Just when you thought the media’s silly season was over, the Daily Telegraph rises to the occasion, writes Alex Mitchell.
January, 2009
Takeovers: s-xy but easy to stuff-up
Wesfarmers proved yesterday the old rule with regard to takeovers, writes Adam Scwab.
Business briefs: Greece downgraded … China takes bronze
Greece downgraded … China takes bronze … Steve Jobs illin’
The Humpty Dumpty gang should take their great fall over Guantanamo
Throughout the Bush years, politicians and the media, both in Australia and abroad, have been prepared to play brazen Alice in Wonderland games with definitions, writes Jeff Sparrow
Tips and rumours
The ABC automation stuff ups you mentioned in Crikey yesterday wouldn’t just be from the ABC2 breakfast show. The flagship 7pm Melbourne (Victorian) news has suffered from them big time … and they continue. Someone posted them on YouTube before Christmas under the title “Automated Studio Stuff-Ups” but when management found out they were pulled. […]
Faris: Hamas must be removed
Israel has forced the issue in Gaza to the point that a solution must be found. The only solution is that Hamas be removed, writes Peter Faris.
We cannot dismiss the threat that Hamas poses
The Israeli public’s support for the military operation is a bellwether of the seriousness with which Israelis take the thousands of rockets and mortars that have been fired by Hamas for years, writes Allon Lee.
Flights of Nancy: A colourful life
Nancy-Bird Walton was one of the wittiest and most perceptive people in aviation in Australia, writes Ben Sandilands.
Victorian government set to reap windfall from pokies changes
The shake up of the Victorian poker machine industry looks set to deliver the state Government a windfall to fund it’s 2010 election campaign promises, writes Charles Livingstone
Bernanke’s Weimar defence
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke has for the first time provided a clear appraisal of what happened last September and, more importantly, he has explained where we all go from here in 2009, writes Alan Kohler.
Fairfax classifieds in free fall. What next?
Goldman Sachs JB Were claiming dramatic falls in classified advertising in Fairfax’s traditional metro papers for December, writes Peter Cox.
Rundle: Obama’s Mexico challenge
Obama’s visit to Mexico — a traditional one of presidents-elect — carried a greater than usual heft for people on both sides of the border, writes Guy Rundle.
Thornley 2: LookSmart share sell-off remains unexplained
Recent events are not Thornley’s first brush with controversy – with the near collapse of Looksmart, the company he founded, and the apparent source of his vast wealth remaining largely unexplained, writes Adam Schwab.
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The Gaza strip and Crikey’s coverage … Joe the Plumber … climate change …
Business briefs: Citi slims down … ATM drunks shafted
Citi slims down … ATM drunks shafted … virtual tax men
ASIC prosecutes small fish; bigger fish swim free
ASIC yesterday announced that it is seeking civil claims against little-known biotech executive Dr Martin Soust, writes Adam Schwab.
Now showing on the Crikey website…
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Barnaby Joyce Godwins the environmental debate STUFF WE LIKE: Sea kittens and racist royals What’s new on the Crikey blogs: POLLYTICS: Barnaby’s electoral dartboard PLANE TALKING: Goodbye Nancy Bird-Walton THE NORTHERN MYTH: Ten questions for Martin Hardie CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT: Drug companies & doctors: A story of corruption Also […]
Catholic Parish faces “excommunication” or is it extermination?
In the next few weeks one of Brisbane’s largest Catholic parishes will face effective excommunication from the Catholic Church , writes Jeff Wall.
John Robertson as NSW Premier won’t happen
If you believe The SMH and The Australian, NSW Premier Nathan Rees will be gone by the end of the year and replaced by John Robertson, writes Alex Mitchell.
Gaza calling: Twitter, blogs and the old fashioned telephone cover the crisis
The Israeli military yesterday allowed a journalist to join their ranks and file a (censored) report from the Gaza Strip – the first professional media report from the area since the present conflict started on December 30, writes Eleri Harris.
Media briefs: Sub-editorial cop-outs at SMH… Scoopless in Seattle…
Sub-editorial cop-outs at SMH… Scoopless in Seattle… A pep talk for journalists… Nepalese journo hacked to death… Newspapers are done for…
Out of control: The air traffic staffing crisis
Months after airliners began to lose a reliable air traffic control system in Australia, the air safety regulator has done nothing to enforce rules about staffing levels, writes Ben Sandilands.
The Media Monitors’ Top 20
Sleepy times in Canberra mean plenty of state politicians getting media air time, writes Patrick Baume.
The Internet’s feral goldfish get it very wrong
Last night Australian time, the geekiest parts of the blogosphere were all aflutter, writes Crikey’s geek in residence, Stilgherrian.
Alas poor Haydos the flat track bully and Christian sledger
Matthew Hayden’s more than just a run machine that ran out of gas. He’s a great Australian, or so News Limited tells us, writes Walter Slurry.
