Synchronised indignation has been a trademark feature of the Australian media commentariat for years, writes Eric Beecher: the past week’s episode started with a stirring landmark speech about climate change by the Prime Minister at the Lowy Institute.
Miranda Devine
Fred Nile turns people smuggler
Christian Democrat Fred Nile is getting into the people smuggling business, with plans to smuggle 2000 Christian asylum seekers by boat into Australia from Indonesia.
Guy Rundle: Devine diagnoses the “narcissism epidemic”: blame parents
In the SMH, Miranda Devine weighs in on the “narcissism epidemic” as documented by, surprisingly, social psychologists. Her diagnosis? Blame the parents.
Fairfax’s strategic future: Crikey readers weigh in
We asked, and a handful of you cared enough to answer. Here are some Crikey reader’s thoughts on the strategic direction of Fairfax.
Airbus attack: Sandilands vs Devine
Miranda Devine turns her attention from urging the lynching of greenies and other social graces for morons to the wicked computer driven giant Airbus un-American monster jet in the SMH today, writes Ben Sandilands.
Plimer’s Heaven and Earth: a conservative coup?
The attention paid to climate-change sceptic Ian Plimer’s book, Heaven and Earth, is a cute insight into the way conservative commentators are starved for shreds of evidence to support their theories.
Did Miranda Devine incite violence?
There is a smell of blood in the air as well as smoke, as communities, individuals and the media look to find someone to blame for the Victorian bushfires, writes Greg Barns.
Don’t blame the greenies, blame the lack of bunkers
The flames of culture wars are burning fiercely over Black Saturday, writes Ben Sandilands.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
It’s official. The 2020 Summit did produce a plethora of marvellous ideas — it’s just that they disappeared as they progressed from the fertile minds of the Summiteers to the heavy hands of the Facilitators.
Verdict 07 – An Occasional and wildly fanciful campaign diary – Part 13
The election campaign is a grinding horror…
New Matilda / Monday, 2 November 2009
Newspaper editors’ new schtick appears to be giving column inches to commentators whose words are controversial, but intellectually barren, says Jason Wilson. It may pull in more readers, but ultimately, it damages the masthead.