenter  Paul  Murray  recently informed   scorched   residents  of  fire- ravaged   Kangaroo Island , off  Adelaide,  his   trip  there   had  been  financed  by  Harvey ( Norman ) .  Indeed  ,  he   went  on  to  effusively  praise  Harvey  Norman .

Harvey Norman , he   told  the  gathering ,  was   financing  all  of  his  trips about  the  country  in  search  of   real   people , who  seem  to  gather  on   licenced    premises ,  like   thirsty  rabbits   about  an  almost  dry waterhole  in  a  drought  when  the  Sky  Circus rolls  into  town . 

The entertaining  movie  Harvey  featured James Stewart, an amiable  but eccentric bloke named  Elwood  P. (Paul?) Dowd,  convinced  he  had a     giant  white   rabbit  named  Harvey, 6ft. 3/1/2 inches tall. 

Elwood's  friends  looked  askance  when  he  introduced  them  to  Harvey , no  hide  nor hair  or  droppings  visible . 

The   two  got  about  drinking  in  various bars , just as  Paul Murray  does in  his search  for  so called  real  people .  Murray  thought  Donald  Trump  was  a  great  guy  instead  of   obviouly   being  as  mad  as  a  March  Hare.  

Words of  wisdom uttered by armchair general and  polisher  Murray  include  his  statement that the senior American military official  who personally   contacted  China , advising  them  they were not going to be nuked during the  last  mad  days of  Trump's  reign , should  be   sacked  for  an  act  of   treason.

 In  Murdoch  regional  newspapers   Harvey Norman   appears  larger  than  King  Kong , its extensive  advertisements   causing    readers  to  complain  papers  have become  HN  catalogues, hard to find the news , contributing to their demise . The Townsville  Bulletin, Cairns  Post ,  NT News  are   stuffed   with  HN  .

Inserting all  those adverts makes  it  hard  to find  space for real news in a  prominent  position .  We  recently pointed out  that a story about  three people having  been  bitten by  snakes in the  Townsville region  was tucked away at  the bottom of  a  page  way  back in  The Bulletin .    

Whoever is  in  control  of  the steering wheel  at the  Townsville Bulletin needs to  drive  the  rickety media  model   into  the V8  pits  for  a   major   overhaul , the   wheels  coming  adrift . On  April 22  , across three columns on P18  , there  was a  story by  Dom Tripolone ,  about  car  buyers  having to  wait a  long  time for  the delivery of  new cars .   Surprise,  surprise . On  P 34 , the  same  article , by  the  same reporter, in  greater  detail , headed   New car  buyers  remain  stalled .