The AFL decided to stick up for their umpires after Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett said they were “almost bigger than the game” in an interview. What the hell were they thinking? asks Ralph Horowitz.
Herald Sun
Media briefs: The Hun: So glossy it hurts
Iran jails US journalist “spy”… Television more important than human life… e-books vs. newspapers
The week in geek: Amazon fails the Twitter test
Amazon suffered PR carnage when they failed to adequately respond to the mysterious disappearance of gay and lesbian books from their sales lists. Why weren’t they following Twitter?
Media briefs: Fairfax: have sponsor, will travel
The Hun’s prejudicial murder framing … Seattle journos create their own news source … BBC reporter breaches rules on impartiality
Memo to Bolt: race runs deeper than skin colour
Any attention is good attention, right? There’s no other rational way to explain Andrew Bolt’s column in the Herald Sun yesterday.
Media briefs: When live reporting goes bad
The Age’s naughty nurses … image advice for pirates … good news from the slumping UK newspaper sector
Wankley Awards: A fine field of winners
Mmmm we love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning.
Who is the minister some bits of Fairfax refuse to name?
It seems different arms of the Fairfax Media empire are more circumspect than others when it comes to outing Victorian state government ministers, writes Andrew Crook.
Media briefs: Digital marketing Indian style,White House journos get s-xy
Today’s headlines about the headline makers.
New Idea plumbs new depths on Lleyton and Bec
New Idea’s mindblowing stuff-up over Bec Hewitt’s “other man” could be headed for an interesting postscript, writes Andrew Crook.
Brumby’s Grand Prix spinning out of control. Don’t tell Fairfax
Could this be the beginning of the end for the Grand Prix at Melbourne’s Albert Park? Asks Andrew Crook.
With newspapers like the Herald Sun, supression is inevitable
This week alone, there have apparently been 18 suppression orders issued by courts, writes Greg Barns.
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.
News Ltd: the future of features unsure
Margaret Simons spoke with News Limited editorial director Campbell Reid this morning in an attempt to get to the bottom of what is going on with News Limited’s features.
Raging rumours of sackings at News Ltd
Take the rumours of imminent mass sackings with a bit of salt, writes Margaret Simons.
Trujillo and Mexicans: a few words on racial stereotyping
I am worried by the apparent inability of some Australians to recognise racism when it’s in front of them and willingness to defend it when it’s not even their fight, writes Stephen Downes.
Victorian bushfires: disaster p-rn and story telling
The Victorian bushfires could be an opportunity for new relationships between media and public. Instead, the worst of the coverage has been formulaic, writes Margaret Simons.
Wankley Awards: And the Wankley Award goes to…fire reporting
With a sensitive issue comes the need for great sensitivity and accuracy. And so it was with the bushfires, writes Jane Nethercote.
Wankley Awards: And the Wankley Award goes to…fire reporting
With a sensitive issue comes the need for great sensitivity and accuracy. And so it was with the bushfires, writes Jane Nethercote.
Tabloid fire coverage slips into grief p-rn
There are two words which immediately spring to mind over the media’s coverage of the Victorian bushfires – mawkish and disproportionate, writes Greg Barns.
What would Sir Keith think about losing $4.4 billion on one deal?
What was once easily the biggest Australian company is now in danger of falling out of the top 10, writes Stephen Mayne.
Domestic violence crosses cultural barriers
How can the problem be resolved when moronic tabloids across the land turn issues like domestic violence into yet another exercise in shoring up “Australian values”? asks Irfan Yusuf.
News Ltd takes campaign journalism to new heights
The Herald Sun’s relentless campaign to force Victorian Transport Minister Lynne Kosky from office must surely set a new standard for tabloid bullying, writes Andrew Crook.
‘Third party’s’ hand in Herald Sun editor’s sacking
An unnamed “third party” forced last month’s sacking of Herald Sun editor-in-chief Bruce Guthrie, according to court documents lodged today, writes Jonathan Green.
