ABC TV news viewers this week could have been excused for thinking the Papacy had been suddenly vacated.
Fully five minutes at the top of the ABC 7 pm bulletin on Tuesday night was dedicated not to the resignation of the Pope – but to someone far more important — footy club president, His Eminence Edward Joseph McGuire, AM.
Anyone who watched ABC TV’s coverage of Eddie’s ‘high drama’ resignation would have been astounded to note that Eddie’s antics at the Pies took priority over all other national and global news including a worsening Covid-19 outbreak in Melbourne.
The Collingwood report itself...
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