Saving kids from journalism

PARENTS, be prepared! One day your child may share an ambition to make a career in journalism, perhaps even to study at the feet of the great scholars who impart their insights and experience via Australia’s tertiary institutions — stellar talents like the grammatically innovative Wendy Bacon or Melbourne University’s Margaret Simons, hoax-enabler, Malcolm Fraser’s unquestioning hagiographer and supporter of the Gillard government’s show-trial bid to regulate press freedom.

So what does a caring parent do to save the fruit of his or her loins from a tragic mistake?

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