Poor Carnival. The British-American mega-cruise company has been spreading COVID-19 throughout the land. From the Ruby Princess alone: over 600 Australians infected, 10 passenger deaths. And 1,100 crew members, many sick, still stranded offshore.

Amid a bitter blame game over who was responsible for letting the plague ship's 2,700 passengers dock unhindered in Sydney on March 19, now the subject of a NSW Police investigation, Carnival Australia president Sture Myrmell called out the "vilification" of the company in a pre-recorded video-message. It's the preferred PR delivery method of those who want to avoid pesky follow-up questions.