No such thing as a virtual revolutionNew media is playing an important role in Iran, says David Rothkopf, but real revolutions require courage, physical confrontation and risk and “Twitter is Paul Revere on his horse.”
June, 2009
Mirabella’s groper, Canberra’s baby-gate, pride of Yuendemu, Gawenda on Fairfax Canberra merger 
WaPo aims two necon guns at Barack Obama’s Iran policy
The Washington Post’s increasingly strident op-ed page offers a double-barreled neocon assault on President Obama’s Iran position today by Charles Krauthammer and Paul Wolfowitz. Joe Klein weighs in.
Gerard Henderson's Media Watch Dog: Arise Beatrix Campbell, OBE
John Westacott in “No Apology” zone; (Alleged) Felineicide in Double Bay; Nancy’s “Send ‘The Boys’ to Mecca” campaign continues, and more in this week’s edition of Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch Dog.
Crikey Says: The Fed’s challenging money mountain
Looking ahead on the global economy: the ship has steadied, but rocky shoals lay ahead… or perhaps jagged mountain peaks.
Morning Market Report: Market up 26
The market is up 26, while the Dow has had its best percentage rise in two weeks, closing 58 overnight.
Give consumers a little credit when it comes to managing their debt
Australian consumers are proving once again they are cleverer than the handwringers give them credit for.
China struggles to maintain even this modest growth
It’s too early to say if China will have a sustained recovery.
Bank margins: the empire struck back
Two leading members of the business commentariat this morning defended the decision by the Commonwealth Bank to increase variable mortgage rates by 10 basis points earlier this week.
Media briefs: There’s no such thing as a virtual revolution
Just because everyone in Iran is twittering about protests doesn’t mean that journalism as we know it is dead.
Wankley Awards: Woman’s Day saves and severs a marriage
Woman’s Day splashes with a story on Lisa Curry’s wedding split… then runs an ad for 30 Plus that Curry credits for “saving her marriage…”
Lowbottom High Diaries: WHY IS THE UNIVERSE DOING THIS TO ME?
So often accident is the agency of enlightenment, writes Trevor Diogenes.
Hot Form Charts: A tough week for tipsters
A tough week for tipsters last week and round 15 won’t get any easier with state of origin duties impacting heavily on the abbreviated series of matches.
Reporting Tehran: suddenly we were all in this together
In Iran, when the proverbial hit the fan and journalists were under attack, they banded together and showed a cooperative spirit not usually on display, writes Austin Mackell.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Snail mail from Almighty Fodder
Crikey receives a letter (on paper and everything — how quaint!) from Almighty Fodder, an email from the CEO of Foxtel, and comments on Iran, Malcolm Turnbull, racist hiring practises and more.
Malcolm Turnbull: Handsome, Lusty Protagonist or Mangina?
Malcolm Turnbull does not recall writing a letter to a cat
The pride of Yuendemu takes centre stage in the AFL
Tonight’s AFL game between Essendon and Melbourne means everything to the residents of Yuendemu.
Talking the Town: Talking the town: CEO Sleepout at Luna Park
This may not be the day to ask your boss for a pay rise, if he or she took part in the St Vincent de Paul CEO Sleepout last night, writes Margot Saville.
Guy Rundle: Choose your own adventure with the British government
You would think that, faced with the choice of either delaying the release of a report on parliamentary salaries, or releasing one saying MPs were underpaid by £10,000 a year, you would delay the report. Wouldn’t you? Wouldn’t you?
Tips and rumours: MasterChef afflicted with chest pains, ugly cravats
Fatty food sends MasterChef judges to the doctor, Lachie Murdoch talks it up, where to get (read: steal) free copies of The Australian and more.
Goodbye exclusivity: Gawenda on the Fairfax Canberra merger
There has hardly been any public reaction to what I think is a momentous move by Fairfax: merging the Canberra staff of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald into one bureau, writes Michael Gawenda.
Political snippets: Evidence that agreement is hard
Richard Farmer talks climate change, Iran, reckless cycling and secrecy laws.
Stay at home, Senator, and raise your children
I don’t think that the primary care-givers of children should be parliamentarians, writes Helen Razer.
