MURDOCH BARISTA BASHING BRIGADE LASH LATTE LOVERS

Murdoch newspapers appear to  have an absolute  obsession  about  latte drinkers , making out  that  imbibers of  such  stimulants are  lacking in some way- effete, wimps , ABC/SBS reporters , tree hugging greenies et cetera , et cetera . In the  case of  the Northern Territory News , it  frequently   railed  against southern   latte sipping  journalists  , particularly  those in  Sydney , especially those  who  they scoffed had been no further  north  than  the seaside suburb of  Manly .  Not   only  ordinary  moo  juice   latte  imbibers ,  but  soy  milk , lo-cal ,   latte  guzzlers...a  clear  indication  of   their   inferiority . The  paper's frequent  mocking of  latte drinkers  is  responsible  for  the cup of  latte  in   this  blog's masthead   illustration .

 

Just recently , another  windy nag in the Murdoch  stable, The Townsville Bulletin , ran yet another  Sydney Telegraph- like story ( the editor  recently came from there )  about  a  campaign to get latte drinking  southerners  to  move  to   the   city  and   settle . 

 

Smart    Sydney  latte sippers  might feel disinclined  to move to North Queensland  if  they   feel  the  local rag  thinks  people  who  sip latte through  a straw  are lesser beings  , especially after learning that leading footballers, obviously not  latte drinkers,  run about at night throwing eggs  at people and cars .   

Southern  latte drinkers  warned  about   low  flying  Townsville yolks and yokels .

 

In Darwin , obviously,   hairy chested  blokes    who stick  crackers up their clackers,  are  not  card   holding latte  drinkers.  Some  scruffy Territorians , the News  reported ,  have  wild   fantasies    that  film  star  Angelina  Jolie , who  split  with  Brad  Pitt,  would  be  interested  in  their  rotund  bodies and pet, warped  thongs  which  they  wear  to  bed . 

 

Another Murdoch paper, the tattered  flagship, The Australian , is badly in need of a   double shot  of  real reporting  , less  flat , predictable  opinion  pieces  and   frequent attacks  on  the ABC , unions, the   ALP and  the never ending   garrotting of  Gillian Triggs   leave a  taste  like bitter old  coffee  grains and a  feeling why  buy   and read   the   obsessive  blat.


The   business  section recently   ran  a  report   about   latte breaks  being   no  good  for  business .  Let  that  be  a  warning  to  staff,with  further cuts  under  way .  Latte drinkers in  Brisbane who live in  ghettoes  get  the  blame  for problems  in  regional  parts of  the state , according   to  an  article in   the  latest  Weekend Australian Magazine .  

 

Here is a subject for an alert investigative reporter :  How  many Murdoch reporters  drink  latte on  the sly ?  It is obvious that the  greatly reduced number of  churnalists  in  news/celebrity/social media  watching  rooms  get  little chance  to  slip out  for  a ninny-broth  hit ;   certainly not a  quick glass or  two of   lant  in  a Townsville  pub  , reporters there  warned  against  the  ancient   tradition , thus missing out on  much of  the  city's  scuttlebutt  and   good yarns. . Going on  some of  the  crap   being  written  in Australia  , it  would appear  that  glue sniffing   is  on  the  rise .

The NT Spews   recently went  big  with a typical (for it ) hard news  story about a bionic penis- the ultimate   trendy  gadget  to  put  a  nice  froth  on  your  latte , one  would   think . Enjoy !