I'm no journo, but this much I know: newspapers come in two types, broadsheets and tabloids. Generally, broadsheets have produce higher quality reporting than tabloids, which tend toward more sensationalism and gossip.

Here in Melbourne, our sole remaining local Broadsheet is the Fairfax offering, 'The Age'. People have have been lamenting the demise of this once proud bastion of journalism for some time, but today, for me at least, it finally jumped the shark.

Popping onto the website just after lunch to see if anything has happened in the world I find an article about Kendra Wilkinson.  "Who the fuck", you may well ask, “is Kendra Wilkinson”?

Kendra is the vacuous set of tits that, at the tender age of 21, made a name for herself as one of the three girlfriends of Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner. Tragically for the notion of true love, the relationship ended, and Kendra has gone on to, you guessed it, star in her own reality series, modestly titled 'Kendra'.

So what is it that Kendra has done that so impacts the lives of Melbournians as to warrant inclusion in our local rag? Masterminded a technical fix for the MyKi system? Proffered a workable financial system for alleviating some of the pressure on first home buyers? Kicked Catherine Deveny's head in at Highpoint?

Nope, she's popped up in a sex tape.

Wow. Who'd have thunk it? A Playboy bunny famous for rooting a wrinkly old man has found her way onto celluloid. I'll be buggered.

Now, I'm not surprised, but, Jesus The Age, since when has this been your news? Could you not have left it to the Herald Sun, or the Sporting Truth? You're supposed to be breaking out the finer points of the Henry Tax review to me. Or offering editorial on the Melbourne Storm salary cap rort. Not splashing salacious booby talk around.

I'm not sure when you started losing the plot. But as of today, I'll have my membership back thanks. I used to be the crowd you attracted. Semi well-informed, looking for information, comment, debate and opinion.

Your audience now seems to be summed up by 'Detail Required' who left the third comment after your story was posted

"I'd be interested to know the nature of what's on the dvd. Is it her an a couple of guys or girls or 1 on 1, etc?

Or is it just her rooting an 80 yold Hefner? How boring would that be."

Detail required | Sydney - May 07, 2010, 10:43AM

Nice. Good question mate. Suffice to say I won't be tuning in for the answer.

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