Oops I Did It Again
A few weeks back I wrote a piece about Fairfax Senior Journalist Kate McClymont’s apparent obsession with Craig Thomson.
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If you don’t know how parliament works, don’t tweet photos of it.
I was more than a little annoyed the other day when, because Julia Gillard cried during the bill reading, the minor, procedural bill to change the Medicare levy by half a percent was suddenly changed into a big thing, and a photo of the Liberals not being there was circulated to show they didn’t really support it. This was picked up and retweeted, reposted and even discussed by the likes of Paul Murray on 2UE.
FURORE: Academic study says Aussie journos are a bunch of lefties, especially at the ABC
A university study on the political inclinations of Australian journos has caused quite a stir, especially its findings on the ABC's editorial staff.
Who's been playing in MY estate? Yet more ferment in the fourth and fifth
When is a writer not a journalist but a blogger, and when is a writer/blogger a journalist? Who decides? Does it matter? Traditional or mainstream or 'old' media, and its power affiliates, are pushing back at the moment against the proliferation of small 'new media' online ventures fighting to be heard.
All the news that’s fit to print
Business groups oppose increased company taxes. Disabled citizens support the national disability scheme. Big miners oppose increased mining taxes. Unemployed demand an increase in work start benefits. Universities oppose cuts in university funding.Labor savages Coalition policies. Coalition targets Labor policies. Families oppose reduced childcare benefits.
Links Post
Link round up.
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THE AGE HACKING SCANDAL: The Age’s criminal defendants disrespect court with “no-show”
Charged with crimes that could get them two years imprisonment, three arrogant Fairfax journos and a senior Greensparty operative and state government bureaucrat didn't bother attending the Melbourne Magistrates Court for the first hearing Thursday.
Honesty Files
I don’t think that the importance of being a member of the mainstream media can be overstated, it is a huge responsibility.
I should point out from the start that there are many in the mainstream press that I greatly admire, too many to name here but many of them would know who they are.
Media Circus: Budget 2013 edition
Since the topic of these media-circus posts is just a discussion-starter, don't let it constrain your media analysis. Any sociopolitical issue currently making the news is on topic, as is highlighting egregious churnalism and those far too rare...
Signal Boost: petition Disney to keep Brave’s Merida marketing true to movie
'Brave' creator blasts Disney for 'blatant sexism' in princess makeover:
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