… but then again, maybe not!

The column that has fun with the smaller mistakes and missteps of Australia’s mainstream mediocre; that pays homage to those sweet little fishes that individually don’t amount to a full meal but collectively can cause a tummy upset over the overall state of the once great and noble craft of journalism in this country.

We are indebted to some chap (or chapette) on social mediocre for this nice little pick up (above and below) from The Age late in the week as it reported on the change of leadership in the Victorian state Liberals.

The reason for our gender confusion? We spotted this on an X post by Mister Bailey OAM @Miss Bailey Woof. We all know how silly, or confusing, or misleading, or anything really, social mediocre handles can be!

But what’s not at doubt is his/her/woof woof’s plea to whoever still subs copy at The Age to know the difference between phased and fazed.

We have no idea whether this howler was picked up in the paper’s hardcopy edition or online, but another Xer reported that the mistake had been corrected so our guess is online?

Sadly, in the years Mediocre Bytes has been running, the wrong use of “phased” has been mentioned a few times now.

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And a big cheerio to the ABC’s Weekend Breakfast show this morning (Sunday) where it was announced that Australia would be out to pick up quick wickets when the fourth Test enters its fourth day at the MCG.

With India nine wickets down, Mediocre Bytes thinks just the one wicket will be sufficient to secure a change of innings, unless the international laws governing Test cricket have changed dramatically overnight. Yes, we know! Picky! Picky!

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Another example of the overuse of alleged or alleged by the mainstream mediocre?

The CCTV shown by the ABC and commercial news bulletins make it 100 per cent sure that the tobacconist in Fortitude Valley was indeed firebombed.

The bitter, old, washed-up hacks who compile this column would have solved a few problems by quickly shortening that intro to: A manhunt is under way after a firebombing at a Brisbane tobacco store Thursday morning.

That would have gotten rid of the “occurred” and you might have also noticed that our silly old farts would have made underway two words but they accept that ship sailed a long, long time ago!

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