In the past few days, we’ve also seen a number of the commentators using the fires to get a free kick in for their ideological positions. Miranda Devine and Andrew Bolt have used this both as a time to paint the environmentally friendly and those who do believe in climate change, which is frankly, most of us, as uncaring bastards trying to gain attention at a time of national tragedy while at the same time claiming it is green policies that lead to the fires.
They’re happy to put the foot in when it suits them but if anyone argues differently, ‘it’s not the time’ to argue about this.
Not to mention 2GB’s Chris Smith, 2SM’s Grant Goldman and Fox News, among others, have all tried to blame the fires on Islamic terrorists.
In the meantime, the police today have arrested two people in relation to some of these fires. Lets hope the media, desperate for someone to blame, will remember the rule that they are ‘innocent until proven guilty’.
