Obsession

Corby grubs

WHY does the media (especially Channel 9 and the brain-dead women’s magazines) treat convicted drug criminal Schapelle Corby like a celebrity? She and her immediate cohorts should never receive any monetary gain from her criminal activity.

How many other Australians are currently in prison for similar offences around the world and we never hear one word about them. Journalism has reached a real low, which generally now caters only for the bogan brain-set.

We hear nought about those addicted to drugs pedaled by criminals like the Corby grub. THE print media’s obsession with a convicted drug runner serves to remind us that both the media and many of the general public who think this nonsense is worthy of discussion are in a sad place.

It is no wonder that the political spin A new way to have your say themercury.com.au readers have a new way to have their say. It’s free to use, just register and have your say. For more details and to register, visit the website. doctors enjoy their work — spin a story long and hard enough and the punters will lap it up every time. One can only hope it was the C Team assigned to the Corby case while the A Team is preparing to deal with more meatier issues.

Celebrity maiden

SCHAPELLE Corby is free at last and the media scrum is closing in fast. She behaves at times like a cross between a maiden in distress and a celebrity.