The Tele’s disappearing act on Abbott’s #KnightsAndDames: @btckr comments
By Barry Tucker @btckr Every now and then the mainstream news media (MSM) does something that...
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Abbott’s attack on ABC proves politicians are free press chameleons – @journlaw reports
[clear] By Mark Pearson @journlaw 5th February 2014 Politicians are free expression chameleons....
Read MoreBreaking News: Sex, Lies and the Murdoch Succession by Paul Barry
By Margaret O’Connor 1 November 2013 If you want a quick and telling glimpse of the psychopathology that infested Rupert Murdoch’s power house tabloid News of the World (NoTW), turn to the Leveson Inquiry Hearings for...
Read MoreEthical lapses by journalists contributed to Gillard’s demise
By Denis Muller, University of Melbourne Originally published at The Conversation June 28 2013 An integral power of the media is that of portrayal: the act of determining how people, events, ideas and organisations are described...
Read MoreABC Piers silence is consent: @CatherineDeveny on why she’s no Akerman
by Catherine Deveny June 17, 2013 Piers Ackerman commenting on PM’s misogyny speech I only know three things about Piers Akerman. He’s a right wing hack for one of Murdoch’s mouthpieces. Yesterday he went on Insiders and...
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