Several weeks ago Crikey, and our publisher Private Media, promised our own internal code of conduct. Here it is.
Articles by Sophie Black 
Sideshow Alley: Sideshow Alley: let them eat cake
We salute these valid contributions to dumbing down and deliberately misleading the public and commend them to the public — with extra points to Scullion for simultaneously making politics more stupid and slightly threatening with the wave of a piping bag.
Sideshow Alley: Sideshow Alley: I’m sorry, could you repeat the question?
Each week Sideshow Alley will nominate the latest offerings to the service of dumbing down politics by journalists and/or politicians…
Sideshow Alley: A pair of black court shoes
Each week we’ll nominate the latest offerings to the service of dumbing down politics by journalists and/or politicians and at the end of each month we’ll be asking Lindsay Tanner to write through his pick of the best/worst example.
A step-by-step guide to manufacturing a story, c/o The Oz
This headline appears on page 9 of The Australian today: “Crikey forced to remove fake Abbott story”. That was news to us. Let us explain what happened…
KFC and Cricket Australia: ‘an absolute f-cking disgrace’
Like most sports, cricket is huge for advertisers, and KFC spends a fortune to get involved: at least $8 million according to industry sources, writes Paul Barry.
Everett True: finally, some recognition for white indie male acts
Notice anything familiar about any of the acts? Yes, they’re all from that broad church… white indie music, writes music critic Everett True.
Daily Proposition: Catch Meredith highlight act El Guincho in Perth
In a strong line-up, El Guincho seemed to be the first band to be given The Boot. A tradition that first sprung up at sister festival Golden Plains, there’s no higher honour than witnessing a section of the crowd hold their shoes aloft in a sign of respect for a great performance.
Daily Proposition: Beg for last-minute Meredith Music Festival tix
20 years later, and the annual Meredith Music festival is world renowned as one of, if not the, best music festivals in Australia. What’s its secret? Why does it engender such loyalty and love from patrons?
Former Assange lawyer asks: what about the exculpatory evidence?
James D. Catlin, who acted for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange in London back in October, told Crikey that Swedish authorities still haven’t provided “powerful exculpatory evidence” — a series of SMS messages and tweets sent by the women involved — necessary to obtain an arrest warrant.
Joye: we have an information exchange for equities — why not debt?
This is an extract of a speech presented by Rismark’s Christopher Joye at last week’s LIXI Industry Forum: One of the problems with managing the Byzantine nexus between extreme asset price and credit cycles, and the ordinarily adverse ramifications of these events for our real-economy, is that policymakers have historically had very poor credit data. […]
Inside Tanjung Pinang: the future of offshore processing
The following photos, taken in May and June this year, have been smuggled out of the Australian funded and built detention centre Tanjung Pinang on Bintan island near Singapore.
Border security gets a billion
The government has put its money where its mouth is when it comes to backing its increasingly hardline rhetoric on border security, flagging $1.2 billion Australia’s borders.
Health continues to top the charts
On top of the public hospital reform spending already announced with the COAG agreement, the 2010 Budget invests a further $2.2 billion over four years in health and hospital reform.
@mammaspaghetti outed! Oh isa not nice!
Yesterday, fans of the cult Twitter account @mammaspaghetti were thrilled and dismayed to learn that the writer had outed themself. Meet the man behind the mama.
It’s getting hot in here: climate change an issue in Higgins and Bradfield?
So how will Tony Abbott’s ascension this week affect the green vote in the Higgins and Bradfield by-elections this weekend? Apart from voxpopping the streets of Malvern and sniffing round the food court of Chatswood Chase, it’s hard to say.
Wankley Awards: Liveblogging Trishna and Krishna’s post-op presser
This week’s Wankley Award goes to Paul “Colgo” Colgan of The Punch for liveblogging the marathon surgery that was performed on conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital this week.
Ask the economists: tomorrow’s RBA announcement
We asked the economists for their punt on the RBA’s interest rate announcement tomorrow, just ahead of the race that stops a nation. They say that the numbers will just keep going up…
A tour of Indonesia’s detention centres
First hand experiences of Indonesia’s detention centres, where asylum seekers are treated like animals, beating are frequent, and there’s no access to medical care, education, or adequate food.
Meet Alex and Brindha: a media savvy bunch of boat people
The latest onset of asylum seekers isn’t Rudd’s Tampa, because this time the people aren’t out of sight and out of mind of the media. Will it make the public care?
Meghan McCain: why are people so unkind?
An interesting little Twitter fight is brewing after Meghan “daughter of John now Daily Beast columnist” McCain ‘innocently’ posted a twitpic of herself after tweeting about her “spontaneous night in”…
My ‘Oh Shit’ Moment: Crikey readers tell
We asked Crikey readers if they’ve ever experienced an “Oh Shit” moment on climate change. You know, when suddenly all the science becomes clear and the future seems quite scary.
Wankley Awards: Daryl Somers
Daryl Somers wins this week’s coveted Wankley Award, for not letting a bit of blackface controversy get in the way of crowing about Hey Hey It’s Wednesday’s stellar ratings.
Former sub-editors battle The Age for back pay
Past and present subs at The Age have launched legal action after learning that they have been underpaid for the last ten years. That’s a pretty major mistake.
