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Elsewhere – Political media, cure thyself – it can’t be that hard

May 22, 2012 – 11:51 am

Political media, cure thyself – it can’t be that hard …all are steeped in the old media paradigm where it’s more important to get the story first, instead of writing it best; where the journalist decides what’s in the public interest instead of the community making that decision; and where the personal views of celebrity [...]

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Elsewhere – A Fading Star

May 22, 2012 – 10:43 am

A Fading Star It’s always amusing when the media’s narrative is thrown into disarray by facts. The conclusion of the investigation into The Star appears to be just that. … The level of build-up suggested that the report, once it was released, would be second only to the FWA report into Craig Thomson. Except, of [...]

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Elsewhere – Sleazy, nasty, dirty and wrong: Just another day at The Australian

May 21, 2012 – 11:44 am

Sleazy, nasty, dirty and wrong: Just another day at The Australian In recent days The Australian has launched a vitriolic and highly personal campaign against Margaret Simons the director of the Centre for Advanced Journalism at Melbourne University. The campaign is aimed at discrediting Meg and her colleagues (me included) who teach journalism and who [...]

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Elsewhere – Uhlmann impertinent, off point

May 11, 2012 – 1:10 pm

Uhlmann impertinent, off point The political anchor of the national broadcaster’s principal current affairs program should respect his appointment by establishing the right balance in interviews – between inquiry, engagement and sense of occasion. On Wednesday night, Uhlmann displayed none of these. Keating, at The Drum.

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Elsewhere – Spinning Wheel

May 11, 2012 – 11:38 am

Spinning Wheel A health warning to consumers of the mainstream media: When a news story starts with the words “is expected to”, activate the bullshit detector. And when that news story involves forecasts about economic statistics, shift the detector to warp speed. So it was that Aunty ABC woke me at 6am with the sombre [...]

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Elsewhere – Nine problems stopping The Global Mail from getting an audience

May 11, 2012 – 9:18 am

Nine problems stopping The Global Mail from getting an audience While it’s a shame The Global Mail has failed to make an impact on the media landscape, the signs have been there for some time. I love the concept of a well resourced, philanthropically-funded independent news site. Anywhere in the world, that’s a rare and [...]

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Elsewhere – Penbo Hasn’t Got Soft Hands – He’s a Champion of the Working Class

May 6, 2012 – 9:22 pm

Penbo Hasn’t Got Soft Hands – He’s a Champion of the Working Class Sneering. Penberthy should know about sneering, because that is what we get for the rest of the article. First, he is addressing these “hipsters” who have dared to question the way we do things, telling them that the “bogans” earn more money [...]

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Elsewhere – In Lara Bingle vs the MSM, I am on Team Lara

May 6, 2012 – 8:30 am

In Lara Bingle vs the MSM, I am on Team Lara I’m going to pick on News.com.au because their story is the most ridiculous: Lara Bingle feels ‘violated’ by nude photos, by Chris Paine and Owen Vaughan. And no, I have no idea how it took two journalists to write 505 words about their Google [...]

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Elsewhere – Unpublished letter to the Editor, Politics of envy edition

May 5, 2012 – 11:16 pm

Unpublished letter to the Editor, Politics of envy edition Your editorial (Politics of envy threatens our economy and ethos, 2 May) claims that “Research by the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling has shown that all income levels prospered in the Howard years and that under the Rudd-Gillard governments the gap between rich and [...]

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Elsewhere – “Suing Andrew Bolt so I may Speak Freely”

April 30, 2012 – 2:18 pm

Suing Andrew Bolt so I may Speak Freely I am suing Andrew Bolt in the Supreme Court of Victoria The Courts provide the hope of a levelling field where we can vindicate ourselves against the sorts of personal attacks that Andrew Bolt has recently made against me. I am a law student and have some [...]

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