Summer Fun at THE AGE, it would seem, as the heavy news goes to the inside pages.
Yesterday their front page newsprint headline was
GOTCHA!
HOW THE CONSERVATIVES' BIBLE FELL FOR A FURPHY
For those of us who remember the 1982 Falklands War coverage, perhaps this rings an earlier tabloid bell.
Seems it's a pay-back in the local Culture War. THE AGE article includes some thoughts on whether the "fabrication" is a "hoax" (those who laugh) or a "fraud" (those who do not laugh). This image snapped from the online edition :
UPDATE : January 9, page one, 6 column wide photo, lead article :
The blogs of war: how Quadrant hoaxer was outed
Today, THE AGE leads with a six column wide, page one photo of a two year old and her paintings. And their killer headline?
My Kid could paint that : todler's abstract art on show
IS THIS a story of a child prodigy or a deliberate joke at the expense of the art world? In the curious case of Aelita Andre, it could be both of those things — or neither. (More... )
