Paul Bibby
The region’s latest newspaper, The Northern Rivers Review, is off to a less-than-auspicious start after its owners inexplicably claimed that they owned The Byron Shire Echo.
In a gaffe which raises questions as to the Review’s ability to accurately report the facts, a press release from media corporation ACM today stated that it owned the ‘Newcastle Herald, The Canberra Times and the Byron Shire Echo’.
The Byron Shire Echo, the newspaper which publishes this website, is a local, family-owned business and has never been owned by any corporation, including ACM.
‘I imagine that Antony Catalano [ACM’s Executive Chairman] was sitting there at the luxury hotel he owns in Byron and just became a bit confused about whether he owned The Byron Shire Echo or was just reading it,’ The Echo’s General Manager, Simon Haslam said, chuckling.
‘I think the same thing happens to Rupert Murdoch when he meets politicians. He probably just assumes he owns them until someone tells him otherwise.’
Mr Catalano was quoted in the press release as saying that he ‘couldn’t be happier to be launching a new publication in the area I care so much about.’
All mentioned are just circling sharks (probably an insult to Sharks), especially at Wategos these creatures do not represent the area, really?
Has he issued an apology?
Not as yet..
Ed
The Echo has become a miserable shadow of its past. It’s become such a depressing read from the weekly Anti-Green bash by its editor, to the predictably bitter letter to the editor from Fast Bucks or whatever name he hides behind. I just can’t read it anymore, from the stream of complaining letters to the heavily biased editorials and “news” stories – it’s become a poisonous read.
This new thing sounds just as bad.
It’s on Wikipedia. It must probably be true.
I have been reading the echo since it started and love it.
If your an informed and concerned local all of what is published in the ECHO is relevant and informative to the community and indeed afar .
Keep up the good work , Byron Shire is lucky to have you.
The world’s a miserable shadow of itself due to rat-bag politicians who
couldn’t run a sausage sizzle. We’ve got Trumpeting Trump [danger
man], China & Russia power bidding & the middle East etc etc. Aussie’s
got ‘bats in its antlers’ & leaders who have no idea how to lead, let alone
‘how to tell the truth’. The publics been screwed & the pandemic’s a wild
card following last years’ fires – drought & floods. Depressing on Editors
as well as readers. It’s not possible to sing ‘happy days are here again’
like it or not. Truth – like love – usually hurts. Supporting people is what
it’s all about & that’s what The Echo does.