Battle was joined again, in the pages of The Drum, over the corpse of The Australian Literary Review, the twice-dead journal once wrapped in the clammy embrace of The Australian.
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Crikey Says: A landmark legal test case?
Christopher Pyne said that Marieke Hardy’s piece published about him last year bothered him “not in the least bit.” So why is he now threatening to sue?
Gawenda: ABC should be spending money on journalism, not opinion
It seems to me that The Drum is competing with commercial online commentary and opinion outfits. It has moved away from what I had hoped would be its mission.
Why Beecher is wrong: Simons on the battle close to home
It’s fair to say I and the rest of the Crikey editorial crew were surprised to wake up this morning and find our fearless leader, publisher Eric Beecher, all over the cover of The Australian’s media section — not an organ normally friendly to us, or him. Beecher was quoted as attacking the ABC , and in […]
Balance on climate change reporting: where does it lie at the ABC?
The term “objective reporting” is thrown around newsrooms and in public life as though it were a simple thing, easy to judge and obtain, but recent events at the ABC have led to angst at the most senior levels.
Jonathan Holmes: Does climate change reporting need to be balanced?
Jonathan Holmes jumps in to the recent Crikey debate about climate change reporting on the ABC. Does the ABC need to balance climate change scientists with climate change sceptics to reflect public opinion?
Balance without judgement: your ABC
The ABC continues its habit of “balancing” mainstream climate science with the views of bloggers and professional denialists rather than climate scientists.
It is December 2010 and Australia is under martial law
Prime Minister Gillard calls on Lieutenant Colonel Jasper
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: The Age staffers drop their pens and walk out
What’s caused staffers at The Age to protest in front of their fancy new building? Plus, the sneaky relationship between Stephen Conroy, his religious right constituents and the internet filter.
Jonathan Holmes: Just whose Drum are we marching to?
ABC presenters are meant to keep their opinions to themselves — so how is it going to run an opinion site? asks Jonathan Holmes. By renaming it “analysis”.
