Politics, elections and piffle plinking

So funny it hurts.

June 3, 2009 – 8:47 am, by Possum Comitatus
   

Jesus wept:

THE editor-in-chief of The Australian, Chris Mitchell, has won the JN Pierce Award for Media Excellence for leading the newspaper’s coverage of climate change policy. The award is presented each year by the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association.

So funny it hurts.

Comments (7) | Permalink

7 Comments

  1. 1
    shal
    Posted June 3, 2009 at 9:24 am | Permalink

    I nearly fell off my seat. i then had to check the date to ensure it wasn’t April 1.

  2. 2
    OzPol Tragic
    Posted June 3, 2009 at 9:27 am | Permalink

    Yeah! Yeah! Only at NewsLtd would the irony/ hypocrisy/ oxymoron escape notice.

    Can’t wait for PP’s take on Bolta’s reaction!

  3. 3
    OzPol Tragic
    Posted June 3, 2009 at 9:29 am | Permalink

    PS, Possum et al – admit, you’d probably already done yourself a nasty injury laughing about yesterday’s Lib party-room stoush

  4. 4
    fredex
    Posted June 3, 2009 at 9:54 am | Permalink

    Thank god I put the coffee cup down and swallowed before I read that.

    And don’t tell Tim Lambert!

  5. 5
    RoXX
    Posted June 3, 2009 at 11:46 am | Permalink

    Hilarious – so “white” is actually “black” – Mitchell will be unable to wipe the smile off his dial for a month ;-)

  6. 6
    Chris Mitchell and The Australian - good oil or snake oil? - Pure Poison
    Posted June 3, 2009 at 12:10 pm | Permalink

    ...] Mitchell’s award is being discussed at Pollytics and Larvatus Prodeo. Andrew Bolt, who is normally quick to criticise awards that he thinks are [...

  7. 7
    Tim Lambert
    Posted June 3, 2009 at 12:22 pm | Permalink

    don’t tell Tim Lambert!

    Too late.

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