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Articles by Jane Nethercote 
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.
And the Wankley Award goes to … SMH’s Apple obsession
Last night, Apple opened a modest store. The Sydney Morning Herald was determined that Mac not hide its light under a bushel, writes Jane Nethercote..
And the Wankley Award goes to … a great tackle
Do we really believe that the designers at The Age didn’t see this one coming? wonders Jane Nethercote.
ABC tells kids: save the planet or DIE
Children of the 80s were taught to fear AIDS. Now it’s the environmental menace. And the ABC has been stoking the fires, writes Jane Nethercote.
Wankley Award goes to … Fairfax’s dumb FHM survey
Another Sunday, another FHM survey picked up and run as a story by the reputable papers, writes Jane Nethercote.
And the Wankley Award goes to … The Footy Show
When did Channel Nine decide that Sam Newman needed to “take a break”? Certainly not straight after that stunt, writes Jane Nethercote.
Child s-xualisation: a month of stories
The s-xualisation of children — and more specifically, girls — has been a big topic over the last month or so. From the frivolous to the serious, it seems a tipping point has been reached, writes Jane Nethercote.
The Daily Telegraph’s Tour of rooty
From the land of improbably weird stories, comes another mind-bender: the alleged Tania Zaetta special forces s-x scandal, writes Jane Nethercote
