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Andrew Bolt believes gay men are more promiscuous, and if allowed to marry will encourage heterosexual men to follow suit. Four letters come to mind: “ROFL”, writes Malcolm Turnbull.

McCrann and Bolt have become self-appointed chief leaders in Gina Rinehart’s attempt to seize board and editorial control of Fairfax Media.

Tim Flannery was taken out of context and ridiculed over comments he made to an Australian Medical Association conference. It’s unfair, writes AMA President Dr Steve Hambleton.

A huge chunk from Andrew Bolt’s latest angry “society is crumbling” article was lifted wholesale from his 2006 effort, writes Cam Smith.

Crikey readers have their say.

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.

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.

Today Crikey bestows an old pair of sandals as an award for the most gratuitous media reference to personal appearance.

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.

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.

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.

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?

News Ltd is working hard to discredit the Finkelstein media inquiry before it has even begun public hearings in Melbourne tomorrow.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.