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Breaking: Melbourne Confidential Bring You The Breaking News, As It Breaks
9:22AM Clem Bastow | Every now and again, as Defamer Australia peruses the daily news, we are given pause to wonder just how many people are actually running some of Australia’s online news “presences”. From crazy typos to hilarious Photoshops, their antics are a bottomless well of (unwitting) entertainment that suggests there is actually only one man and a couple of hamsters working in the “digital” departments. To wit, this fresh tidbit in Herald Sun Confidential’s ‘Confidential Reports‘ section:
Not only is it discussing last year’s Idol prize fight, but it uses the year before’s Damien Leith and Jessica “Do What You Do, Say What You Say” Mauboy to illustrate it. Incidentally, has anyone seen or heard from Natalie Gauci lately? Who’s excited for this year’s installment of the popular televisual talent quest franchise? Now now, one at a time, please! More » 
Herald Sun Reveals More Women Than Men Bought Tix For ‘Satc’ Movie; Also Reveals Pope Is Catholic
11:39AM Clem Bastow | While us country cousins here in little ol’ Australia wait patiently for the premiere of the Sex & The City movie (the partay for which will, incidentally, not feature any of the stars), America is naturally going apeshit for the flick.
Thus, you’d expect the local press to report on such excitement, no doubt to build momentum for the film on our shores. It’s just that the Herald Sun chose such a “well derrr” way to do it:
An online ticketing service said 94 per cent of US ticket buyers were women.
Reaaaallly? After such incredible scoops, you half expect them to go on to say that they can “exclusively reveal” that the stars of the movie are Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis! More » 
A Compelling Portrait Of The Average Herald Sun Reader
10:10AM Clem Bastow | We know it’s neither big nor clever to laugh at the afflicted, but this morning we couldn’t help but find our eyes wandering to the “You Said It” feature on the Herald Sun’s online Confidential page.
And, well, let’s just let the reader speak for themselves, shall we?
Melbourne’s Herald Sun, ladies and gentlemen: proof that you may well be the Newspaper Of The Year, but that barely literate monkeys at typewriters appear to make up the bulk of your readership. Andrew Bolt will be doubly shocked!
Michelle at 12.43am today, we salute you. WE LOVE SLL DA SONS U MAD!! More » Herald Sun Readers Love War, Neo-Nazism And Violent Hitmen, Not So Keen On The Mentally Ill Or Stolen Generation
7:43AM Clem Bastow | Before you accuse our headline of slandering the good readers of News Ltd’s plucky Melbourne tabloid that could, it’s true!
Hun film critic Leigh Paatsch and the faithful readers voted and came up with their favourite Australian flicks of all time.
And they were:
Lantana (2001): 4% (43 votes)
Mad Max 2 (1981): 12% (110 votes)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975): 3% (34 votes)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002): 2% (25 votes)
Romper Stomper (1992): 10% (90 votes)
Shine (1996): 3% (35 votes)
Gallipoli (1981): 23% (206 votes)
Muriel’s Wedding (1994): 12% (113 votes)
Breaker Morant (1980): 6% (60 votes)
Chopper (2000): 19% (177 votes)
It should be noted that Paatsch collated the shortlist, which is why it’s all a bit AFI-award-friendly. Had he not come up with these options, we have a feeling the list may have been more like this…
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