And having alerted the world to the banger in the bottom spectacular, in which I may have used the word crackers I await in fear and trepidation the arrival of the word police …
MEDIA outlets that broadcast or use phrases such as ”loony”, ”psycho” and ”nutcase” would be censured under a plan to crack down on language that stigmatises the mentally ill.
Headspace, the national youth mental health foundation, wants television, radio and print regulators to adopt tougher codes to penalise those who use mental illness as a derogatory term …
The story is brought to us by Jill Stark, who, depending how wide the net is cast, may have to change her name.
The really useful Julian Disney was beside himself in his haste to further erode Australian freedom of expression …
Australian Press Council chairman Julian Disney said such concerns were ”important and persuasive”, and would be given the ”highest possible priority” in press standards now under revision.
bobmcgee 
There is no doubt it could reduce the creative aspect of writing, but it would be good if journalists could be nice and consider the feelings of those they write about.