A newspaper writer discusses another member of his profession: …whose writing I’ve often found to be unfair, unbalanced and savagely skewed to fit his ideological inclinations, sometimes to the point of melodrama. I suspect everyone who’s stuck by Pure Poison to its final week can guess who it’s about, and who’s making the comment.
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A question of etiquette
I’ve just read that Andrew Bolt (and many of his commenters, by the looks of it) are unhappy with how David Marr treated him on Insiders this morning (if you didn’t see the show, you need to watch this segment to see what he’s unhappy about). Now I need to ask a question about etiquette. [...]
READ MOREDavid Marr: taking offence
There’s a very interesting piece by David Marr in today’s SMH about taking offence and over-reaction. When Australians are offended they want something done about it. Just being offended is not enough. Getting it off our chest doesn’t do the trick. We want action. We want disapproval made official. We want someone, somewhere, somehow to [...]
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