The repeated association between Muslims and ‘terrorism’ corresponds to what the linguist George Lakoff and others call ‘framing’, or ‘re-framing’: the selective filtering and packaging of an idea to promote a particular interpretation, writes Fully Sic’s Piers Kelly.
July, 2011
Raising the roof: US tax hikes, spending cuts will solve woes
What would solve America’s debt crisis? A sensible program of tax increases and spending cuts, combined with modest, long-term social security reform.
Property war: analyst v institute over sales data publication
The simmering five-year war of words between property analyst Louis Christopher and Real Estate Institute of Victoria boss Enzo Raimondo has flared again. The dispute centres on the reliability of home sales data and who controls their publication.
The quality journalism project: first up, Laura Tingle
Crikey’s quality journalism project will pick the brains of some of Australia’s most respected journalists, editors and producers to find out what great journalism means to them and where they go to get it. First up is the Australian Financial Review’s political editor Laura Tingle.
Life after REDgroup — Crikey maps the bookshop closures
In 2009, the number of Australian bookshops stood at around 2270. Following the REDgroup administration, and other shop openings and closures, we know that this figure is now around the 2000 mark. Some suburbs and towns are now without a dedicated bookshop, writes Bookseller + Publisher’s Elly Keating.
The threat of the internet to retail
The focus on the woes of the retail sector misses the fact that it’s going to get a lot worse for Australians retailers.
Death of the bookshop: what you pay for when you buy local
Many book lovers might choose to shop locally rather than on overseas websites if they had the chance to ponder some of the implications of their decisions, says editor-in-chief of Bookseller+Publisher magazine Matthia Dempsey.
Breivik and the Right’s right to write … it’s free speech, after all
Writers cannot be held responsible for how people interpret or act on their words, because of a little thing called free will … and the right to free speech, writes Brendan O’Neill, editor of Spiked Online.
CSIRO says sea level claims from Oz expert are dead in the water
The CSIRO is crying foul over a front page article in The Australian last week which “misinterpreted” a report on rising sea levels and claimed the national research body’s model for global warming was “already dead in the water as having no sound basis in probability”.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: US debt: Americans have only themselves to blame
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: US markets continue to fall as debt speculation continues
The second big fall on Wall St comes after Republicans and Democrats again failed to reach an agreement to raise the debt ceiling prompting talk that the US’s AAA credit rating will be lost even if they strike a deal at the eleventh hour.
Daily Proposition: take Lucy’s spiritual journey
Australian comedian Judith Lucy has never been one to hold back. Frank and upfront, she has a style of humour that tends to polarise her audience — you either love her for her brutal honesty, or she sets your teeth on edge. Many people will come into her new show Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey with a preconception […]
Media briefs: Media briefs: NBN hack attack! … Greens v The Oz … Chancellor chats …
Hacking up the truth. Hacking! NBN! An irresistible combination, apparently, for most of the mainstream media this morning after the arrest of a Cowra truck driver and “self-taught hacker” (presumably he couldn’t afford to enrol in a blackhat cracking course at his local tech) who is alleged to have been involved in cracking a number […]
The Media Monitors' Top 20: The carbon tax hype is starting to fade
Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott were still on the campaign trail debating the carbon tax, but the media is finally starting to move on…
Political snippets: Abbott’s pic opp … or just saddle saw
Tony Abbott mounted his charger yesterday to present yet another novel photo opportunity.
Video of the Day: Norway pays tribute to those killed
Norwegian singer sings an eerie tune at a “rose march” in Oslo to honour those killed in the bombing and massacre over the weekend.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Abbott fails to convince Hazelwood. Our Hazelwood tipster is back and, after listening to Julia Gillard’s spruik, went along to Tony Abbott’s talk with plant workers. He reports everyone on site was invited to go and about 90% did, but says Abbott’s spiel was more of a blatant “vote for me” speech than Gillard’s. “He […]
Crikey Says: Crikey says: a good news story
It’s old news to say that great, fearless, time consuming, thankless investigative journalism is up against it.
Take a spiritual journey with Judith Lucy
Part confessional and part religious exploration, it would wrong to assume new TV show Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey is a straight comedy, although it is very funny, writes Matt Smith.
US recession wedges wealth gap between whites and minorities
The “Great Recession” in the US has impacted everyone, but new data is showing that it’s African-American and Hispanic communities that are the most disadvantage from the economic drop.
A 100-page US Army briefing… in Comic Sans
Comic Sans: it’s the font the internet loves to hate. But apparently the US army doesn’t, with an hilarious — but important — 100 page powerpoint presentation written in the dreaded font and full of cheesy internet design.
The 100 most powerful people in the media
It’s time for The Guardian’s annual list of the 100 most powerful and influential people in the media, with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg taking the number one spot from Steve Jobes.
