Foot in mouth disease: the year's most remarkable remarks

By Georgia Waters
Updated December 28 2012 - 5:13pm, first published 4:43pm
David Campese sparked a Twitter storm with questions about why a female journalist should cover rugby.
David Campese sparked a Twitter storm with questions about why a female journalist should cover rugby.
Clive Palmer is a perennial favourite for end-of-year quote stories.
Clive Palmer is a perennial favourite for end-of-year quote stories.

Before 24-hour news channels and social media, it might have been easier to get away with an obtuse remark every now and then. But today, one thoughtless (or thoughtfully abhorrent) comment can get immediately picked up, reported, retweeted, and raged about before the speaker has finished their sentence.

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