World exclusive: Someone famous was in the same restaurant as me
March 19, 2010 12:07
Today Dr Mumbo asks the big question:
Is this the worst front page story an Australian daily metro masthead newspaper has ever produced?
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Yes.
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hmm really expected more from the hard hitting news journal that is MX
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If only I’d known that was all you needed to get a front page – I would have had dozens! This entire article should only have ever appeared on her Facebook page…
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I thought that when I saw it – but it made me pick it up… Very lame though
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She’s been doing it for years
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No worse than the Daily Tele having a test drive of Lara Bingle’s Aston Martin on their front page!
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I guess Rupert was right, people will have to pay if they want quality journalism.
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Thursday night is blokey payday night, yeah? This is just mX,‘s equivalent of lingerie waitress happy hour. Blonde chick on front page? “Mission Accomplished”, as they say.
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@buckle,
Such wisdom in those words – definitely the way things are heading, particularly online.
Question is: would you pay for mumbrella?
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I am such a bad photo journo. I was on the rooftop of Oxford Hotel for Mardi Gras Parade time lapse. George Michael was there the whole time I didn’t give a toss.
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I’m not privvy to the inner workings of print media, but how does “Hmm slow news day. I know, put me on the front page!” actually make it all the way up the chain of command and still get the nod?
Can’t imagine it goes down too well with your colleagues either.
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In health shorthand Mx stands for menstruation… so that this make this paper a rag??
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I enjoyed the article. MX is a free ‘light reading’ paper for city commuters – after a day at the office I would think most people enjoy reading ‘fluff’ pieces. I would much rather read about a journalist’s experience partying with Madonna and her entourage than about Lara Bingle.
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Yes…picked this up yesterday and was DISGUSTED…thanks for covering the abismal “journalistic” skills of this “news”paper.
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Not sure those have to be our only choices, @Sheena. I think reading mX actually can make you dumber.
Whenever I am desparate on a train [i.e., bookless, without BlackBerry/iPhone, and there’s a boring looking person opposite] I pick up mX. I always feel a little bit sick afterwards. I think it is from swallowing dead brain cells. They’re like sea water in that way.
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At least they got the pitcure hierarchy right – hero the shorts! I think this journalist has a bit of Tyra Banks Syndrome
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I saw Russell Crowe at Cafe Zoe in Surry Hills a few weeks ago, in fact he’s probably been talking about me continuously as the girl that walked past with the retro 80s glitter sunglasses on, just like I’m sure Madonna rushed out to buy a pair of those dodgy blue hotpants! I posted my brush with fame in my Facebook status update but it was probably about as interesting to my friends as I found reading this cover.
@Other Andrew; I’d pay for Mumbrella, it’s the legitamate way our whole office takes a break from the daily drudge as none of us are smokers. Mumbrella is the unofficial smoko in our office!
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Buckle, you dickhead, mX is FREE!
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It was the worst pair of shorts ever featured on the cover of a newspaper.
I couldn’t get past that atrocity to reading the actual article.
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Surely those shorts are no worse than this pair of shorts on Samantha Fox?
Well, it’s Friday…
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Oh, dear Anonymous. You’re not reprezzenting for mX readers – then again, maybe you are.
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I must be dyslexic….I thought it said “Madonna walks into a bra!”
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Meh, it’s trash, but it’s Mx, what do you expect? I agree with Sheena, it’s vitriolic crud aimed at the lowest common denominator but at least they know their audience.
Meanwhile, it may be the worst front page story an Australian daily metro masthead newspaper has ever produced, but it’s also an awful picture – buy a scanner, Tim. 🙂
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It’s good to know we have alternative afternoon papers to the Murdoch press!
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not sure MX is a newspaper. Newspapers require news generally.
MX to me seems like stuff that makes you forget your day at work and gives you inane stuff to talk about once you get home.
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Mx is the only paper you can read and know less than before you read it.
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Yeah Buckle – Ya Dickead!
Yikes…
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@ Anonymous – that was precisely Buckle’s point – mX is free… and therefore lacks quality… what don’t you understand?
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Mx should pay to clean up the mess they create in our afternoons or pay for recycling bins in train stations. Cityrail shouldn’t allow this. Go to a newsagent and buy something worth taking home, people.
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