Bizarro World Status Whoring: The NYT Publishes A Fuzzy Puff Piece On Australia's "Chopper," The Knife Murderer Whose Life Story Was Made Into A Film That Capitulated Fellow Ozzie Eric Bana Into Stardom (In The 2009 Adam Sandler Flick "Funny People")

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"Australia’s Brand Name for Ferocity, Softened by Time"

What oh what (tf) ever happened to the Times' moral compass?

Did they ever even have one?

From the article :

 But before any real conversation could get started, the man better known by the nom de guerre Chopper wanted to make something perfectly clear: the number of murders attributed to him — roughly 19 at this point — is grossly exaggerated.

“Look, honestly, I haven’t killed that many people,” he said matter-of-factly before finally settling on a number that he said felt more accurate: “probably about four or seven, depending on how you look at it.”

In his 58 years, Mr. Read has been many things to many people: beloved son, husband and father; perhaps the most feared criminal in Melbourne’s notorious criminal history; an exuberant painter; the king of Australia’s most dangerous prison; and one of the country’s best-selling contemporary authors, including of children’s books.