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Jacksonville 50: Every breath you Kate

Jacksonville 50: Every breath you Kate

Tweet Peter Wicks reports on Kate McClymont’s continuing vendetta against Craig Thomson and provides more revelations about Kathy Jackson and Michael Williamson. Kate McClymont and Craig Thomson. A FEW WEEKS AGO, I wrote a piece about...

 

Big business besieged Fairfax is un-Manning the barricades

Big business besieged Fairfax is un-Manning the barricades

Tweet Fairfax’s sacking of brave whistleblower, financial reporter Paddy Manning, marks a sad turning point in the history of Australian journalism, writes Associate Professor Evan Jones. Sacked Fairfax financial journalist and whistleblower,...

 

The opinion makers

The opinion makers

Tweet Peter Wicks discusses the importance of the mainstream media, its ethics, bias and its exclusion of Independent Australia from the Canberra Press Gallery. I DON’T THINK that the importance of being a member of the mainstream media...

 

Writing on the sky: an IA night at Jimmy Watson’s

Writing on the sky: an IA night at Jimmy Watson’s

Tweet Kate Ahearne was at Jimmy Watson’s with the IA crowd last Friday, and says she came away inspired and excited by the possibilities of the new media. “Now we have the miracle of writing on air, writing on the sky.” ~ Tess...

 

Rupert Murdoch: paragon or pariah?

Rupert Murdoch: paragon or pariah?

Tweet A recent SBS documentary on Rupert Murdoch has again raised serious concerns about him and his businesses’ morals, ethics and integrity. Paul Begley comments. Rupert Murdoch (image courtesy Rex Interstock) WHEN THE British actor Paul...

 

Mungo MacCallum: IA’s case for Press Gallery inclusion “superior”

Mungo MacCallum: IA’s case for Press Gallery inclusion “superior”

Tweet Mungo MacCallum is one of Australia’s most distinguished and respected political journalists. Mungo MacCallum According to Wikipedia, he ‘…covered Australian federal politics from the Canberra Press Gallery for The Australian,...

 

Tony Abbott’s mugging produces a one-sided affair

Tony Abbott’s mugging produces a one-sided affair

Tweet Hate and vitriol toward our prime minister, mostly by shock jocks, has reached fever pitch — an atmosphere unleashed by Abbott’s aggressive style. Michael Taylor comments. IF I WERE to be asked which side of politics indulged...

 

How bad is the Gillard Government really?

How bad is the Gillard Government really?

Tweet …or never let the truth get in the way of a good story. The owners of the mainstream press in Australia and the political party that serves their interests largely dictate our one-sided political coverage, says Letitia McQuade. The...

 

Mainstream journalists must mix it with everyone else

Mainstream journalists must mix it with everyone else

Tweet Victoria Rollison is astounded that David Speers decided to exclude Independent Australia from membership of the Canberra Press Gallery. Press Gallery head David Speers chats with his boss, American media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. (Image:...

 

Jacksonville 48: What a way to win a Walkley

Jacksonville 48: What a way to win a Walkley

Tweet Fairfax “investigative journalist” Kate McClymont won a Walkley Award for a story on the HSU and Craig Thomson; Peter Wicks shows why it wasn’t worth a cracker. Kate McClymont: just add source. (Image courtesy Peter...

 
 
 
 

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