Andrew Jaspan has a really interesting article over at The Conversation about the takeover of Fairfax by big Gina. I won't link to it - but if you are interested then it is easy enough to find.
Just another milestone on the march toward control of our important institutions by the rich and the right wing.
And the proles have no idea what it all means. They are grumpy because their house values have been falling and that has distracted them from the real and important issues - like who owns our media.
Some of us who have lived through similar disruption could see the warning signs - but apparently not the actual journalists who work at Fairfax. From what I can see very few of them had any idea that they would be out of a job anytime soon.
Many of them have been cruising along in complete denial about what would likely happen to their livelihood - all the while continuing to pump out the dribble that has contributed so much to their demise.
I suppose they looked at Uncle Rupert's little operation and thought that they could defy gravity forever too.
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