Perhaps the most striking recent example of Australia’s supine cross-media ownership laws was the decision by ACMA to allow Lachlan Murdoch to remain as a director of News Corp while clearly influencing Network Ten.
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Rinehart won’t find a Fairfax
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Gina Rinehart is likely to find investing in Fairfax Media a deeply frustrating experience, whether she’s trying to influence the newspapers or just make money.
Sandalgate: and the most gratuitous media reference is …
Today Crikey bestows an old pair of sandals as an award for the most gratuitous media reference to personal appearance.
10 most memorable Megaphone moments of 2011
In 2011, Australia’s Megaphones have been louder than ever. Jones, Bolt, Hadley and co. have had a say in how this country’s run – and caused plenty of controversy in the process. Here are their 10 most memorable moments.
Bolt: I want marriage equality for all
To point out the blindingly obvious, many of us regardless of sexuality want to get married; we want the ceremony that is such a significant marker in life’s journey, writes Stephanie Bolt, sister of Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt.
New Climategate emails reveal life is tough for scientists
The cache of emails reveals the difficulties that climate scientists have in going about their everyday work, particular under a constant barrage of Freedom of Information requests and public criticism, writes freelancer Graham Readfearn.
Good Weekend‘s must-read Andrew Bolt profile
Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt has few friends, but Opposition leader Tony Abbott begged him to keep fighting the good conservative fight. John van Tiggelen eats dinner with Australia’s most powerful megaphone.
How will Andrew Bolt respond to his GW profile?
After quite a delay, the Good Weekend cover story on Andrew Bolt will finally be distributed in more than 500,000 Fairfax broadsheet papers. How will he respond?
Mayne: News Ltd launches pre-emptive attack on Finkelstein inquiry
News Ltd is working hard to discredit the Finkelstein media inquiry before it has even begun public hearings in Melbourne tomorrow.
Protecting sources … when is a journalist not a journalist?
Just who is and isn’t a journalist is yet to be tested in court. One day, surely, it will be and that will be very interesting indeed. Is bad journalism, such as Andrew Bolt’s recent litigated inaccuracies, still journalism. Is good blogging journalism? Interesting questions.
Rundle: Bolt stuck between left and right
The Right has sought to portray Andrew Bolt’s support as coming solely from its own side. Yet this is the opposite of the truth.
Bolt’s fear and loathing … of the pokies, of course
Andrew Bolt — forced to correct the record over the weekend the weekend for his law-breaking articles on nefarious light-skinned Aborigines — also has a long, proud history of commentating on Australia’s pokies legislation.
Media briefs: NYT lost in translation … Bolt’s ex exists … Sunrise not broken …
Nice to see Andrew Bolt’s one-time fiancée Sue Walshe coming out in Saturday’s Age following Crikey’s revelations last Tuesday that she actually existed and that the duo were definitely engaged. Plus other media news.
Crikey Says: Andrew Bolt’s readers save the day
Andrew Bolt’s rights have been trampled on, freedom of speech has been denied to him and he has been silenced. Sort of.
Double-page ‘correction’ for Bolt’s racial discrimination
The Herald Sun has been ordered to publish two humiliating double-page corrections spelling out why two of Andrew Bolt’s articles shamed light-skinned members of the Aboriginal community.
Andrew Bolt’s secret ex-fiancée revealed
Anne Summers’ profile of Andrew Bolt in the October edition of The Monthly looks set to become one of the most successful commissions in editor Ben Naparstek’s 30-month reign as editor.
Denmore on Bolt: the #1 journalistic imperative should always be the truth
Even our most respected media observers have been arguing against the Andrew Bolt High Court ruling. But here’s something to remember: freedom of speech is crucial but the truth is more important, writes Mr Denmore.
The controversial Bolt profile
It’s the Andrew Bolt profile everyone’s been talking about. Anne Summers wrote nearly 7000 words on the Herald Sun’s most notorious columnist. Check it out while the paywall is still down.
Blow-ups aplenty At Home With The Bolts
If the makers of At Home With Julia are looking for a sequel, then the last few days would provide plenty of illuminating material for a comedy called At Home With The Bolts.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Remember the Bourbons
Crikey readers have their say.
After a phenomenal peak, is Andrew Bolt in decline?
It is hard to remember a time when so much public debate focused on one journalist as what Andrew Bolt is going through at the moment.
Guy Rundle: Bolt decision represents an ideological bind
The Andrew Bolt judgment (Boltgate? Gatebolt) has had and will have a lot of keystrokes devoted to it over the next while, but most of them will be from either the liberal-left, the cultural left, or the Right.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Andrew Bolt and holding journalism to acount
Crikey readers have their say.
Bolt decision: ‘Irresponsible journalism illegal’? Think again
Making “irresponsible” journalism illegal? You don’t have to like Andrew Bolt to find that notion worrying, but dressing up this week’s decision as a major assault on freedom of speech is putting it far too high.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Andrew Bolt et al
Crikey readers have their say.
