Is the Right To Know Coalition, launched with such a fanfare by our major media companies just three years ago, now running dead?
March, 2010
Media briefs: The new king of Sydney radio … the rise of crowdsourcing
Uh oh, Alan Jones is no longer number one in Sydney radio. Plus, inside the US attack on Wikileaks, the rise of crowdsourcing in journalism and the scramble for news apps, all in today’s media briefs.
Richardson: The time has come for a debate on electoral reform
Tasmania’s system isn’t perfect, but it’s streets ahead of other states when it comes to fairness. The rest of the country should be watching and learning.
Vioxx case: Merck legal team ‘successfull’ despite $287k compo payout
The Australian court case on Vioxx, pitched as a landmark judgement against its makers Merck, flashed past in a blur, writes Paul Smith.
Political snippets: Work at Rio Tinto at your peril
At Rio Tinto they just could not wait to give their four employees the sack, while Stephen Smith is doing his best not to upset the Chinese government. Plus, the most ridiculous parliamentary question asked.
Spinning the Media: Pack your suitcase for some free advertising
Welcome to a world of junkets and media familiarisation tours: also known as the travel section of your local newspaper, write Giselle Nguyen, Ajay Khandhar and Yasmin Geneva.
Guy Rundle: Rundle’s UK: has the Right lost its freakin’ mind?
Has the Right gone completely bonkers? Not merely the crazy tea-partiers in the US, or the rolling Tony Abbott freakshow in Oz, but now Italy and the UK as well?
Populate or perish?
What does population growth mean for environmental policy? asks the Australian Conservation Foundation’s Charles Berger.
Foreigners and housing: a sense of scale
Foreign investors are actually only a very small slice of Australia’s housing market. So why are we blaming the Chinese for our own housing supply problems?
This day in Crikey: Monday, March 30, 2009
March 30, 2009, Comitatus: Newspoll reveals real ‘yellow peril’, writes Possum Comitatus.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Hello! to all of Rupert’s friends
Check out the front cover of London’s Hello! magazine with all the gorgeous people present. Which one of Rupert’s favourite pals was there but demanded all signs of their presence be removed?
Crikey Says: Population growth — it’s time we talked about it
Australia’s population is growing at twice the rate of the rest of the world. Is growth a dirty word?
Population growth, Rundle on the Right losing its mind, Spinning the Media on travel junkets
The Jock Wrap: Custardgammon — the game of kings (and moths)
First Dog on the Moon and Leigh Josey look back at the week in sport to talk rubbish about the Fremantle Dockers, prawn wontons and the Kiwis stealing our jobs, women and sporting glory.
What do philosophers believe?
Philosophers don’t spend so much time these days pondering the nature of God or existence and reeling off digestible nuggets of wisdom. So what do modern-day philosophers think about? And what should you talk to them about?
Blood, sweat and night shifts: the life of an ER nurse
From dealing with dead children, to aggressive gang members and the black humour that nurses have in droves, LA Times offers a fascinating look at a hospital’s ER nurses.
Vanity Fair editor: Print’s not dead — just reincarnated
The internet may change print journalism, but it won’t necessarily kill it, writes Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter: a good story is a good story, whether you read it in a magazine or on an iPhone.
The biggest brands of 2090
Who will be the Apples, Nikes and Cokes 80 years from now? Media writer Simon Dumenco takes a stab: a successor to Twitter named after teen popstar Justin Bieber, a McDonald’s-Disney hybrid, and, of course, Google, which owns everything.
DNA doesn’t guarantee guilt
With the High Court to hear an appeal for a case reliant completely on DNA evidence, the value of DNA in legal proceedings is being questioned. It’s not clear-cut scientific evidence but simply a statistical probability.
A whine about our government’s wine snobbery
The Governor General’s wine collection is a bitter drop. Rather than tasty wines that go well with food, we’ve got a collection of extravagant Australian only wines that the GG is too embarrassed to serve.
www.jihad.ru: Russia’s internet mujahideen
Terrorism in Russia’s North Caucasus has “gone viral”, says Foreign Policy, with Muslim extremists becoming online celebrities. Yesterday’s Moscow bombings may be just he start of this deadly internet meme.
My Earth Hour dinner party
W H Chong shows just how Earth Hour should be: beeswax candles, a different look at a dimmed Sydney skyline and a convivial dinner party including portraits of interesting guests.
