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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been labelled a serial
killer on US TV.
Erin Burnett, an anchor on American financial news channel CNBC,
launched a verbal attack targeting Rudd following his government's
decision to spend $23 million culling feral camels in the
outback.
"There is a serial killer in Australia and we are going to put a
picture up so we can see who it is," a stern-faced Burnett said
during a segment on CNBC.
A large photo of Rudd was then shown.
"That would be the prime minister of Australia Kevin Rudd," Burnett
said. "Ok, well do you know what he is doing?
"He has launched air strikes, air strikes, against camels in the
outback."
Burnett, with a stuffed toy camel sitting in front of her, broke
away from her usual analysis of stock movements on Wall Street to
vent about the camel cull.
She raised the issue during a segment with CNBC's colourful
financial guru Jim Cramer.
Burnett said there are 1 million camels living wild in
Australia and the animals would be shot.
"They are slaughtering them?" Cramer, looking shocked, asked
Burnett. "They are slaughtering them," Burnett replied.
She also complained the meat and
milk from the camels would be wasted.
"Apparently there is a billion dollars of meat out there," Burnett
said.
"Are they going to do anything with it?" Cramer asked.
"No. They're just slaughtering them," she said.
"That's genocide. Camelcide," Cramer commented.
Burnett then told Cramer she hoped Australians would see her
segment.
"I hope they have this on in the morning in Australia," she
said.
As the discussion came to a close the photo of Rudd re-appeared on
the screen.
"There he is," Burnett said. "That is the man who approved
it."
Burnett is a former anchor with Bloomberg TV and a vice president
at financial company Citigroup.
She has a loyal male following in the US and is a favourite of
US men's magazine Maxim.
In 2007 she posed for a risqué photo shoot for Maxim that
included a topless cover.
She also made Maxim's top 10 Hottest News Anchor list.
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