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Sub-otage

Among the ‘orrible news in the Age this morning (cereal killer, alright) you’ll come across this sad little item on page 7. Extremely petty, I know, but it had me LOLing inside. As management furiously try to cut costs, Fairfax journos are striking over the outsourcing of 66 sub-editing jobs to New Zealand. (Is their spell chuck different there?)

The last par is for connoisseurs, and makes a case for revenge being served small, like tapas, thus:

Fairfax announced late on Tuesday that it would move sub-editing work from regional newspapers The Newcastle Herald and The Illawarra Mercury to Fairfax Editorial Services in

Sic. Fully sic.

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    Fully (sic)
    Posted May 31, 2012 at 11:31 am | Permalink

    Sic. Fully sic.

    Hey, you stole my bit!

    But seriously, that’s hilarious!

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    W H Chong
    Posted May 31, 2012 at 11:35 am | Permalink

    Ah, Fully (sic), I have to steal your bits; there’s no hope of actually competing with you.

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