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Isentia Index: Tony Abbott, Rudd redux?

Tony roars back into the media mentions -- much to Turnbull's chagrin.

No laughing matter: editorial cartoonist jobs go as print slashes and burns

Fairfax has let two of its editorial cartoonists go. Is this the beginning of the end for the artform?

Isentia Index: A Bullock drops away, the Labor caravan moves on

Is Abbott plotting his return? Was George Miller robbed? Will the government actually make a decision on financial policy?

How Fairfax and Paul Sheehan bought the lies told by "Louise"

Fairfax has today apologised for publishing the story of "Louise", who said she'd been raped by Middle Eastern men. But alarm bells should have been ringing long before the article went to print, write Nicky Bryson and Myriam Robin.

Paul Sheehan's long, uncomfortable history with race reporting

Paul Sheehan's lurid account of a gang rape in Sydney has come undone, but it is not the first time he has said some uncomfortable, unproven things about race.

How I got my first SMH byline as an act of homophobic intimidation

The Sydney Morning Herald says it published the names and addresses of those arrested at the 1978 Mardi Gras as "standard procedure". But Chips Mackinolty, one of those outed by the paper, says that's bullshit.

Six unbelievable things The Age's digital editor just said about clickbait

Fairfax seems a smidge touchy about accusations that it's doing clickbait journalism. Sexy Gandalf and not applying fake tan with a paint roller are NEWSWORTHY STORIES, you guys.

Isentia Index: The honeymoon is over, are we back to a place where policy matters?

50-50. It may be an outlier poll, but it will be interesting to see if any type of panic sets in to a government that all of the media, and even most of the opposition, thought were set to waltz home in the election due later this year. Treasurer Scott Morrison’s speech at the National […]

Is the term 'anti-Semitic' defamatory? Sharri Markson's about to find out

The Australian's Sharri Markson declared a NSW MP's speech to be "anti-Semitic". Is the term a cause for defamation action?

Clickbait on the front page? Fairfax backs away from print

Will Fairfax's new editorial structure push its mastheads further down the road to clickbait and shareable online content?