Conflict of Interest this week interviewed Daniel Bowen, the President of the Public Transport Users Association about Melbourne’s ‘outdated and failing’ transport infrastructure. Part 1 of the video is here, and here’s Part 2 where the interview kicks off.
We didn’t run this on Crikey because it’s a bit too Melbourne-centric, but if you’re interested in the pressures facing [...]
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Melbourne’s ‘outdated and failing’ transport system
October 24, 2008 – 1:11 pm
Self-censorship in media
October 9, 2008 – 2:02 pm
An interesting discussion on Keeping the Media Safe for Big Business can be found at MediaLens.
“In 1996, Noam Chomsky attempted to explain to an equally bemused Andrew Marr (then of the Independent):
Marr: “This is what I don’t get, because it suggests – I mean, I’m a journalist – people like me are ’self-censoring’…”
Chomsky: “No – not [...]
Conflict of Interest discusses Afghanistan
October 3, 2008 – 11:50 am
Channel 31’s Conflict of Interests hosts Greg Barns and Peter Faris speak with Richard Tanter, adjunct Professor from NMIT on the war in Afghanistan and why Australia is still there…
You can see Part 2 here.
Tim Dunlop signs off from Blogocracy
September 30, 2008 – 1:27 pm
We’re a little late to post about this, but I can’t let Tim Dunlop’s resignation from his New Ltd blog Blogocracy pass without comment. There were no fireworks, just a goodbye in his weekly “Week end talkback” post to the blog.
Coming on the heels of Marieke Hardy’s decision to put Reasons You Will Hate Me [...]
Working at Crikey is dangerous – PROOF!
September 26, 2008 – 2:29 pm
Snapped this photo in our office today to show that journalism can be a risk to life and limb. We at Crikey are AT THE FRONTLINE!
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