There has been much made of the falling standards in Australian journalism. We here at Groupthink have even been among the herd of angry wonks lining up to lay into the media whenever it doesn’t quite live up to our expectations.
But I am saddened, very saddened to discover that the fall in quality media goes far beyond the news outlets, far beyond The Age, The Australian and the Herald Sun. It goes even deeper than the network news, the blogs and the twitters. The standards are falling even at those bastions of quality, the men’s magazines.
Zoo Weekly has published pictures of Julia Gillard’s step daughter (cue dramatic music and moral outrage) wearing (shock, horror) a bikini.
The PM's boyfriend's daughter in Zoo.
I am not outraged at her connections to power, I couldn’t give a crap who her dad is rooting. I am not outraged because she is using an Australian flag as a bikini.
No, I am outraged because she is a solid no tap.
For shame, Zoo. For shame.