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iPhone vs Galaxy S3: the battle of the behemoths

iPhone vs Galaxy S3: the battle of the behemoths

Tweet Apple iPhone or Samsung Galaxy S3? Matt Donovan compares the pros and cons of two of the world’s most popular smart phones — with entertaining results. iPhone 5 or Galaxy S3? The choice is yours. SO, YOU’VE OPENED the new...

 

The day The Australian died

The day The Australian died

Tweet Professor Stephan Lewandowsky reports on the exchange that finally, completely, destroyed Australia’s national newspaper’s credibility. Analogies are a mainstay of human communication and reasoning. In science, Niels Bohr used...

 

The rise of media bias — or the loss of subtlety

The rise of media bias — or the loss of subtlety

Tweet While editors from the past would always cover a good story, says Trade Minister Craig Emerson, if today’s editors don’t like its politics they will happily ignore or bury it. by Dr Craig Emerson AT SYDNEY UNIVERSITY in the early...

 

Rupert Murdoch’s reign of terror

Rupert Murdoch’s reign of terror

Tweet Former News Ltd executive Rodney E. Lever lifts the lid on the terrifying pressure he saw Rupert Murdoch exercise on senior journalists to toe his editorial line. RUPERT MURDOCH’S self-righteous (but very well paid) slaves – like...

 

Tony Abbott’s bag of mixed nuts

Tony Abbott’s bag of mixed nuts

Tweet IT expert Kieran Cummings reveals the full picture regarding the Tony Abbott timestamp issue. I recently wrote a piece for IA on Tony Abbott’s press release, regarding Peter Slipper and the timestamps on the release. On the face of it,...

 

Rupert Murdoch tries to buy U.S. presidency — MSM buries it

Rupert Murdoch tries to buy U.S. presidency — MSM buries it

Tweet Even while Brian Leveson was investigating the phone hacking scandal in the U.K., Rupert Murdoch was launching a brazen bid to buy the U.S. presidency. Rodney E. Lever reports. Rupert Murdoch (image courtesy Rex Interstock) It’s hard...

 

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch’s shame

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch’s shame

Tweet Former senior News Ltd executive Rodney E. Lever says the funeral of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch has highlighted the dysfunctional nature of Rupert Murdoch’s family. The recent death of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch has brought back many memories...

 

Jacksonville 36: Derailing the Jacksonville Express

Jacksonville 36: Derailing the Jacksonville Express

Tweet BREAKING NEWS: Marco Bolano has just conceded defeat in the Victorian HSU Number 1 branch elections, meaning the Jackson faction has failed in all three branches. Peter Wicks reports. The end of the line for Marco Bolano? IT ALL LOOKED...

 

Study shows newpaper bias about the carbon price

Study shows newpaper bias about the carbon price

Tweet A new study has shown News Ltd, and especially The Australian, are overwhelming unfair and unbalanced in their reporting of climate change and climate change policy. (By David Karoly, Christian Slattery, Kathryn Townley and Kerrie Haria...

 

Overlooking Australia’s Watergate

Overlooking Australia’s Watergate

Tweet Based on Ashbygate, if Watergate happened in Australia, Nixon would need to confess before our old media would report the scandal. Victoria Rollison comments. THE WATERGATE SCANDAL was, apparently, rather big news at the time. People...

 
 
 
 

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