The Fairfax broadsheets are having a good week, thanks to their access to a selection of cables relating to Australia from Wikileaks. Yesterday it was the uncomplimentary assessment of Kevin Rudd while he was PM, today the revelation that Senator Mark Arbib was a regular source of information for the US Embassy, and no doubt [...]

A quick follow-up to yesterday’s post by Tobias on the Grog-gate “outing”. James Massola has written and had published by News a justification piece in which he spitefully raises the stakes: Jericho blogged as a hobby outside work hours. But he sent literally hundreds of partisan political tweets out, during work hours, many of which [...]

Even if you haven’t read his blog, if you followed the media coverage of the election campaign there’s a pretty good chance you know about Grog’s Gamut. He’s the pseudonymous blogger whose pointed critique of the lack of policy questions from the press pack drew a lot of attention and sparked a debate, with journos [...]