One of the great conundrums of modern life is how so many people have come to believe so much that is just plain wrong.
Media
The 100 most powerful people in the media
It’s time for The Guardian’s annual list of the 100 most powerful and influential people in the media, with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg taking the number one spot from Steve Jobes.
Essential: trust in media slumps following phone hacking
Trust in commercial media outlets has slumped in the wake of the phonehacking scandal, Essential has found.
Drag0nista: political private lives CAN be a public issue
Journalists traditionally have been less enthusiastic about exposing low standards in politicians’ personal behaviour, particularly those occasions involving the infidelity of politicians, writes Drag0nista.
Unpicking alarmist headlines about bowel cancer in young people
In recent days, the audiences of reputable media outlets have been warned of an “alarming” increase in bowel cancer in young people. It’s time to unpick those headlines.
On politics, older Australians most switched-on, most sceptical
Older Australians emerge as the most politically informed and most sceptical of media users, according to Essential Research’s polling of attitudes toward political coverage.
‘Cheeky Australian’ in shock Canada election scandal-gate
Canadians were prevented from learning the results of their own elections yesterday, until social media lent some assistance.
Cowboys, Indians and printing the legend of bin Laden’s death
We’re already printing the legend of the death of Osama bin Laden.
Crikey Says: Our kind of sicko
Somewhere in a dingy office in Florida, the heart beat of journalism still pulses softly.
Manning’s death penalty charge treats the media as the enemy
Alleged Wikileaks leaker Bradley Manning now faces the death penalty under a charge that assumes the media is an enemy of the United States.
2010 in the media: leaks, iPads and the NBN
This year was the year of the iPad. It’s hard to believe that Steve Jobs revealed it to the world just 11 months ago and that 7 million have been sold. But it wasn’t the only media blockbuster of the year…
Wankley Awards: And the Wankley goes to… a press packed with Rafters
Mel Rafter, a character from TV soap Packed To The Rafters, has been written out of the script so an actress can try her hand at Hollywood. So, who cares? Well, we do apparently. Why else would the media relentlessly cover the ‘death’ of a television character as news?
Crikey Says: Crikey says: if we amplify everything we hear nothing
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity gifted the world some very eloquent protest posters over the weekend.
Essential: voters reject another poll … and we don’t hate the media
The major parties are still locked up tight in voter support - but we’re losing our taste for another election, it seems. And most of us think the media did a good or average job of covering the election.
Why aren’t we furious when Indian students are killed?
An alarming number of Indian students have been killed and injured in presumably racist attacks in the last year in Melbourne. But why doesn’t the Australian media rage against our society’s racism? asks Gautam Gupta.
Sheehan: Get ‘em in and spit ‘em out: the media churn of politics
Leadership speculation! Spill! New leader! Opinion Polls! Scandal! Rather than focusing on policies, Australian politics is an endless horse race with the media as jockey and lots of blood being spilt, writes Paul Sheehan.
Hanson photo affair undermines the right to know
The editors of the tabloids that ran the ‘Hanson’ photographs knew exactly why they were publishing these pics and I am certain the reason had nothing to do with serving the public interest, writes Michael Gawenda.
John Farnham Cadbury’s gorilla remix gets the thumbs-down
A remix of Cadbury’s award-winning gorilla advertisement featuring John Farnham instead of the original Phil Collins track has won derision on social media sites since it broke at the weekend, writes Tim Burrowes.
Three studies that should make a difference to Australian health care
Here’s how policy makers can improve the safety of surgery or improve the outcomes for elderly patients requiring hospital treatment, writes Mary Haines.
Kerry Stokes — Australia’s last media magnate
Kerry Stokes is the last media magnate/billionaire standing in this country, writes Glenn Dyer.
The persecution of Marcus Einfeld
The prosecution of Einfeld has now been turned into a persecution, writes Greg Barns.
Bushfire battler story is more complex than it looks
Greg Sheridan’s piece in the most recent Weekend Australian exemplifies how problematic the unquestioning rehashing of items in the news cycle can be, writes Eleri Harris.
Gold Coast Bully gives Queensland ALP the time of day
The overall coverage from the Gold Coast Bulletin has been discernibly negative regarding Lawrence Springborg and his policies, writes Ross Stapleton.
Fairfax restructure just more jobs for the boys
Fairfax’s long touted reorganization is much ado about nothing: mediocrity rewarded, according to a Fairfax insider.
Hanson photos: paparazzo was the deal maker
At the centre of News Ltd’s Pauline Hanson photo scandal is the Sydney paparazzo Jamie Fawcett, writes Alex Mitchell.
