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Did it though?Unfortunately, the sad fact is the headline achieved exactly what it wanted - plain and simple. It generated lots of commentary and sold extra copies of the newspaper. Nobody at the West Australian is looking for journalistic awards off the back of it. They win, either way. The rest of us have to content ourselves with righteous indignation - which is always a tad pathetic look, unfortunately.![]()
They've had people cancelling their subscriptions over the treatment of Simmo and their behaviour on socials.
They've even addressed it in cancellation requests that they've been inundated with negative feedback and are taking it on board.