Julie Burchill: And The Illiberal Liberal Media Elite

Julie Burchill's probably sprawled out on her Hove sofa cackling into her sixth glass of champagne right now.
In today's Observer she writes a now thankfully all-too rare article.
It starts with the offensive headline, Transsexuals Should Cut It Out - Gosh Julie, you're so provocative! - then rapidly proceeds to descend downhill.
I'm not sure what there is to say about Burchill's predictable wading in to defend her journalism-as-showbusiness chums, Julie Bindel and Suzanne Moore.
Apart from how La Burchill doesn't leap into print to defend much of late; bar Israeli Zioinism.
I said what I think about "this sort of thing" on Friday here - On Journalism As Vanity.
Now just add "and Julie Burchill".
(Odd how Bindel keeps complaining about some "trans cabal" out to get her, but watch how these three media manger-hoggers have closed ranks now).

I've made the point endlessly that people who are trans now occupy the same place in the media as gay men did in the 80s; they're usually only allowed to be presented as figures of fun or fear, and you can get away with saying whatever the diddlybum you want about them.
And heaven forfend if any of their pesky trouble-makers dare talk back!
One can only hope this week will be a "Stephen Gately/Jan Moir" moment and the media might take note of the offence they keep causing, and how readers don't find this as "amusing" as their writers do. 
For star journalists like these, controversy is their currency - they get off on our outrage.
They must be loving this hooha.
Maybe tis best to ignore them, then?
Should we be surprised that The Guardian/Observer have published this reactionary, bigoted, juvenile junk?
There's no such thing as bad publicity, as the old cliche goes, and just look at all the traffic this has brought to their website!
This is the economy of the mass media. 
Welcome to the new hegemony of the illiberal liberal media elite.