Apropos of nothing in particular, I just wanted to have a quick discussion here on the subject of the power imbalance between journalists and ordinary readers. I’m going to describe a scenario which I believe is inappropriate and wrong, and you can let us know what you think. Say a journalist is unhappy with what [...]

Fairfax reviewer Jim Schembri has a bit of a problem with a TV show with only gay and lesbian characters: The problem – well, one of the many problems – with this painfully strained stab at a hip, savvy sitcom is that it is way, way, way too gay… To put it bluntly, Outland is [...]

There’s been a bit of a dust up between Crikey’s own film nerd Luke Buckmaster and The Age’s Jim Schembri over the latter’s unfathomable decision to give away the ending to Scream 4 in his review of it on The Age website. Luke covers the initial incident in detail at the Cinetology blog, but the [...]