Does no one laugh hysterically, sneer contemptuously, or cry inconsolably, when one is confronted by the following words of a reporter (Stephen Rice, Weekender, Australian, 6-7/4/24) ‘the descent into farce may have reached its apex…’?
Charitably, one might just sigh resignedly, having recognised that some poor coot is struggling with a language that he does not really understand.
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Try his Wikipedia page including where he has twice won Walkley awards as well as having visited Beirut, Lebanon.
Luckily Byron has The Echo to uphold high journalistic standards!