I’m less sympathetic to the targets of this beat-up than most – frankly, the banks in this country deserve a much harder time from the media than they get – but that doesn’t mean I’m indifferent to hacks insulting their readers. It’s another one in the Gemma Jones or Anne Wright style – where you [...]

I hope public figures are watching this. If you think News Ltd’s war against you can’t get any worse, and you have nothing to lose by taking them on – well, they want you to know this: it can, and you do. Take the Herald Sun‘s absurd front-page attack on Christine Nixon today: “Hand back”? [...]