I don't watch breakfast TV. I have better things to do with my day. On the odd occasions I've seen these shows, usually sitting in a waiting room somewhere, they strike me as cheap filler for the time of day when no-one is really watching. People sitting in a studio talking about stuff, much of it inane; paid product promotion; news updates; stunts. On the odd occasion a host says something controversial it is tempting to see it as a publicity stunt, a way of creating the illusion that the show has some substance. So I was tempted to leave Kerri-Anne Kennerley's spat with Yumi Stynes alone. I know little about Kennerley, and had never heard of Stynes before their argument hit the headlines. I was also tempted to leave the issue to the various articulate Aboriginal people who have objected to the comments. However, I remember that years ago when Pauline Hanson first achieved fame on the back of racist comments, a senior Aboriginal person said t...
"We are tiny specks of life wandering around the edge of this vast expanse of blue, and imagining ourselves on our blue planet can bring us both humility and comfort." Helen Czerski