Crikey intern Tom Cowie looks at what the world is saying about the new US health-care reform.
March, 2010
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Electioneering pollies get the coverage
Beyond the state contests, the media focus last week remained totally on health and on the leaders, with Nicola Roxon dropping a spot and Peter Dutton not even making the Top 20.
Spinning the Media: The PR drive
If there is anything that’s sure to sell a car other than a flashy advertising campaign, it’s a glowing endorsement from a leading motoring publication, write Daniel Bishton and Alexander McGhee.
What do the SA/Tas results mean for Brumby and Rudd? Zilch.
Australia’s anointed political commentariat have been desperate to drain as much analytical mileage from the state election results as possible.
Video of the Day: The story of bottled water
A lovely (if slightly sanctimonious) animated doco on how the bottled water industry has convinced us all to pay bucketloads for something we can get free.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: The jewel in Fairfax’s crown is due for a polish
Rumours of a major restructure at the SMH, the Advertiser predicts its own death, the True Type revealed at Rio Tinto and more hot tips.
Daily Proposition: Don a beret and head to the French Film Fest
The Alliance Française Film Festival is on and while it has already said au revoir to Sydney and Melbourne, the rest of the country can still get down to their local French allied theatre for some frog watching, writes Andrea Davison.
This day in Crikey: Friday, March 24, 2006
Friday, March 24, 2006, AWB in context: This is the DIMA government, by Michael Pascoe.
Health showdown: Abbott’s folly, the questions they didn’t ask and the adventures of the worm, back to basics on asylum seekers 
The 15 US papers that didn’t lead with health reform
It was arguably the biggest story in the world yesterday: Obama’s historic health care reforms. But Media Alley has dug up 15 newspapers that didn’t run with it on their covers. So what was more important? “Boy Scouts learn skills at Merit Badge College”
Haiti: where the earthquake is only half the problem
Dealing with the aftermath of Haiti’s earthquake is no easy affair. Sexual violence is rampant in camps, construction workers are cutting corners to save costs and leadership is scarce, explains Craig McMurtrie.
How MTV is selling Jersey Shore around the world
MTV is hawking its popular reality TV series Jersey Shore (it’s a “young people live in a house together” variant) to audiences around the world. Gawker has a fascinating look at the different ways it’s being pitched to different countries, from India to England.
Guy Rundle: 
Dear Tas Greens: stay out of government
To have a real chance of electing one of their own as Premier, Tasmania’s Greens must resist the appeal of entering into a coalition, says Guy Rundle.
PHOTO GALLERY: Lego as art
Yes, we’ve all seen the big buildings and cartoon characters made out of Lego, but this is something else: artist Nathan Sawaya’s amazing Lego sculptures, currently touring around galleries in the US.
AFL season preview: Western Bulldogs — “the flag will wag”
A preview of the Western Bulldogs 2010 AFL season in four words? The flag will wag, claims Scott Shepherd, as he analyses the opposition and decides the Dogs are better than them all.
Film review: MICMACS — crowd pleasing French gem
MICMACS, the latest delightfully screwy French film from director Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a loopy take on a league of heroes story loaded with laughs and smarts, says Luke Buckmaster.
$1 Coke? Still a rip-off
Soft drinks dispensed from fountains and machines (like you get at pubs and the movies) are an absolute price-gouge, Wallet Pop explains: it costs Coke $2.60 to manufacture enough syrupy goop for 50,000 drinks.
How to fix Refused Classification online: start again
Stephen Conroy’s department published the 174 public submissions it received on the oddly Kafkaesque issue of improving the transparency of creating a secret censorship blacklist. It’s clear a whole new system is needed.
I’ll swap you a pile of seeds for a handful of strawberries
Food swaps aren’t just for hippies swapping their lemons and parsley. Sue Jackson explains how macadamia nuts, neighbour grown grapes and salted kumquats are all helping the organised food trade movement grow.
Cheap, awesome TV: anywhere, anytime? Tell ‘im ‘e’s dreamin’
Any TV show, any screen, anytime. Free or cheap. “That’s the dream” says Gizmodo — but it may be just that. TV shows cost a lot of money to make, and the likes of Hulu and Apple haven’t quite worked out how to make it back.
PHOTO GALLERY: Women’s lib: as seen through 70 years of Newsweek covers
Newsweek takes a look back at its most iconic depictions of “women’s history” over the magazine’s 70+ years of history.
Kohler: Welcome to Australia’s golden age
The only way to be glum in today’s economy is by reading foreign news sites, writes Alan Kohler. Australia’s own economy is booming, unemployment is down and house prices are up.
The big cracks in the Great Firewall of China
You can’t access Facebook or YouTube in China — but you can freely look at porn. The Chinese government is OK with its citizens sharing pics of their willies — just not sharing political information.
Should every baby get a bank account?
What would happen if every child in the world was set up with a bank account at birth containing US$100? The FAB campaign sees it as a viable solution to ending poverty. Could the banks and governments make it work?
Sarah Palin’s most wanted
Sarah Palin has written up a hit list of 20 Democrats who voted for “Obamacare” that she wants her supporters to target in the November elections. She’s also asking them to donate $5 per scalp (i.e. a nice way of asking for $100).
