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878Scotland Yard seeks Rupert Murdoch secret tape
Scotland Yard detectives were on Friday attempting to track down a secret recording of Rupert Murdoch admitting to Sun journalists that payments...
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Andrew Nikolic, The SMH … and the Press Council
During its brief and unremarkable existence, the New Examiner ( Facebook here ) parodied dozens of public figures. We paraded Lara Giddings...
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Leaving Australia, a confounding and complex country
Australian television producers have in recent times hit upon a sure-fire formula to guarantee big ratings. Costume designers are instructed to dress...
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Ten reasons why most Australian MSM journalists are absolute shyte
Never before has Australia’s political coverage been so poorly regarded by the public; Tom Orren says this reputation is well-deserved — and...
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Hey, MSM: All Journalism is Advocacy Journalism
So New York Times Dealbook writer Andrew Ross Sorkin has apologized to journalist Glenn Greenwald for saying he’d “almost arrest” him, for...
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Watching the watchmen: Charles Lewis on non-profit journalism
It was 1988, the curtains were closing on the Reagan era, and US 60 Minutes producer Charles Lewis had a sizzling scoop...
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Australia should turn away from GM crops, new study shows
June 18, Melbourne – A new research paper[1], published today in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability confirms that genetically modified...
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Murdoch divorce stuns Satan
HELL (The Borowitz Report)—Word that the News Corporation chief executive Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from his wife, Wendi Deng, came...
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Seven Myths About Bradley Manning
Today begins the court-martial of Private First Class Bradley Manning, Wikileaks’ source inside the US military. Because Manning was arrested over three...
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The gay community’s struggle for equality
The week before last Tasmania led the nation not once but thrice on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) issues. On...
