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  • Black reporters on the Michelle-O beat: does race play a role?

    Washington Post

    The majority of reporters covering the movements of the Michelle Obama all have one thing in common — they’re African American women. Do these journalists have special insight into the First Lady’s mind, or are inadvertently too invested in her success?

  • Helen Thomas: Obama is a media control freak

    CNS News

    Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas is becoming increasingly worried about the Obama administration’s attempts to control the press, stating that even Nixon didn’t try to exert the same level of control.

  • Anderson vs. Gladwell: fighting over nothing

    The Times (UK)

    The battle between Wired’s Chris Anderson and the New Yorker’s Malcolm Gladwell over Anderson’s book Free rages on. But who’s right? Are we headed for a “freeconomy”, or does everything come at a price?

Online

  • My role in Jeff Goldblum’s death

    John Skelton

    My initial thoughts were to play on the idea of the trifecta of celebrity deaths, Farrah Fawcett having died the day before. The reason for choosing Jeff Goldblum? I don’t know really, he seems like the kind of actor someone would have a strong emotional response to.

  • Wankley Awards: AdelaideNow on Bec Hewitt’s boobs

    Crikey / 5

    AdelaideNow provide more “original, exclusive, highly relevant” News content with their expose on Bec Hewitt’s post-baby chesticles.

Print

  • Not so fast, BRW

    Crikey / 0

    Would the BRW ‘Fast Starters’ list look so robust if they hadn’t used data that was a year old — taken from before the financial crisis hit? Crikey intern Sophie Tarr investigates.

The Ad Business

  • North Korea’s first beer commercial

    Crikey / 0

    North Korea has aired its first ever beer commercial on its state-run television, and it’s pretty spectacular. Don’t worry — we’re pretty sure it doesn’t make any more sense if you speak Korean.

  • Very disturbing vintage ads: into the minds of mad men

    Retro Comedy

    What do murder, pedophilia, suicide and a baby tiger have in common? They’ve all starred in these amazingly disturbing vintage ads!

  • Dutch animal righters one-up PETA

    Ad Freak

    PETA may have cornered the market on graphic, disturbing and inventive ploys to stop people from hurting animals but Dutch non-profit Animals Awake has an ad with a stripper being gutted live, like a fish.

TV & Radio