Comments on: Essay: All governments lie. The lessons from I.F. Stone http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/essay-all-governments-lie-the-lessons-from-if-stone/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:14:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andrew Elder http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/essay-all-governments-lie-the-lessons-from-if-stone/#comment-27748 Andrew Elder Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:14:45 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/essay-all-governments-lie-the-lessons-from-if-stone/#comment-27748 The best journalism tells you something about an issue you hadn't otherwise considered, and Noel Turnbull's piece does that - thank you Noel for writing it, and to Crikey for publishing it. A "24-hour news cycle" is nonsense in the face of complaints about a press release that comes out "after deadline" or just before a public holiday. You can't complain about shrinking budgets in the breathless pursuit of non-stories. There are plenty more stories in the follow-through of the results of half-witted late night compromises, and the assessments of politicians thereby, than you'll ever find in a month of Question Times in Australia's best-subsidised but most boring theatres. Any recommendations on the best Stone biography? The best journalism tells you something about an issue you hadn’t otherwise considered, and Noel Turnbull’s piece does that - thank you Noel for writing it, and to Crikey for publishing it.

A “24-hour news cycle” is nonsense in the face of complaints about a press release that comes out “after deadline” or just before a public holiday. You can’t complain about shrinking budgets in the breathless pursuit of non-stories. There are plenty more stories in the follow-through of the results of half-witted late night compromises, and the assessments of politicians thereby, than you’ll ever find in a month of Question Times in Australia’s best-subsidised but most boring theatres.

Any recommendations on the best Stone biography?

]]> By: Tom McLoughlin http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/essay-all-governments-lie-the-lessons-from-if-stone/#comment-27731 Tom McLoughlin Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:16:34 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/essay-all-governments-lie-the-lessons-from-if-stone/#comment-27731 What a great piece. I thought of Leigh Sales, her veteran father's daughter at Gitmo, falling into a paradigm to get her fodder. I suppose the great lie in the news today is that the Government could possibly keep people safe from a nasty turn in the swine flu virus, God forbid. Today the story that ran was whether people on their ship cruise had a party or not. What a great piece. I thought of Leigh Sales, her veteran father’s daughter at Gitmo, falling into a paradigm to get her fodder.

I suppose the great lie in the news today is that the Government could possibly keep people safe from a nasty turn in the swine flu virus, God forbid. Today the story that ran was whether people on their ship cruise had a party or not.

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