Yet again we’re being told the internet is a frontier that needs closing — this time by the Press Council.
Mainstream media
Superinjunctions, phone hacks and WikiLeaks: media at the crossroads
Phone hacking, superinjunctions and WikiLeaks sum up the problems of the UK media — which are being replicated here. Forget about a statutory protection of privacy in this environment.
Twitter v the MSM: covering Gaddafi’s war against reality
Twitter is supposed to lack credibility as a news source compared to the mainstream media. But not, it seems, when it comes to rehashing propaganda from Gaddafi.
When governments know less than their citizens
The traditional asymmetry of information between people and their governments has been upended in recent months. It’s unlikely to ever be restored.
New Paradigm Politics may not change a thing
The mainstream media clearly dislike the new political paradigm. This is what you get when you mess with them.
How the mainstream media are hypocrites
After a blog broke news about a Google Maps lawsuit, mainstream media sites ripped off the story, photos and lawsuit PDF without any proper attribution. Isn’t what they hate blogs doing? asks Danny Sullivan.
Crikey Says: All locked away in our digital ghettoes
With the decline of the mainstream media, we’re also losing something social media cannot provide. What about the viewpoints that we don’t want to hear, but should?
Good time for government-funded media companies
It’s not such a bad time to be a media company that gets most of its money from the government, writes Jock Given.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Rudd and Burke … Saint Kevin’s mortal sin … Wayne Swan … foreign investment … inflation and interest rates … child abuse … The Oz and the “culture wars” …
Blogwatch: the Sorry edition
Social networking Sorry … Media reacts … Brendan Nelson not yet ready.
2007: The (second) last TV election
The next time someone says we’re experiencing Australia’s “first Internet election” or our “first YouTube election”, slap them. Slap them very hard, writes Stilgherrian.
Blogs, truth … The Oz just doesn’t get it
They really don’t get it. That is the only conclusion that can be drawn from The Australian’s extraordinary display of glass jaw over the blogosphere’s critique of Dennis Shanahan’s reporting of poll results.
