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Travellers left in lurch as Melbourne company shuts up shop? … we fact-check whether the ABC is a Left “monoculture” … credit cards cut up at Nine …

An anonymous Crikey mole managed to snag a ticket to the Institute of Public Affairs’ 70th birthday party. Find out what Bolt, Murdoch, Rinehart and Abbott got up to …

How can Andrew Bolt point to a graph as showing a “pause” in global warming, when it unequivocally shows the opposite? He’s a propagandist of the highest order.

Your morning tea with John Howard and Albrechtsen … where is Rebekah Brooks? … newspaper chiefs and their high salaries …

Rupert Murdoch has attacked Labor for being racist and portrayed himself as an immigration advocate. Does that ring true, given the stories his newspapers run? Crikey intern Ben Westcott trawls through the archives.

Andrew Bolt certainly likes to talk about freedom of speech, but when it comes down to it, he only wants that freedom for those who agree with him.

Fairfax journalists are rallying to support Adele Ferguson in her stoush with Gina Rinehart. But where is Andrew Bolt, so-called defender of free speech?

The former Labor leader is standing by his reference to Andrew Robb’s mental health issues in a newspaper column last week. He says the Right-wing commentariat has no right to call for his comments to be censored.

US-based blogger Andrew Sullivan is ditching The Daily Beast to go it alone — and is asking readers to pay for it. Could the same approach work for big-name commentators here?

The danger with the anti-discrimination law reform is that it is so particular, baroquely crafted and precise in what it attempts to police, that its operation would not be loud and upfront. Quiet and subtle doesn’t get it done.

Andrew Bolt has gotten into trouble with the press watchdog over his climate change coverage. And other media tidbits of the day.

To examine the criticisms by Andrew Bolt and others (including Julie Bishop) that Julia Gillard should have reported to police about her ex-boyfriend’s “slush fund”, Mark Latham speaks to the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner, Michael McGarvie.

Bolt beats ABC … Fairfax goes Gmail … front page of the day …

The Bolt Report now attracts more viewers in total than Insiders on ABC TV does. It’s been a good year for the right-wing ranter.

The former Labor leader trawls the coverage of the Julia Gillard’s Slater &Gordon affair on Andrew Bolt’s blog to test the allegations — and Bolt’s assertions — against her.

In today’s Media Briefs: Verrender joins Business Spectator … Rundle on Bolt: rewriting history … Front Page of the Day … The Department of Corrections … Elisabeth Murdoch paid almost $4m for running Shine by News …

In today’s Media Briefs: Bolt ain’t got no comments … Nothing sweeter for a sub than a pun headline … SMH Readers’ Editor says things will get worse before getting better … NotW threatened woman over 2008 Max Mosely story and more …