In today’s Media Briefs: inappropriate ad placement #548,958, crocodiles dominate the NT News, footage of JFK’s last night made public after 47 years, Hamish and Andy set to sign with Nine and more…
February, 2011
The Media Monitors' Top 20: It’s the Scott Morrison show
Scott Morrison shoots all the way up to third — shoot as in foot.
Video of the Day: The Christchurch aftermath
Two Christchurch boys ride their bikes around their city post-earthquake to survey the damage. Most of this footage is from the outskirts of the inner city, from outside the inner section police have cordoned off.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
“Aviation insider” on Virgin Blue culture. The disturbing report of two Virgin Blue staffers suing over claims they were sacked because they were pregnant is symptomatic of the rather strained, often poisonous, culture that exists in an organisation that, two years ago, was held up as one of the best places to work, was viewed as […]
Crikey Says: Crikey says: data p-rn
As far as surveys go, the scope of this one is pretty breathtaking.
PHOTO GALLERY 
Gaddafi: the stylish fashions of a murderer
While other world leaders wear suits to international meetings, Colonel Gaddafi of Libya dons bright capes and handmade photo brooches. If he wasn’t a dictator that oppresses his citizens, he’d be quite the fashion catch.
Could the Justin Bieber 3D movie actually be…good?
The idea of watching a Justin Bieber concert documentary in 3D may be frightening for some, but David Edelstein become a self-professed “true Belieber.”
Libya 
Gaddafi and his hidden billions
It is likely the Gaddafi family have siphoned billions of dollars from Libya’s oil reserves. How much they have is difficult to ascertain and where they hid it even harder, writes Tom Bawden and John Hooper.
The Christchurch earthquake: a horror in daylight
Back in September a common response to the earthquake in Christchurch was “imagine what this would be like if it happened in the daytime.” Now, sadly, Christchurch doesn’t have to imagine.
Exhibit A: your Facebook profile
Facebook is increasingly being used as a tool through which lawyers pick and choose potential jurors. It is the latest example of how social media is changing the US court system, writes Ana Campoy and Ashby Jones.
Christchurch’s deadly quake
Crikey liveblog: Christchurch has woken to a scene of utter devastation this morning, with some 300 still trapped in CBD buildings, 75 dead and grave concerns the Grand Chancellor hotel may collapse.
Virgin Blue’s motherhood statement: You’re fired
Virgin Blue is big on new world glamor and old world hypocrisy today, launching new uniforms at the same time that two former employees start legal action over their dismissal for being pregnant, writes Ben Sandilands.
An inflationary kick along
Uncertainty in the Middle East has a price, as reflected by 1 April futures for Brent crude oil published on the ICE Exchange last night, writes Richard Farmer.
The case of two men shot dead and a claim of diplomatic immunity
The Pakistani government has been reportedly keen to find a way to release Raymond Davis, the American who shot dead two Pakistani youths. But, as Shakira Hussein observed earlier in the month, there’s no easy way out of this one, writes Richard Farmer.
Newspoll: 62-38 to Coalition in NSW
The latest NSW Newspoll has Labor on 23% and the Coalition on exactly double that, leveling out to 62-38 two party preferred, which in this unusual climate is actually good news for Labor, writes William Bowe.
The oily nature of Gaddafi and Libya
As tensions rise in Libya against dictator Muammar Gaddafi, as does the price of oil across the world. Vivienne Walt explains the role of the liquid gold in the unstable nation.
asylum seekers 
The children that arrive alone
Almost half the children held in immigration detention in Australia arrived without their parents, with the number spiking in recent years. This brilliant interactive ABC site examines the phenomena of the “castaway kids”.
aviation industry Why high fuel could mean no air fares at all
It’s almost time for ‘duh’ headlines to appear about how bad high oil prices will be for airlines and air travellers as the Middle East sees more ‘changes’ in the relationships between rulers and ruled, writes Ben Sandilands.
New angle for the Coalition? Asylum seekers and child p-rn…
A Liberal senator has gone fishing trying to connect asylum seekers and child pornography.
Guy Rundle: Why the silence on Libya?
Listen to the sound of the pro-war party rushing to demand that their governments respond to the Libyans’ call. Nothing. The Right’s gradual and encroaching silence about the Arab uprisings is a wonder to behold.
Gaddafi’s fate hangs in the balance
Pundits who, in the wake of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, extolled the power and virtue of non-violence, have been brought up short by the events of recent days in Libya.
Libya Gaddafi’s regime is dissolving fast
Several Libyan ambassadors, including in Washington, the UN and India, resigned or declared their allegiance with protesters. But Libya’s Ambassador in Australia declined to make a statement this morning.
Secret $40 million windfall for Great Gatsby despite no koalas, kangaroos
A storm is brewing over the $40 million set to be paid out to Baz Luhrmann’s Hollywood blockbuster The Great Gatsby, with angry film industry insiders saying the decision ignores the main game of proper investment in local productions.
