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Flat White

Fairfax goes whinging to the grave, entirely lacking self-awareness

26 July 2018

1:36 PM

26 July 2018

1:36 PM

Yes, it’s sad. The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age were great newspapers in their day. They did not just report our national story. They shaped it. Then.

Today, we learn that the Fairfax name is going. It’s no surprise. For the past 20 years or so the vast majority of its journalists have behaved like the most puerile of soixantehuitards, not only biting the hand that feeds it but adding insult to injury.

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