When the five mainland capital city Murdoch Sunday newspapers run their own state based version of the same story it’s fair enough to call it a fair dinkum News Limited campaign.
October, 2010
Video of the Day: You’re going to the rally, you’re going to the rally!
Stephen Colbert joins Jon Stewart to chat up the upcoming Rally to Restore Sanity (and Colbert’s alternative Rally to Keep Fear Alive — now merged into the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear) and gets joined by a certain talkshow queen notorious for giving out free things to her audience…
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
The Libs and Murdoch. A senior federal LNP member (and good friend) tells me that senior LNP “faceless men” have an appointment with his highness, Prince Rupert Murdoch, for next month’s visit. The purpose is to argue in favour of Mr T, in an attempt to consign the Prince’s personal loathing of Mr T to […]
Crikey Says: Falling through the cracks
As the nation has spent the past 24 hours with our attention fixed squarely at Rome, and the canonisation of a woman who dedicated her life to fighting poverty, it’s worth considering some painful truths closer to home.
Three cheers for China’s ballsy bloggers
Chinese bloggers such as Liu Xiao and Liu Di have hunched over keyboards in downtrodden flats and acted against the wishes of the government to pursue a simply intention: spreading the truth. Their efforts should not go unappreciated, writes David Burchell.
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The curly world of typefaces and why we love them
In an extract from his new book Just My Type Simon Garfield geeks out on the history and prevalence of typefaces, including explaining the difference between serif and sans serif, how fonts have genders and why they can be regarded as living life forms.
Tough times for top US charities
A new ranking of America’s top 400 charities reveals that the population are becoming increasingly stingy, with donations dropping by a whopping 11 percent. That’s the biggest decline in two decades, writes Brett Zongker.
Does a corrupt Fifa need to delay 2018 World Cup bids?
Allegations of corruption and vote-buying by two key members of the Fifa executive committee have senior officials calling for the bidding processes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to be suspended.
Film review: The Town – lots of Affleck, not much gravity
Ben Affleck’s second film as a director is a grim Boston-set romantic drama about a bank robber and his new lover. Despite several qualities Affleck relies on himself far too much and the film smacks of a vanity project, writes Luke Buckmaster.
How to talk to journalists
Dealing with journalists can be a tricky business, particularly if you’re trying to crisis-manage a problem in your workplace. Remember, they are going to write a story anyway, so you might as well get your views heard, says PR man Jonathan Bernstein.
Mark Twain: author, humorist and…blogger?
The publishing of Mark Twain’s “new” autobiography 100 years after his death has prompted a spate of new analysis and speculation. One journalist has boldly raised the question: was he the world’s first blogger?
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Pentagon freaking over WikiLeaks’ Iraq document dump
With a whopping 500,000 classified documents on the Iraq War expected to leak on the WikiLeaks site this month, the Pentagon have put together a 120-person team to prepare for the expected scandal. The documents are expected to contain details on civilian causalities in Iraq.
Five of the coolest gadgets so far in 2010
This year has been a big one for innovative gadgets and sleek new hardware. Mashable lists five of the very best - including the HTC Droid Incredible and a little known appliance called the iPad.
Biodiversity: the great unknown
challenge
Today a UN conference on biodiversity starts in Nagoya, Japan, with the hope of setting international targets. It’s a global issue on the scale of climate change, yet it lacks the media attention. Why? asks Vjekoslav Matic.
Democrats fear electoral butchering as the GOP spends big
Buoyed by funding from outside bodies, the GOP is reaching into deep pockets and is now campaigning for parts of the electoral map once considered safe Democrat seats. The Democrats fear another “Republican Revolution,” writes James Oliphant.
The Democrats are misdiagnosing their health care message
The contentious manner with which the American population regard the Democrats’ health care reform is a failure of communication, not policy. If the party frames the reform in a different context it could be used as a political asset rather than a liability, writes Douglas Schoen.
Farr: Finally, parliament will take the power back
For decades the power of parliament has been eroded by governments and Prime Ministers seizing it for themselves. But Australia’s knife edge election result has changed the ball game - and it’s about time, writes Malcolm Farr.
The time has come to debate Afghanistan
This week Australian politicians undertake a three day debate on the war in Afghanistan. Recent polling suggests most of the population want our troops returned, but the debate will not encompass specific military resolutions.
How to improve public administration
The current crooked state of NSW public administration highlights the need for urgent measures to improve public administration across Australia, so departments can be at the forefront of policy development. Here’s what needs to be done according to Gerry Gleeson.
Panicky govt will stuff up the river
The Government’s panicked reaction to anger over the Murray-Darling Basin plan is straight from the Rudd years. This Government is no better at reform than its predecessor.
With 177 on board, trainee pilot fluffs landing at Gold Coast
A training incident involving an inexperienced pilot and 177 Jetstar passengers at the Gold Coast Airport on May 30 is expected to come under scrutiny at the imminent Senate Inquiry into pilot training and standards.
Crikey Clarifier: what are the ‘currency wars’?
Brazil isn’t happy — other economies are trying to cut the South American powerhouse’s empanada by artificially devaluing their exchange rate amid an “international currency war”. So how fierce could this so-called war get? And what’s the impact?
