FLABBERGASTED: Melbourne TV news reporters duped by “concerned resident” with hidden socialist past

In presenting a news report critical of Victorian government plans to proceed with a transport plan designed to alleviate traffic jams and rail delays, channels Seven, Nine and TEN in Melbourne were duped by a socialist militant masquerading as a concerned resident and mum. We reveal Natalie Zirngast’s secret socialist past.

SO LOW YOU CAN’T GET UNDER HIM: John Pilger reckons US secretly attacked South Korean ship

Pampered poodle lefty journalist John Pilger is a very bad man. Dee Phat considers his latest bizarrely anti-American conspiracy theory.

EARS BURNING: Byrne’s friends insist she’s still on fire

Gossips in the HWT building posited that Confidential editor Fiona Byrne’s transition from that role to online projects was a significant demotion. That’s not right, heavy-hitting insiders within the company have explained to VEXNEWS, they say her star shines brighter than ever before.

SUSPECT SEGUE: Herald Sun’s Confidential queen Byrne boned and dethroned Rudd-style

The Herald Sun’s Fiona Byrne has been removed as the editor of its highly regarded Confidential pages but will continue on as an entertainment reporter. In completely unrelated speculation, it seems possible Kevin Rudd could replace the retiring John Faulkner as Defence Minister, if Labor is re-elected.

NEWSPAPER SCAM: The Age aids and abets job fraud

A pensioner has been scammed of $1375 because he trusted that a job advertisement in The Age was real.

VOX POLITICO: ABC vox pop comprises political staff

ABC2 News Breakfast had egg on its face yesterday after a 7:00am live cross to Macquarie Street (NSW Parliament) on the latest Newspoll figures.

Among the vox-pops of early risers in Martin Place was the comment from a staffer…

ANTI-SEMITISM: The Age sinks to new low in bizarre front-page attack on Jewish businessman

The Age’s attempt to make a scandal of the fact that the partner of Prime Minister Julia Gillard works for a Jewish businessman who supports Israel reveals just far off the rails they have gone.

SHORT CIRCUIT: Fairfax Media being written off by market

Corporate regulator ASIC keeps careful track of the extent of stock-shorting which is the practice of investors who want to bet that a stock will go down in price.

The way that is done is that your broker arranges…

REDS ARE BURNING: Ramadge reveals new round of redundancies to shocked and awed Age newsroom

Eight more redundancies at The Age. This time, each scribe is invited to pick up the knife and do in their comrades. If we were any more ghoulish, we’d run a sweep.

HAVE THEY NO SENSE OF DECENCY? ABC pre-school website has anti-Israel venom dripping from its fangs

Lashing Israel is par for the course at the ABC but it seems a bit rough that it’s spread to one of their sites aimed at pre-school kids.