A radio rant against Muslims gets Yasmin Khan thinking of double standards.
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Former editor: Murdoch’s NY Post aims to destroy Obama
The New York Post editor fired over that whole chimp cartoon saga has levelled some shocking allegations at the paper, amongst them, that the publication’s stated goal was to “destroy Barack Obama.”
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Deadly drugs: users vs. deaths vs. media coverage
Is Dr David Nutt correct that cannabis is no more harmful than alcohol? Does the drug just suffer from bad press? Data journalist David McCandless mashes up the government’s own data on drug death, users and press coverage to find out.
Why newspapers act like political parties
British PM Gordon Brown has hit out at The Sun newspaper for trying to “become a political party”. Where has Gordon Brown been living all his life? asks Roy Greenslade: newspapers have been acting like political parties for more than a century.
The long, long knifing of Nathan Rees
NSW premier Nathan Rees’ political death has been much reported, yet oddly slow to happen, writes Crikey intern Aaron Flanagan, with rumours as far back as January yet to bear fruit.
Forget the GoP: Fox News is the new Opposition Party
Fox News is no longer in the business of journalism, says Eric Boehlert: it has turned itself into the Opposition Party of the Obama White House, and the rest of the media needs to start treating it as such.
White House vs. Fox News: round two
The White House’s attacks on Fox News continue, with a spokesperson accusing the network of being an “arm of the Republican Party” and waging a “war” on Obama.
For the West it’s no story without Stokes
You can’t keep a good media proprietor down, writes Perth paper watcher Skink. Kerry Stokes has been gracious enough to appear in his own TV studio, and on the front page of his own paper.
Where have all the war caskets gone?
The answer, my friend, is sitting in the White House. Even though casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to mount, the media has lost all interest in parading images of flag-draped American war caskets since Bush left office, says Byron York.
Henderson: The media sings along to Rudd’s G20 tune
There’s no doubt Rudd played an important role in the recent expansion of the G20’s power — but he certainly didn’t do it alone. So why is the media happily churning along with the ALP spin cycle by painting him as a lone visionary? asks Gerard Henderson.
A different kind of media bias: do food writers lean towards wine?
Beer is getting a lot more love from food writers lately, says Orr Shtuhl, but why is it still viewed as merely an interloper into wine’s sacred place on the dining table?
The unslanted state of the Australian media
The Australian media is pretty much neutral when it comes to slanted reporting, apart from a new notable exceptions, writes Joshua Gans. So how did everyone react to the news?
Crikey Says: Costello’s ABC attacks should be addressed
The ABC is “hostile territory” for conservative politicians, says Peter Costello in his latest op-ed. This is a serious attack on the ABC’s editorial professionalism and should be treated as such.
Costello: it’s not my ABC
The ABC is “hostile territory” for conservatives, with predictable interviewers always coming from a Labor/Green perspective and little change anticipated by ABC management, writes Liberal MP Peter Costello.
Where are all the leftie journos?
Everyone loves to trash the media as being full of left leaning journalists, but it’s the conservative right wing commentators that get more publicity. Small ‘l’ liberal is not the same as left wing, writes Lindsay Foyle.
Video of the Day: Fox News: the new liberals?
Lately Fox News have been complaining about the president, defending protesters and Damning The Man. Are they, gasp, the new liberals?
Is the WSJ finally succumbing to News Corp bias?
The Wall Street Journal has long been known for high-quality journalism and unbiased reporting. But two years after its acquisition by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, is the alleged bias of which the likes of Fox News and the NY Post are accused starting to seep into the masthead?
The price of omission in Xinjiang
The Chinese news narrative is hobbled by a national myth-making apparatus that allows no room for the acknowledgment of the Uighurs’ grievances — ultimately inflaming the very tensions it attempts to paper over, writes China-based PR commentator William Moss.
Black reporters on the Michelle-O beat: does race play a role?
The majority of reporters covering the movements of the Michelle Obama all have one thing in common — they’re African American women. Do these journalists have special insight into the First Lady’s mind, or are inadvertently too invested in her success?
The WashPo cash-for-access scandal
The Washington Post has faced massive backlash since Politico revealed the paper was to host an exclusive “salon” where lobbyists and execs could have off-the-record access to “those powerful few” — like Obama officials and the paper’s own reporters and editors.
Obama takes on Fox News, loses
Obama may think he can browbeat Fox into being nicer to him. He can’t, says Jeff Bercovici.
They tried to tell us we’re too young
Former Daily Tele editor David Penberthy offers some words of wisdom to the newly-appointed editor of The Monthly, 23-year-old Ben Naparstek.
