So you go to Bali for a family holiday, and your 14 year old son stupidly goes off and buys himself some dope, and gets himself arrested. What do you do?
Negotiate a $200,000 or so deal with a media company of course. Ka-ching! Might as well cash in on your trauma.
I hate chequebook journalism. It stinks. I refuse to watch or read its products. So Channel 9, I will be studiously ignoring the story you’ve paid for.
I hope that whatever money these people get falls under the proceeds of crime legislation and gets confiscated. Failing that, how about the Australian and Indonesian governments sue them to recoup the costs they’ve incurred defending, supporting and prosecuting the boy respectively.
Stupidity does not deserve to be rewarded in any way, shape or form.
