Bill GreenLITERARY MELBOURNE BETRAYED BY THE AGE
August 29th 2008 06:31
The former editor-in-chief of The Age, Andrew Jasper, wouldn't have allowed the insipid piece of advertorial about Glenn Wheatley on page 1 of his paper. Maybe that's why he's gone. An old acquaintance of Wheatley's, Walker, is on the board of the paper.
The story told us that Glenn was getting along fine during his house imprisonment and that he had a new product for sale (this is on the front page of the fucking Age) and it cost so much a month. Who cares about Glenn, either before or after his illegally beating the tax department? The journalist who wrote the piece appeared to think that Glenn would be more acceptable if he was portrayed as some sort of Mandela figure, instead of an ex-crim who had hired a pr firm to manipulate The Age directors and ITS DEPLETED EDITORIAL STAFF.
I have a problem with all this. The Age is the figurehead for Melbourne's literary scene and now it has about as much credibility as Victoria's racing authorities. I wonder if UNESCO will re-visit its decision to declare Melbourne the world's second most literary city. I wonder if Melbourne's literary set has the guts to challenge The Age's form change.
The story told us that Glenn was getting along fine during his house imprisonment and that he had a new product for sale (this is on the front page of the fucking Age) and it cost so much a month. Who cares about Glenn, either before or after his illegally beating the tax department? The journalist who wrote the piece appeared to think that Glenn would be more acceptable if he was portrayed as some sort of Mandela figure, instead of an ex-crim who had hired a pr firm to manipulate The Age directors and ITS DEPLETED EDITORIAL STAFF.
I have a problem with all this. The Age is the figurehead for Melbourne's literary scene and now it has about as much credibility as Victoria's racing authorities. I wonder if UNESCO will re-visit its decision to declare Melbourne the world's second most literary city. I wonder if Melbourne's literary set has the guts to challenge The Age's form change.
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