All the attention the White House is giving to Fox News on other news channels seems to be backfiring: the network’s ratings have been soaring even higher since Obama officials started slagging it off in the media.
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Crikey Says: Even his own team get Bolted
Alan Kohler may have been the main target of Andrew Bolt’s latest attack, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t also accidentally take a jab at his boss.
No hope for Obama artist fraud
Artist Shepard Fairey — creator of the iconic Barack Obama ‘Hope’ poster — has admitted that he knowingly submitted fake evidence in his legal case with Associated Press in an attempt to conceal his use of a copyrighted Obama photo.
Roll up, roll up for the vagabond Gaddafi circus
It’s the UN Summit in NYC, but Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is still roaming without a place to pitch his tent. He didn’t help his cause when he used his UN speech to compare the UN Security Council with Al Qaeda, right after he tore up the UN charter…
File-sharing leaks classified White House docs online
Some very sensitive US government data is now online due to inadvertent peer-to-peer file-sharing: the location of America’s weapons grade nuclear fuel, the First Lady’s safe house, the government’s witness list and more.
M16 chief’s wife unmasks him on Facebook
Traps for young players. Lady Sawers — wife of Sir John Sawers who’s set to take over as chief of the Secret Intelligence Service — has inadvertently given out intimate family details … on Facebook.
Crikey Says: You’ve seen the typo, now buy the t-shirt
Marc the deth of newpapers with this stilish Crikey tee shiort. A very Crikey tribute to The Australian.
The crying game: football clubs naively play media game
The most interesting aspect of the Wallace (non)sacking is the naively dangerous game that some football people play by aligning themselves with different media identities.
“British pensioners” on BNP leaflet actually Italian models
The British National Party has used stock photos previously used by dozens of websites to promote everything from painkillers to caravans in its pamphlets representing “typical Britons”. Hmmm.
Terry’s terrible Tuesday: how the media botched a Tiger (non) sacking
Richmond FC, and its coach Terry Wallace, have so far had a season to forget. But they didn’t deserve the botched misreporting of Wallace’s (non) sacking that played out this morning across Melbourne.
Dowd in hot water over alleged plagiarism; NYT issues apology
It was a wild Sunday for the New York Times columnist. By mid-afternoon she was on the hot seat for using liberal blogger Josh Marshall’s paragraph almost word-for-word.
SMH tech writer snagged in Johns group sex storm
You’d think a technology reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper would be aware of the perils of airing his private views on very public internet forums.
War and (Green)peace
Greenpeace in Australia raised their monthly donor prices recently, without properly consulting donors first. Michel Hogan examines the delicate trust between businesses and their customers.
Faulty cancer kits means results flawed
Faulty bowel cancer testing kits provided by the federal government mean that nearly half a million people will need to undergo home testing again to confirm they do not have bowel cancer.
Tiger to face scrutiny for “free” tickets?
Singapore owned Tiger Airways could get skinned by the ACCC over its sale of 30,000 FREE tickets last month.
Memo to journos: why you can’t trust Wikipedia #569
A 22-year-old Irish sociology student managed to trap a good slice of the worldʼs media, including Australian outlets, by messing with a Wikipedia entry. Yes, the oldest trick online trick in the book.
News Corp profits collapse: a 47% fall
The recession has crunched News Corp’s third quarter profits, especially from its TV and newspaper businesses.
ATO stuff-up could pull $22 out of your stimulus
A problem at the ATO is the reason why many Australians haven’t got their $900 tax bonus from the Federal Government yet, says Crikey intern Elly Keating.
Burger King retracts ad that offended Mexicans
Mexicans took great offence at an ad for Burger King’s “Texican Whopper” which paired a cowboy with a little spicy Mexican (literally). After ambassadors intervened it became too hot for the fast food co. to handle.
From bad to worse: GM recalls 1.5m cars
The possibility of engine fires has prompted General Motors to recall nearly 1.5 million passenger sedans. The stuff-up should help them select redundancy candidates…
April Fools’ joke sends Telstra shares skywards
Given ASIC’s mooted crackdown on rumour mongering, could Computerworld’s April Fools prank qualify for investigation?
Leading food writers in cat food for comment scandal
Crikey / Eleri Harris / Thursday, 14 May 2009
Food critics Australia-wide last night received an interesting offer from a “junior” accounts manager at Ogilvy PR’s Pulse Communications.