columnists on the Bush Fires, a caution

[L&L Knight <>]

I suspect that columnists such as the one you name function as  
societal bile ducts.  Their role is to dissolve support for admirable  
things such as birds and bushland.
Regards, Laurie

On 19/02/2009, at 7:07 AM, John Leonard wrote:

> I see that Miranda Devine has another screed on the Bush Fires and
> "greenies" in the online SMH.
>
> Whatever your views of Ms Devine and her views it is important to
> realise that newspaper columnists are now paid partly according to the
> number of clicks on their columns online. So it's not worth clicking
> on the column of someone you know you are going to disagree with
> merely to exercise scorn and contempt.
>
> On the other hand, click away on the columns of those writers you  
> like!
> --
> John Leonard
> Canberra
> Australia
> www.jleonard.net
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