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Richard Wilkins’ Goldblum gaffe
Do’s and Don’ts for Richard Wilkins: don’t repeat everything you read on Twitter. At least, not on live television, writes Sophie Black.
Woman’s Day saves and severs a marriage
Woman’s Day splashes with a story on Lisa Curry’s wedding split… then runs an ad for 30 Plus that Curry credits for “saving her marriage…”
Gordon Ramsay, overcooked
Gordon Ramsay wins this week’s coveted Wankley.
Chris Mitchell’s climate change award
Most editors would beg an oil and energy lobby group to take their trophy back. Not Chris Mitchell.
The Daily Tele swallows a fake Picasso
The Daily Tele reported last week that a young Sydney woman took her online Picasso to an “antiques roadshow” in Dee Why and it was verified as authentic. If only they’d got a second opinion…
Deceptive toddlers and fabricated bogans
Viral marketing, vested interests and self promotion tricked up as news, nothing new to see here folks… But here’s a Wankley anyhow.
Outstanding achievements in PR
This week’s Wankley goes to some truly magnificent achievements in PR.
This week’s gong goes to …. Golden Tonsils
An old friend reappeared from the wilderness last night…
And the Wankley goes to… Quadrant
This week’s coveted golden statuette goes to Quadrant for the their thoughtful contribution to The Monthly saga.
Gongs for Herald Sun’s over-eager eulogising and a Yowie expert
The Friday edition would not be complete without a nod to the best ‘expert’ of the week: Tim the Yowie Man. Crikey intern Elly Keating.
Australian TV news producers pick Mel over Kim
It was the story that enthralled the world’s news editors, writes Neil Walker. A matter of great importance: Mel Gibson’s divorce.
A fine field of winners
Mmmm we love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning.
And the Wankley goes to … The Daily Tele’s gore porn.
The Daily Tele takes the beat-up to a whole new gory level.
And the Wankley goes to … Ben Cousinsmania
We tried. God we tried. But in the end Crikey couldn’t ignore the all consuming hype surrounging the return to AFL football by Ben Cousins, writes Leigh Josey.
And the Wankley goes to …the Scottish Sunday Express
The Scottish Sunday Express scoured the social networking website pages of two of the survivors of the 1996 Dunblane Primary School to get a story, writes Neil Walker.
And the Wankley goes to… sh-t-storm in a tea cup
It came as quite the shock to reporters nation-wide when their virgin ears were assaulted by Kevin Rudd’s foul-mouthed proclamation that politicians might be engaged in a “political sh-t-storm”, writes Ruth Brown.
This week’s Wankley goes to… the monster raving loony media
Joke election candidates are such a lark, aren’t they? Neil Walker reports.
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…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 goes to… heatwave hysteria
This week’s Wankley award goes to media organisations for their ridiculously over-the-top weather coverage, writes Ruth Brown.
And the Wankley goes to … the NT News
Hats off the the Northern Territory News for showing some real, red-blooded news judgment.
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