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Outrageous invasion of privacy not okay, no matter who the victim is

August 6, 2009 – 11:38 am

Kyle Sandilands may have been one of the most repulsively cruel broadcasters in recent memory, but that doesn’t justify News Ltd tracking down and publishing the private financial arrangements between him and his banks. This is indefensible, and whoever leaked that material may be in a great deal of trouble under the Privacy Act:
Meanwhile, Sandilands [...]

By Jeremy Sear | Also posted in Ben Butler, Holly Byrnes, Kyle Sandilands | Comments (24)

If their point is valid, why do they need to exaggerate?

August 4, 2009 – 3:30 pm

I’d really rather be able to move on from this subject, but the Herald Sun apparently can’t help but keep misleading its readers in its Court reporting. This morning’s edition features three poorly-reported crime stories, a sanctimonious “we know best” editorial, and a series of “BRING IN MANDATORY SENTENCING!” letters from poorly-informed but strident readers. [...]

By Jeremy Sear | Comments (31)

Hun misreports criminal sentencing, again

August 3, 2009 – 8:30 am

You’re aware by now that I take particular issue with News Ltd’s relentlessly dishonest and misleading campaign on criminal sentencing, which it furthers by constantly exaggerating, underplaying and omitting crucial facts in the cases it covers – because the result of it is that its readers have demonstrably false beliefs on the subject, and consequently, [...]

By Jeremy Sear | Also posted in Andrew Bolt | Tagged , | Comments (11)

Finger pointed

May 21, 2009 – 4:53 pm

After weeks of blaming everyone but his own type, Andrew Bolt has finally allocated a portion of the blame for pig flu panic to the media.
And many parents refuse to freak as if they were some journalist…
But in doing so Bolt has highlighted only a panicky Age article, conveniently ignoring his own paper’s completely relaxed [...]

By Scott Bridges | Also posted in Andrew Bolt | Comments (12)

We were wrong, and we feel really bad about the extra profits (that we’ll keep, thanks)

March 22, 2009 – 9:12 am

A fine-looking mea culpa from the Sunday Herald-Sun this morning (as in, one day after the Queensland election) in which it both apologises for (a) being conned, and so easily, into publishing something completely wrong; and (b) for “not treating [its] readers with respect”.
There’s a sort-of reference to the privacy issue, but there’s little in [...]

By Jeremy Sear | Tagged , , | Comments (4)

What’s the point of comment moderation if racial vilification is approved?

February 26, 2009 – 12:20 pm

Yesterday I wrote a piece for the Crikey email (available to subscribers only) that said…
Broadly speaking, bloggers on non-commercial sites (like Tim Blair in his pre-News Ltd. days and me in my non-Crikey hat) can let a lot of comments through that probably fall into the questionable category, while bloggers who work for large media [...]

By Scott Bridges | Tagged , | Comments (18)