The blog post that got a Courier-Mail subbie sacked, no news probably isn’t good news for Ian Macfarlane, customs staff don’t land on Free Parking, and a tasty tip-off on the McPherson LNP preselection candidates.
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Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: The McPherson LNP preselection candidates revealed
In Soviet News Corp, typo edits you
The pot looked rather black after “a doozy of a typo” appeared in the Oz opinion page headline yesterday over the extract of John Hartigan’s speech.
Crikey Says: Kevin 1, Rupert 0
As practising political pragmatists, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister both did something counter-intuitive this week: they openly and deliberately criticised News Limited.
Lacey brothers jailed for shooting: now the post mortem
The Lacey affair has placed Queensland’s criminal justice system under a considerable strain. But somehow the Courier-Mail has taken only a passing interest.
Tips and rumours: Rudd Government buying laptops from Aldi?
The screws must be really tightening in Canberra, if one tipster is to be believed, while another overhears whispers of redundancies at the Courier Mail.
Tips and rumours: Courier Mail evacuated
Courier Mail employees evacuated … Rudd Government’s budget a shambles …
Pauline Hanson: it was not me. I’m suing
“I’ve had enough. The truth is that is not me in those photos.” Pauline Hanson insists that the celebrated weekend nudes were not her, writes Jonathan Green.
Anna Bligh’s cut and paste ministry
This leaked email from The Courier Mail’s Steven Wardill says a lot about the current cut and paste media cycle.
No prejudice at the Courier Mail, just bloody Muslims
Heck, why be offended by a computer game of “modern religious genocide”, asks Irfan Yusuf.
Local identity still matters: Australian news on the web
An analysis of visitor numbers for Australia’s newspaper websites reveals that local identity matters, writes Peter Browne.
ASIC’s investigation into hedge fund collusion a waste of time
ASIC boss, Tony D’Alosio told a Senate Committee Hearing last week that the watchdog will investigate whether hedge funds had colluded to short-sell stocks. The investigation may be a waste of time, writes Adam Schwab.
Tips and rumours
Word in some circles in Canberra is that no less than five Liberal MPs are suffering serious psychological difficulties post their election loss. They’re not just feeling down in the dumps but are having real difficulties coping. It is not known whether any are receiving medical treatment.
Yesterday’s “Tips and rumours” asked : “Are there any […]
Tips and rumours
Things are so bad at Channel Nine that they have stopped employing IT staff on public holidays. The most recent example was Saturday. You need look no further than the ninemsn website. Not a single story uploaded to the website on Australia Day. Nine has a website that wants you to believe on public holidays […]
Sydney vs Melbourne: the missing newspaper readers
A few days after John Howard announced the date of this year’s federal election the Australian Press Council released a supplement to its 2006 State of the News Print Media in Australia report. Badly timed, the supplement sank without a trace. Which is a pity, writes Peter Browne.
The Queensland Liberal leadership farce is Dante-esque
I’m not certain if anyone held up a sign with the inscription “abandon hope, all ye who enter here” before Brendan Nelson signalled he would intervene in the Queensland Libs’ leadership farce, but he’ll quickly discover what it feels like to be in purgatory, if not hell, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Election 07: The newpapers’ choice this time round
On the eve of Election 07, the major papers have taken the opportunity to endorse their favoured party. And there’s a marked difference from 2004, especially in the News Limited papers.
Citizen Crikey: Bringing the marginals to you
Citizen Crikeys are hard at it, reporting on the election from their marginal seats. How much pork has rolled into town? Are there any lampposts left with candidates nailed to them? And what songs does Liberal candidate for Makin Bob Day play when he sings for voters?
Reality check: TV takes the election seriously
A common claim by we of the superior intellect and a proper concern for the affairs of the nation is that television news, especially the commercial variety, neglects its duty to educate the masses by pandering to their ignorance, writes Richard Farmer.
Courier-Mail not taking criticism lying down
Predictably Brisbane’s Courier-Mail has gone on the offensive after the release of an academic report revealing shortcomings in the way it covers elections, writes Andrew Dodd.
Bahnisch: Galaxy Poll shows things will be close in Queensland
The Courier-Mail is this morning touting a Galaxy Poll which purports to show Labor winning only two additional seats in Queensland – Bonner and Moreton, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Today’s polls
First day of Election ‘07. We bring you our poll wrap.
Will Swan’s untidy past come back to bite him?
Crikey understands a News Limited tabloid is preparing a piece on our alternative treasurer – a detailed piece that will revisit a potentially embarrassing episode.
John Howard’s Queensland problem
The long running federal police investigation into the affairs of several Liberal MPs isn’t the only incipient disaster for John Howard in Queensland.
