The death of Glenn BeckAfter his successful Restoring Honor rally last year, US shock jock — and Tea Party supporter — Glenn Beck has seen plunging ratings and his show dropped in numerous cities. What happened? Was he too extreme for the conservatives?
March, 2011
Essential: Labor cops a hammering
Labor’s carbon price announcement is further battering an already-damaged brand. There is also strong opposition to the government’s carbon pricing announcement, with 48% of voters opposed compared to 35% in support.
carbon price The brains behind the anti-carbon tax rallies
A disgruntled greens loans and home insulation assessor, a former Victorian public servant turned climate sceptic and a Sydney pacemaker king are the shadowy figures behind a national series of rallies planned to shoot down Julia Gillard’s carbon tax.
Just Chew It: how sport is super-sizing our kids
Crikey launches a special investigation into how fast food marketers use sport and sporting stars to sell their wares. Today, the Big Daddy of them all — McDonalds.
Housing undersupply a NSW problem not likely to be fixed any time soon
We’re facing a significant decline in housing construction, but the problem is primarily one of NSW Labor’s making.
How Al Jazeera leads the world in social media for news reporting
Al Jazeera’s reporting from Egypt’s revolution and now the uprising in Libya has been transformed by the use of social media and social networking tools.
Maley: will American consumers surrender?
So far, equity markets have shrugged off the sinister threat that rising oil prices pose to the global economic recovery. But the deteriorating situation in Libya could force them to rethink their complacency, writes Karen Maley.
Academy of Science: how has our climate changed in the distant past?
During the past million years, the average temperature of the Earth’s surface has risen and fallen by about 5°C, through 10 major ice age cycles. An extract from the Australian Academy of Science shows a varied climate throughout history.
Poll Bludger NSW election snapshot: to speak Illawarra
Polls point to an Illawarra-wide swing against Labor of 21% from a margin of error of about 2.2%.
Data download: lies, damned lies and piracy reports
Illegal downloading will cost the industry over $5 billion by 2016 and “8000 fewer jobs in the core content industries last year”, according to a report in Fairfax papers. But that’s not telling the whole story.
The long view: re-assessing the IPCC science
In a recent speech, Professor Ross Garnaut warned that the latest scientific trends suggested increases in temperatures and sea-level rises were worse than predicted by the IPCC in 2007. Dr Andrew Glikson explains why.
Guy Rundle: Rundle: Libya … neocon era, Western supremacy done and dusted
Arabia must be either an enemy, a colony or a petrol station. There are no other choices.
US deficit is unsustainable … watch out for the ramifications
Like a drug addict who has cleaned out his pockets, it’s time to start stealing from the neighbours.
University staff cut under ‘rank and yank’ ratings scheme
Up to 15 staff face the chop from the University of Western Australia under a new performance benchmarking scheme dubbed “rank and yank” by staff and the education union. Grace Jennings-Edquist reports.
Watch a (good) awful Farrelly flick
Ah, Bobby and Peter Farrelly. Those giants of gross out. Those titans of the toilet bowl. Those pharaohs of the fart joke. Nothing’s changed in Hall Pass. Just as well, says Luke Buckmaster.
Morning Market Report: Positive US employment numbers fail to inspire markets
The all important jobs numbers were in line if not a bit better than expected with the unemployment rate down to 8.9% — the lowest in 22 months.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: There’s no power to the people in NSW
Crikey readers have their say.
Media briefs: Birds and newsmen … newspaper audit investigations … news junkies care about community …
Did 60 Minutes break the law in revealing the girl at the centre of the St Kilda football scandal? Plus, the birds are back at Channel Nine, NT News watch and a whole truckload of tasty media morsels.
Political snippets: Keneally takes the bus for a spin
The NSW election race means the spinners will stop at nothing.
Video of the Day: A boring year for a book
Poor books. Their fancy pants tech cousins iPads and e-readers have come and stolen the spotlight, leaving them lingering under couches and unread. This short film tells their sad story: The Diary of a Disappointed Book from Studiocanoe on Vimeo.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Undiplomatic response on Rudd visit. Which senior Australian diplomat was heard slamming Kevin Rudd during his speech at a recent function, describing his own personal “misfortune” of not only having to deal with the foreign minister twice in the previous few days, but that he’d have to suffer even more when Rudd was back in […]
Crikey Says: The climate’s changing
The climate’s changing rapidly. And we’re not talking about cO2 levels.
