The original tip alluded that the 5pm Ten News failed to cover the Japan earthquake.
March, 2011
Confusing media blur: watching the quake from shaky Tokyo
All that has followed Friday’s earthquake has now merged in a continuous blur, writes Ben Davis. Continuously, he flicks between several local and foreign media sources, while listening to streaming audio updates.
Labor’s problems: lack of guts and personnel
Labor’s problems aren’t about an inability to sell reforms such as a carbon price, but run deeper.
Political snippets: McClelland in, Rudd out as Gillard changes emphasis
That there is something strange and a little strained in the relations between the camps of the Prime and Foreign ministers looked even more apparent last night.
Pilots closer to industrial action as Qantas efficiencies bite
The Australian and International Pilots Association is holding back on filing for a ballot of members to approve resorting to protected industrial action pending last-ditch negotiations over a new EBA.
ABC lined up Assange for Gillard — but denies ambush
Julia Gillard was given no prior knowledge of Julian Assange’s appearance on Q&A, while the ABC has also told Crikey his prickly question was sought out by the show’s producers because of its news value.
Nuclear myths in meltdown, in Japan and here
Amid all the quotes about Japan’s unfolding nuclear crisis that have galvanised the world’s attention, one stood out, writes Giles Parkinson of Climate Spectator.
Mid-East uprising stopped in its tracks by West’s strategic uncertainty
The uprisings in the Middle East have been stopped dead in their tracks by a ferocious reaction from some of the world’s worst dictatorships, emboldened by international apathy.
The Long View: earth climate in unchartered territory
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are losing mass at an accelerating pace much sooner than model forecasts have predicted, writes Dr Andrew Glikson.
Online travel site declares war on booking fees
US-owned online travel website Expedia has allegedly “declared war on travel booking fees”.
Academy of Science: how to deal with the uncertainty in the science
A balanced assessment of the available evidence and prior knowledge allows us to attach levels of confidence to the findings of climate science.
Daily Proposition: Go ‘ethnic’, mate
Throw that “Cheap Eats” guide aside! Close the browser on that pretentious food blog! “Ethnic clubs” — you know, the ones usually tucked away amidst the side streets of an assuming working class suburb — are a great night out, says Mike Stuchbery.
The Long View: climate change policies a soft target
Attacks that seek to blame climate-change policies such as the Renewable Energy Target (RET) and carbon pricing for skyrocketing energy bills are becoming increasingly shrill, writes Lane Crockett, general manager Australia, Pacific Hydro.
Guy Rundle: Rundle: Libya and how support has gone from Lenin to Godot
How did the anti-imperialist left get to this pitiful point, where the consistent expression of their policy on a revolution is a more or less tranquillised indifference as to what might be done to help it?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: An obscene indifference to human suffering
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Japan disaster brings markets down
The Dow was down 147 at its worst reacting to the full extent of the earthquake in Japan and subsequent nuclear power plant explosions.
First Gatsby, now Miller … how American stories win Aussie film funds
How Australian is Arthur Miller’s 1955 classic A View From The Bridge? A new Australian film production is testing definitions and sparking renewed debate on funding, writes Grace Jennings-Edquist.
Media briefs: Al Qa’ida’s beauty mag … why we prefer net news … pay TV’s best …
ABC News 24 ditches 24 hours coverage of Japanese disaster, phone hacking: Panorama to name sixth journalist in News of the World scandal and other media news.
Video of the Day: The town of 10,000 dead
Minamisanriku, a town on Japan’s coast, may suffer the biggest losses of the whole tsunami, with a possible 10,000 dead. This raw footage showing the tsunami pouring through the town.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Myer’s limited online shopping experience. Things are not off to a good start for Bernie Brookes’ new online “direct from China” shopping website. The expansive selection of one kitchen appliance, two computers and three or four saucepans has come a cropper, thanks to the fact the selection is so poor and many of the items […]
Crikey Says: Staring down the geiger counter
As we go to press, a resident in Tokyo live streams their geiger counter and all eyes watch the radiation levels rise.
