Welcome to Mamamia Rogue’s Hero, Shocker and Whinger of the week.
For those of you who don’t know the drill (or somehow forgot it since last week) this is where we celebrate, berate and chuckle at the winners and losers from the week that was. There’ll be a gold-star worthy hero, a shocker of jaw-dropping stupidity and a whinger who needs urgent medical treatment from the whaaaa-mbulance.
Hero of the Week.
Our hero of the week is 13-year-old Connor McLeod who can claim responsibility for changing our banknotes forever.
Connor is blind and has been campaigning for the Reserve Bank to print tactile banknotes for over a year.
They agreed and all banknotes will now include new features to help vision impaired people tell the difference between Australian notes.
You go, little Connor.
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Shocker of the Week.
Meet Michele Fiore. American. Republican politician. Shocker.
This week Michele sparked outrage by saying that “young, hot little girls” should be discouraging rapists by carrying firearms.
“If these young, hot little girls on campus have a firearm, I wonder how many men will want to assault them,” she told the New York Times.
“The sexual assaults that are occurring would go down once these sexual predators get a bullet in their head.”
Yeah. She actually said that.
Whinger of the Week.
Which brings us to our whinger of the century week, Mr Andrew Bolt.
The News Corp columnist, of “I just breached the Racial Discrimination Act” fame, had his finger firmly pointed at our national broadcaster this week, claiming the ABC is so ruthlessly biased against Tony Abbott as to be unlawful.
Let’s take a minute to reflect on some of the impartial reportage the Murdoch papers have delivered us over the years… And try not to choke on all the irony.
Good one, dickhead.
Who was your Hero, Shocker and Whinger of the week?
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Top Comments
you do understand that the ABC is paid by the taxpayer and within its charter it is not to be bias, its just some lefty love affair.
while Murdoch can print and support (like he supported Rudd) what he likes within the law - taxpayers dont directly support his organisation.
You know this, all you are proving is that the ABC is left and is not balanced (and right of Stalin is not Far Right).
When enquiries into the ABC have happened,,biased reporting has not being proves.Dont forgett Murdoch hates the ABC because its a market he wants and he would like nothing better than for it to be closed down,together with electronic media
Unfortunately Andrew Bolt is one of those people who have strong opinions and believes that he should be able to say what he likes without being called out for it.Should someone express an equally strong opinion back at him he goes to water and lawyers up