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..
Articles by 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
Chinese government atwitter as clampdown continues
When China’s last big earthquake hit in 1976, rumours were spread by word of mouth. Now it’s twitter, not that you’ll hear a peep from the official press, writes Jane Nethercote.
Weekly Wankley Award goes to…a typo
Even at Crikey, we sometimes get self-righteousness fatigue. Truly, writes Jane Nethercote.
The fop is in: Boris Johnson wins London mayoral race
London’s mayoral race was a chance for locals to air their grievances about national politcs. And Tory pin-up Boris Johnson won, writes Jane Nethercote.
Weekly Wankley Award: Headline of the Week and more
It looked like Sydney’s Daily Telegraph would take out Crikey’s Headline of the Week but the Sydney Morning Herald pipped them at the post, writes Jane Nethercote.
ABC’s Logie push puts gold in PBL Media’s coffers
You wouldn’t expect the ABC to encourage its audience to give money to Consolidated Media Holdings. But it is, in a roundabout way, writes Jane Nethercote.
Crikey’s Weekly Wankley Award: It’s time to cut the fat
Andrew Jaspan’s fortnight from hell and an FHM poll that got more attention than it deserves are under the spotlight this week, writes Jane Nethercote.
Pay-per-view not a blogger’s friend
What’s more important for a website’s longevity? Who’s reading? Or how many people are reading? Jane Nethercote poses some questions.
It’s over: Princess Diana inquest ends
Has a conspiracy theory ever been treated to such a thorough going over? wonders Jane Nethercote.
Offence is a wicked marketing strategy
It was on a trip to the beach over Easter that I first really looked at a Wicked Camper van. Shocked sensibilities ensued, writes Jane Nethercote.
2020 Summit snubs over-75s and Queenslanders
So who are these 1,000, or should we say 890, people? wonder Possum Comitatus and Jane Nethercote.
And the Wankley goes to … radio jocks
Well-known psychic to the stars Derryn Hinch has been doing his old “I know how he died” routine. But he’s not our winner, writes Jane Nethercote.
Is Earth Hour about the planet or the plugs?
Earth Hour might have noble aspirations, but the execution is a little murkier, writes Jane Nethercote.
And the almost Wankley goes to … Beavers!
There is no Friday in this working week, so there will be no Wankley Award as such. However, we would like to salute beavers everywhere, writes Jane Nethercote.
And the Wankley Award goes to…
Ok, Eddie McGuire and Sam Newman have done their bit to promote early detection of prostate cancer. However, writes Jane Nethercote.
When it comes to hackneyed phrases… Rudd is king
A whispering noise that will soon turn to a roar: ENOUGH WITH THE CLICHES, KEV, writes Jane Nethercote.
Harvard reacts to John Howard
What did the student body make of Howard’s Harvard University lecture? asks Jane Nethercote.
And the Weekly Wankly Award goes to…not Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze was just the sideshow this week. But what a side show, writes Jane Nethercote.
US08 wrap: Is this the beginning of the end?
It’s now or never for Hillary Rodham Clinton, writes Jane Nethercote.
