Oh my darling Clementine Ford can’t live from cursing but she’ll always have Aunty

Violence down south. Tamsin Rose, Herald Sun, February 2:

A teenager who wielded a baseball bat at … (a) train station … said he brought the weapon as “protection” against … young men of African appearance … who had attacked (his friends. The) ugly stand-off (was) witnessed by the Herald Sun’s (photographer Jake Nowakowski) … “They were threatening us over Facebook … so we had our protection. … They come in groups,” (the teen said.) When asked why he felt the need to carry the bat, he claimed police simply would not act fast enough.

Guess who Aunty blames? ABC Radio Melbourne host Jon Faine January 31:

For reasons that leave me completely speechless, the ­Herald Sun … went with a group of vigilantes armed with baseball bats to try and extract ­revenge …

Not sorry. Herald Sun, February 4:

ABC shock jock Jon Faine has again refused to correct the public record over false claims … (that) Herald Sun photographer Jake Nowakowski had “co-operated with vigilantes” … Despite the Herald Sun contacting Faine that day and setting out the facts — supported by (an) independent witness … the broadcaster has refused to correct the public record.

Gawn. Nick Tabakoff, The Australian, February 4:

Former Sydney Morning Herald and The Age columnist Clementine Ford implied in her explosive resignation tweets last week that Nine’s takeover of the papers had been a factor in her … (departure but) the first ­anyone at the Nine Network’s ­Willoughby bunker knew of Ford’s resignation was … after she resigned … (A source at the SMH said:) “Her decision to resign was a surprise to everyone here.”

Not lamented. Joe Aston, Australian Financial Review, February 3:

Our comrades at sibling metro mastheads The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald couldn’t disguise their relief at the characteristically juvenile resignation rant of vulgar Life gibberer Clementine Ford. “They benefited greatly from me being connected to the (mastheads)”, she asserted, laughably. Nobody could’ve dreamed of doing them more brand damage, and that’s ballsy coming from us! … Naturally, she wasted no time asking her Twitter followers for their money.

Dipping her toe in the private sector. Clementine Ford tweets January 31:

Support my patreon (a platform for artists to raise money) (please)

Cash for curses. Ford’s Patreon pitch:

My name is Clementine Ford and I’m a … professionally angry person living in Melbourne … Pledge $10 or more per month I will curse 10 men in your honour. Pledge $25 or more per month I will make an MRA (men’s rights activist) cry. Pledge $50 or more per month A vat of male tears and a giant bucket of (expletive deleted)s you can either give or not give. Pledge $75 or more per month I will cast a spell on Tony Abbott. Pledge $100 or more (and) I will send you my firstborn son to be your Baldrick.

A first foray into the private sector. Clementine Ford, Facebook, February 28, 2014:

Did you miss out on (an expletive deleted) Abbott tee shirt? Want to wear one proudly to express your dissatisfaction in the man running our ‘guvment’? Sale items here!

Curse market not lucrative but she’ll always have Aunty. Clementine Ford tweets February 1:

I’ve just been commissioned for a four part series in ABC Life …