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Reign more likely down south!

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The column that has fun with the smaller mistakes and missteps of Australia’s mainstream mediocre; that pays homage […]

June 6, 2026 Australia, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Media, Mediocre Bytes, Queensland, Royal Family

Can we please all use less a bit fewer?

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The column that has fun with the smaller mistakes and missteps of Australia’s mainstream mediocre; that pays homage […]

May 7, 2026 Australia, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Media, Mediocre Bytes, science, social media, Travel, World

Quality news reporting: We have a problem!

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The column that has fun with the smaller mistakes and missteps of Australia’s mainstream mediocre; that pays homage […]

April 18, 2026 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Media, Mediocre Bytes, Politics, Queensland

Quality news reporting blown apart!

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The column that has fun with the smaller mistakes and missteps of Australia’s mainstream mediocre; that pays homage […]

March 10, 2026 Australia, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Make America Great Again, Media, Mediocre Bytes, Middle East, Queensland, social media, Trump presidency, United States of America, World

What! Words and phrases have meanings?

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… WELL, WE NEVER! You BUGgers out there have probably never thought about how our compilers decide whether […]

February 18, 2026 Australia, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Gangland crime, Juvenile Crime, Media, social media

It’s NOW or never for Nine

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It’s now official! Official in the sense that the 9NOW catchup service is now officially fucked! The bitter […]

October 21, 2025 advertising, Australia, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Media, Politics, Publishing, Queensland, social media

9Now upgrade ‘totally warranted’

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It’s rarely happened but a media story we ran in Mediocre Bytes yesterday (link at bottom) has been […]

October 19, 2025 advertising, Australia, Breaking News, business, Entertainment, Exclusive, Fake News Association of Australia, Media, Publishing, social media

Dry run comes to an end!

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The column that has fun with the smaller mistakes and missteps of Australia’s mainstream mediocre; that pays homage […]

September 30, 2025 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Fake News Association of Australia, Media, Middle East, Politics, Publishing, Religion, social media, Sport, World

A Taylor-made piece…

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… of foolish flummery and fluff! The column that has fun with the smaller mistakes and missteps of […]

August 31, 2025 Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Media, Publishing, Queensland, social media

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