Dirt Unit

Christian Kerr - When is it news, or is that mould?
See Mouldy Shower topic for full story.

Christian Kerr, Conservative Think Tank.





Can someone either emind me where I stole this from, or provide a worse picture of Christian.

There may not be a dirt unit in Canberra, but that doesn't mean that the mould scrubbing brushes should be idle, writes Christian Kerr, conservative think tank.

On Tuesday, John Howard told Brisbane radio: "There is no dirty shower unit." That doesn't mean, however, that dirt isn't a currency of domestic politics. It just needs to be put in context. The context of a shower in Embleton.

Those who have actually seen the McGregors mouldy shower unit are few, but gossip, rumour and innuendo swirl round the system like smog - from the bathroom floor up.

Dirt seeps through the cracks at all levels of our home/domestic system, into the local press and, sometimes, daily reporting.

Unless it has been carefully managed and spun, virtually all news, including that of mould in a shower begins with hearsay. But when is hearsay news?

That's the balancing act media have to manage. No wonder reporters slip- On mould that is.