The NT News has a famous shit-stirring attitude and a Twitter account to match. This morning it called out the ACT with a delightful acronym:
THE INFERIOR A.C.T (AUSTRALIAN CRAPPIEST TERRITORY) WISHES THEY WERE AS AWESOME AS US http://t.co/j9xt5ws3J2
The Canberra Times were quick on the draw and returned with sass.
Sorry @TheNTNews, we're too busy preparing to host the Big Bash League final tonight
And then, well, maybe for the first time in Australian media history a newspaper used a "your Mum" insult. It was perfect.
YOUR MUM'S FACE IS A BIG BASH LEAGUE @canberratimes
The newspaper has former beefs with the The Guardian Australia over its high-brow attitude and with Triple J for disqualifying Taylor Swift in the Hottest 100. So they decided to write an enemies list... "OUR SHIT LIST".
OUR SHIT LIST: 1. @GUARDIANAUS 2. @TRIPLEJ 3. @CANBERRATIMES
The Guardian Australia were the only ones to take the bait and accepted its position at the top of the list.
@TheNTNews best news of the day
There was however one sneaky addition to the list, Sydney comedian James Hennessy who became involved in a spat with the NT News last week.
4. @JRHENNESSY
He was having none of it.
.@TheNTNews I've called the cops on you clowns for cyberbullying me
The NT News is a serious newspaper and it's exciting to see how they're stirring up Australia's big media brands. Stay tuned. In the meantime, let's take a look at its greatest hit from last year.
