Crikey readers have their say.
November, 2010
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The decline of generosity
Morning Market Report: Markets up on back of big Wall St gains
The Dow Jones closed up 173 overnight — its best gain in two weeks.
Daily Proposition: Build a kingdom out of Lego
Aside from cycling around the neighbourhood wearing super cool stack-hats, Super Mario 3 marathons on the Nintendo and that awkward phase when jigsaw puzzles became cool again, Cat Wall’s childhood was largely defined by Lego.
Media briefs: Bureau rules on paper circ … AFL draft blunders … free beer! …
With total newspaper circulation continuing their decline, any good news is worth trumpeting. But it seems the Daily Tele may have used some “creative counting” when boasting about a new lead over its rival. Plus, some cracker media blunders from the AFL draft and the free beer exposé.
Political snippets: Shamed by the Chinese?
As Australia continues to dither about dealing with CO2 emissions, there are reports that China is preparing to take action by introducing a cap-and-trade system.
Video of the Day: Angry Irish politician abuses government
Ireland’s economy is in a bit of strife at the moment and Irish Labour politician Pat Rabbitte launched a passionate attack on Fianna Fáil member Pat Carey, a minister in the Irish government, declaring “you have destroyed this economy … it’s the fault of the Irish government and you ought to be ashamed of where […]
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Engine troubles since 2008? On the night the A380 problem happened, I sent Qantas this link about an airworthiness directive … First A380-related airworthiness directive orders Trent vane check European safety regulators have drawn up the first airworthiness directive relating to the Airbus A380, mandating checks for cracking of vanes in Rolls-Royce Trent 900 high-pressure turbines. […]
Crikey Says: The lie that travelled halfway around the world…
How far ahead of his time Mark Twain was when he said a century before the internet: “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
book reviews 
How it Feels — by Brendan Cowell
Sex, drugs, suicide, misogynistic high school shenanigans - nothing is out of reach in Brendan Cowell’s bold coming-of-age novel. Cowell uses strong language but only skims the surface dramatically, writes Angela Meyer.
Don’t be jealous of Middleton: being a royal is way over-rated
Prince William’s engagement to Kate Middleton will undoubtedly bring out the green-eyed monster from woman around the world. But being a royal actually isn’t much fun, writes Andrew Roberts.
Grand sale! Grand sale! All Tweets must go
Twitter has unravelled a new business strategy: selling wholesale tweets. Want to purchase six months worth of everything posted on Twitter? It’ll cost you around US$360,000, writes Marshall Kirkpatrick.
Wankley Awards: And the Wankley goes to… the Cairns Post, not playing hard to get
Oprah’s coming to Oz, haven’t you heard? Excitement is building across the nation, nowhere more than the Cairns Post newsroom which has run a five-day media campaign trying to entice the chat show queen to the north of the Sunshine State.
healthcare Beyond hospital bed tallies: how about some innovation?
According to most media coverage, health reform is all about having more hospital beds and more doctors. The debate of course extends a lot further than that, and some answers for Australia could be found in the US health care system, writes Dr Lesley Russell.
Critiquing the catwalk: Melbourne vs Sydney in the strut for superiority
A war for cultural prominence has long been a-ragin’ between Melbourne and Sydney, especially in the swanky designer fashion biz. Melbournians prefer dark “emo” style garb while Sydney-siders have more colour and flair, writes Nicole Barron.
AFL Draft 2010 does a Trioli
About the only thing more micro-managed than TV News and politics is the AFL and AFL clubs. They pride themselves on slick professionalism and media management — and don’t often muck up. But a few hilarious bloopers unfolded yesterday, notes Leigh Josey.
PHOTO GALLERY The haunting images of a dying child
Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer prize for feature photography — so yes, it’s a little old, but trust us, you’ll want to see this — this heartbreaking series portrays a single mother caring for her young son in his losing battle with cancer.
Here comes Mybook and Facespace
Everybody knows Myspace lost the war against Facebook a long time ago, but the formerly mighty music sharing website now appears to have conceded defeat by implementing a new Facebook login feature, reports Nick O’Neill.
Thiess and its code of ethics
Apparently the senior management at Theiss, currently embroiled in a union scandal, knew nothing about what was happening out in the field at their Victorian desalination plant. Too bad they didn’t follow their own company ethics, notes Richard Farmer.
Grog: Could the real Paul Howes please stand up?
So-called “faceless” union man Paul Howes has bold visions for the future of the ALP, but sadly you won’t find them in his new book, writes Greg Jericho at Grog’s Gamut.
podcast Pure Poison Podcast #2
In this week’s Pure Poison Podcast, Jeremy and Dave discuss Paul Howes whining about trolls, America’s-man-shooting-TV-over-Bristol-Palin-dancing incident, “anonymous” anti-Green flyers and more.
Marriage declines in the US but the family remains strong
Nearly four in 10 Americans (39%) now believe that marriage is obsolete according to a new Pew Research Center nationwide survey, conducted in association with TIME magazine, writes Richard Farmer.
Rolls-Royce under fire over A380 engines
Airbus is seeking compensation from Rolls-Royce for the additional costs it is incurring because of the serious issues that have emerged with the Trent 900 engine used by Qantas, Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa on their A380 fleets, reports Ben Sandilands.
