By Kim on August 17, 2011
I don’t know if anyone saw The Drum this afternoon? (And I don’t know if there are any audience/ratings figures for ABC News 24, but I’d be very interested if anyone does…) We had a panel composed of two ABC [...]
Posted in Featured, Film, TV, Video etc, Industrial Relations, Media, Politics | Tagged abc, abc news 24, Annabel Crabb, argument, balance, brendan o'neill, Bruce Baird, Godwin, IPA, Janet Albrechtsen, John Quiggin, Jonathan Green, left neo-liberals, neo-liberalism, Paul Howes, Peter Reith, qantas, reason, scott stephens, Steve Cannane, the drum, Tim Wilson |
By Phil on March 4, 2010
All sorts of dark conspiracies are alleged at Quadrant. Quadrant Online previously reported that the ABC had invited Bob Carter to contribute to an online debate on The Drum following their publication of a series of five articles by Clive [...]
Posted in Activism, Blogging, Climate change, Environment, Ethics, Markets, Media, Science | Tagged ABC-Australia, AGW, balance, bias, Bob Carter, denialism, editorial policies, Jonathan Green, Quadrant Online, skepticism, spiked, the drum |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 19, 2010
I’m not sure how this one slipped through: What the longevity of almost all state and territory governments suggests is that it is difficult for an opposition to come to power except through the electorate’s view that it is time [...]
Posted in Disasters, Media, Politics | Tagged Alexander Downer, AWB, balance, bernard keane, Crikey, Greg Hunt, howard government, Lateline, Media, Michael Sexton, ministerial responsibility, Peter Garrett, press gallery, roof insulation, Saddam Hussein, The Australian, Tony Jones |
By Kim on August 24, 2008
Possum isn’t going to take being dissed by Christian Kerr and the “balance and fact” crew at The Australian lying down: Update [by Mark]: Jason Wilson at Gatewatching espies a tipping point in the Australian political blogosphere.
Posted in Blogging, Media, Politics | Tagged balance, Blogging, Christian Kerr, free speech, freedom of speech, journalism ethics, journalists and bloggers, journos v. bloggers, mainstream media, News Limited political columnists, political journalism, political punditry, Possum Comitatus, psephological blogging, The Australian |
By Mark Bahnisch on August 22, 2008
Yep, Christian Kerr is talking about us. Among others. Guess what, we’re smug, ill informed, prone to conspiracy theories, full of hatred for the noble profession of journalism, divorced from the real world, an echo chamber, too academic, etc, etc. [...]
Posted in Blogging, Ethics, Media | Tagged balance, Blogging, Christian Kerr, free speech, freedom of speech, journalism ethics, journalists and bloggers, journos v. bloggers, mainstream media, News Limited political columnists, political journalism, political punditry, The Australian |
Quick links: What's wrong with the media this election year?
By Mark Bahnisch on June 17, 2010
A couple of very interesting articles popped up in my rss reader today: Media Watch host Jonathan Holmes on the distortions of ‘he said, she said’ journalism (with particular reference to the RSPT) and University of Sydney Emeritus Professor Rodney [...]
Posted in Federal Elections, Media, Politics | Tagged balance, commentariat, Federal Election 2010, inside story, jonathan holmes, journalism, Media, media watch, press gallery, Rodney Tiffen, rspt, Rudd government, the drum, university of sydney | 170 Responses