Dr Mumbo

Once you’ve seen how slow off the mark the media is, you can’t unsee it

While it is of course a sad fact of life that modern journalism sometimes consists of little more than repurposing Reddit, at least some are still dedicated to fact checking before posting.

Take Natarsha Belling’s unfortunate wardrobe choice, first posted on Reddit nearly 72 hours ago with the message “When you see it you cannot unsee it.”

reddit natarsh belling

Clearly in the nearly three days that have passed since this post about the Ten newsreader went viral, the crack investigative team at Sydney’s Daily Telegraph have been ensuring they have every T crossed and I dotted before finally posting on Facebook the same fucking message.

tele facebook belling

Ditto, 2Day FM, who even managed to mess up the cropping of the image on their Facebook post to miss the joke.

2day fm belling

And Mix…

natarsha belling mix

Update: And now the SMH too:

smh unsee belling

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