Comments on: Kirk: Fairfax Media has never been in stronger shape

By: John

John — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

So David Kirk needs no lessons on “quality” journalism ?. Sad. The Age and SMH are rapidly sinking to Daily Terror standards and perhaps that is why revenues are so healthy. However Kirk’s statement “that we have the resources to invest in journalism of the highest standards ” needs some explaining or is that another way of saying everything will be outsourced as reporters , journalists and photographers are put on short term contracts or freelanced ?. Whatever Kirk says, it doesn’t compute with what is coming from inside the Fairfax bunkers. The shareholders may be happy but the workers aren’t.

By: Tom McLoughlin

Tom McLoughlin — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

What responsibility does Fairfax take for the suite of articles in 2005-6 menacing the ALP Govt (in transition Carr to Iemma) over the downturn of the NSW economy eg labelling lack of housing and construction development as the key, which prefaced destruction of planning legislative framework by Part 3A of the key Act: Developers correctly saw the legal green light, oiled the wheels greatly with deep level of donations and 7 different environmental Acts were largely repealed. Is Fairfax proud as organ grinder for the dance by our ALP MP monkeys (that they now correctly ridicule daily for their grasping ways) with quality journalism this last week about developer donation sleaze? Does the SMH wash its hands or admit they created this monster they now seek to slay … with quality journalism? How much are they making on Domain and related ‘rivers of gold’ classified, and the rest of the religous real estate liturgy in print? Hypocrisy?

By: grasshopper

grasshopper — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

As the enduring popularity of the Herald Sun and ‘current affairs’ programs like Today Tonight and A Current Afair will attest, high circulation/ audience figures don’t indicate quality journalism and aren’t the only mark of a successful paper, Mr Kirk.
I was employed at The Age for two years and have watched with awe as the influence of the advertising and marketing departments has become stronger by the day. The management should hang their heads in shame.