What’s weird is the way in which Peter Coleman’s tribute to a friend is party-crashed by News Ltd’s suits, like a bunch of Brezhnevite stooges trying to get as close to the coffin as possible.
Frank Devine
Guy Rundle: News Ltd’s Devine interventions
Jane Fraser: RIP Devine
“He was a person who enhanced lives; quick to praise and encourage, slow to criticise and he had more good and true friends than you can imagine,” said Jane Fraser in her eulogy.
Vale Frank Devine: a wise and guiding hand
He was an editor with a hand that guided rather than wielded a big stick.
RIP Frank Devine, editor and columnist
The veteran columnist and editor has just died, aged 77.
Crikey Says: A loss for the climate, but a victory for free speech
The Australian’s continued scepticism on climate change may be bad for the planet, but it’s a victory for independent editorial judgment.
Beecher v Devine: The threat to public trust journalism
The looming prospect of greatly diminished quality journalism in Australia is in my view a discussion that is, at least, a subject worthy of debate rather than derision, writes Eric Beecher.
