So Jacinda Ardern is pregnant? Or is it more socially appropriate
these days to say Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford are pregnant.
And, by the way, the NZ Herald caption
for the photo making the announcement says, “Clarke Gayford and Jacinda Clarke are to become parents soon!”
When did
that happen? When did she become Jacinda Clarke, or is that just her homage to
her mentor Helen Clark?
Anyway, Fryday
sincerely congratulates them both, but hopes fervently, if curmudgeonly, that we
won’t see a repeat spurt of babies in Parliament as we did post-election. Spare
us that, please.
And spare us
the NZ Herald…for just about everything these days.
Where is the
venerability, where is the gravitas, where is the news of yesteryear?
It has gone.
Gone from once sage pages. Replaced by such headlines and “news” stories (today)
as: “Kiwi Stars React to Jacinda’s Pregnancy”. The story that follows is comprised
mostly of tweets from so-called stars such as ColinMathura-Jeffree, Urzila
Carlson (who?), and Matilda Rice—among others.
With the
obvious exception of Colin Mathura-Jeffree, they may be important and talented people
in their fields (Colin doesn’t have one), but are we really interested in their
messages to Mr Gayford and Ms Clarke?
I admit that
it takes very little to track down a tweet, but hasn’t the NZ Herald got better
things to with its time and staff? And who made these people “Stars” anyway and
their views any more relevant than—say—mine, or yours?
I am sorry.
This is a story that, as hard as I try, I can’t find any excuse for. It is
drivel. It is dross. And if the caption is anything to go by it is also wrong.
It
is, in the end (and it may possibly will be), the NZ Herald, but not as we knew
it.
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