Which politician hasn’t been at a podium somewhere in the past 24 hours spouting their own brand of rhetoric?
Articles by Jane Nethercote 
Wankley Awards: James “independent media” Murdoch
James Murdoch this week launched an attack on the BBC, announcing that it’s essential for the “future of independent digital journalism that a fair price can be charged for news to people who value it”. So, no free news allowed.
Crikey wrap: Yahoo + Microsoft = Google killer?
Yahoo has 20% of the search engine market, Microsoft 8% and Google 65%. So it was perhaps a no-brainer that Microsoft and Yahoo would eventually hook up to defeat their common enemy. Here’s what pundits are saying about the deal.
Harry Potter film #357: what critics are saying
Nourish your inner child — well more like your inner gawky, slow-blossoming teen — with Crikey’s gratuitous look at what critics make of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
The Obama perve that wasn’t
In a photo that made its way around the world, Obama appears to check out a woman with a lovely behind at the G8. It wasn’t really a true moment (as video later showed) but that didn’t stop news outlets.
Michael Jackson’s death: a media timeline
Michael Jackson’s death — how the media reports of his death unfolded on Friday morning.
Obama judges Sonia supreme
Who is Sonia Sotomayor? And why did President Obama pick her to replace David Souter on the US Supreme Court bench?
A week in the life of California, troubled state
Excess might be what Californians do best but it’s coming back to bite them right about … now.
Rumsfeld’s Iraq “crusade” revealed
For the first time, GQ has revealed the top secret briefings issued by US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s Pentagon not long after the Iraq invasion. Tacky is a kind interpretation; dangerous is another.
What Times readers really care about
Everyone loves a wordle — and everyone loves to see what readers actually read (as opposed to what they purport to read).
Video of the Day: Muppets take Madoff
As Bernie Madoff’s mansion and yacht are seized, the Sesame Street gang remind you how he lost billions.
Wankley Awards: And the Wankley Award goes to…fire reporting
With a sensitive issue comes the need for great sensitivity and accuracy. And so it was with the bushfires, writes Jane Nethercote.
Wankley Awards: And the Wankley Award goes to…fire reporting
With a sensitive issue comes the need for great sensitivity and accuracy. And so it was with the bushfires, writes Jane Nethercote.
And the Wankley Award goes to… Paul Sheehan
Sydney Morning Herald columnist Paul Sheehan had many things to say on Monday about the challenge of migration. But the last paragraph stole the show, writes Jane Nethercote.
What was left unsaid in reporting the Lewincamp defamation
The payout was big, but bigger was what the Lewincamp judgment said about the conduct of The Bulletin’s journalism, writes Jane Nethercote.
And the unWankley Award goes to … Australian TV news
Sometimes it’s important to give encouragement. So this week we’d like to give a supersized unWankley Award, writes Jane Nethercote
ABC’s Jon Faine treads a fine line with nowwearetalking
Jon Faine, 774 ABC presenter, is an intrepid interviewer, able to spot a conflict of interest at 20 paces. But his travel blogging raises interesting questions, writes Jane Nethercote.
And the Wankley goes to … Sunday, bloody Sunday
Nicole Kidman had a baby. How nice. That was all there was to the story really. Unfortuntaely, newspapers still had to find something to say, writes Jane Nethercote.
