Keywords: Good Journalism
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 21 July 2011
1 Comment
Rupert Murdoch's News International has found itself with more than egg on its face over the News of the World scandal. As this case reveals journalism at its most prurient and base, a new film pays tribute to journalism at its most noble and courageous.
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MEDIA
It is easy to wring our hands and blame the media for bias and shoddy practices. But the truth is we like our fix of gossip and outrage, viewed through our favourite political spectacles, and are not always concerned how we get it. That is why tabloids sell.
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AUSTRALIA
- Neil Ormerod
- 11 January 2011
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Tony Abbott has been in public life for a long time. Most recently there has been his meteoric rise to leadership of the Liberal party and to a hair’s breadth from the prime ministership itself. Charming and disarming as he can be, there is something deeply disturbing in the way he carries out his public role.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
You can't have your cake if it's eaten. Or your cooked goose if it's no good for a gander. Golden eggs are useless in a fragile economy. And what goes up must keep going.
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AUSTRALIA
- Neil Ormerod
- 08 November 2010
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Tony Abbott has been in public life for a long time. Most recently there has been his meteoric rise to leadership of the Liberal party and to a hair’s breadth from the prime ministership itself. Charming and disarming as he can be, there is something deeply disturbing in the way he carries out his public role.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 25 October 2010
2 Comments
There is credible speculation new part-owner James Packer will use his influence to kill innovation at Network Ten. The authority should respond by enforcing broadcast licence conditions, to ensure Packer's return to significant media ownership is in the public interest and not his self-interest.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Fiona Douglas
- 30 June 2010
18 Comments
It occurred to me to approach my
school English teacher. This would be normal
enough, if not for the fact that she had been my teacher some three
decades prior. From the fog of my depression medication I somehow found my
phone and emailed her from my bed.
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MEDIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 07 May 2010
22 Comments
Catherine Deveny's sacking smells of hypocrisy. Some will say that those who live by the sword die by the sword. But in this case it
appeared that those who provided her with the sword and encouraged her
to use it liberally, stabbed her in the back with it.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- TIm Kroenert
- 12 November 2009
9 Comments
Michael Moore makes documentaries only in the sense that Today Tonight does investigative journalism. That's not to say he doesn't land a few well-deserving kicks while he's at it.
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MEDIA
Bloggers
are being hunted and jailed in countries such as Burma and Iran. In Western nations they are incurring the wrath of disgruntled mainstream journalists. The plight of St Mary's South Brisbane holds a useful metaphor for this crusade on free speech.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 26 March 2009
1 Comment
Let's face it, caricature is easy. Rhetoric that links bikies with terrorism and organised crime makes for sensational news, but good journalism demands more than that. So does compelling storytelling.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- John Cokley
- 20 March 2009
2 Comments
Despite what Big Media bigwigs say, there is an alternative to the journalism of Murdoch, Fairfax, the ABC, BBC, CNN and Reuters. In fact there
are many alternatives. This is news to many journalists, judging by the industry moaning.
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