I am so impressed to see that the Coffs Advocate has boldly come out in support of the plan which, just last year, they and their "key stakeholders" designed. Who could have foreseen this?

It's this unwavering commitment to objective journalism, contemptuous of financial or political consequences, that regularly produces headlines like:

• "Everything is Just Great in Industry X, Says Chairman of X Industry Association! (See advertisement below)" and
• "There's Never Been a Better Time to Buy and/or Sell Y, Says Local Y Trader (See listings opp. page)"

When print media is finally taken off life support, and the roll of courageous independant journalists is assembled, below I.F. Stone, below Seymour Hersch. keep going, keep going, getting warmer, nearly there, just a bit more, there we are at last: just below Andrew Bolt and just above Mystic Meg, you'll see a picture of the Advocate's fearless editor Graeme Singleton, wearing his trademark winning smile, a cheeky wink, stockings, heels, and a sandwich board reading "THIS SPACE FOR RENT. CHEAP."