Twitter is becoming the channel of choice for political news, comment, opinion, not least because Facebook is vacating the field.
You know that old philosophical conundrum about trees and forests? Now it’s "if a scandal breaks on social media, but mainstream media don’t repeat it, did it actually happen?"
Most of the various allegations about Barnaby Joyce were on Twitter way back in October courtesy of @truecrimeweekly (with a bit of help from @tonyhwindsor), to say nothing of being all over analogue social media -- pub gossip, as we used to call it -- in both Canberra and Armidale.
The fit of deregulation that led to the live export debacle in Australia barely saved taxpayers $30,000, but it was good business for the Coalition and their donors.
When is an exclusive really an exclusive?
The exclusive tag has always been a marketing tool. As traditional media declines, it's being pushed more than ever.
Australian politics is failing on sexual harassment allegations
Neither Barnaby Joyce nor Luke Foley should be in a position to seek high office while sexual harassment allegations, which they deny, go unresolved.
Forced divestment can start rolling back the toxic impact of concentration
The government is right to embrace forced divestment in the energy sector, and Barnaby Joyce is right to call for that to be expanded across the whole economy. Meanwhile, Labor is siding with big business.
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