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Want to know what’s happening? A breaking news story breakdown

September 22, 2011 – 1:16 pm

Comparing four media sites’ current coverage of the US Supreme Court decision on whether to block Georgia from executing the quite-likely-innocent Troy Davis. First with the news (after twitter), Crikey: The Age: ABC: News.com.au: (Still nothing on the story almost an hour later. But the trader’s sorrow clearly covers both stories.) Troy Davis was executed [...]

By Jeremy Sear | Also posted in ABC, News Ltd., Posted, The Age | Comments (16)

Biting the hand that feeds us

June 28, 2011 – 1:24 pm

On the Crikey front page: Greece up in flames, eh?

By Jeremy Sear | Comments (48)

Actually, these dead fish probably not BP’s fault

September 20, 2010 – 3:12 pm

Today’s Crikey email starts with a list of “things declared dead as a result of the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig and subsequent oil spill (53,000 barrels a day before the well was capped)” and includes this (now famous) image of dead fish in Louisiana: Dead fish that, for once, are not [...]

By Jeremy Sear | Comments (4)