News Limited's partisan nonsense actually a disaster for the Liberals
Various News Limited scribes on the weekend opined (all speaking in the voice of Tony Abbott’s ventriloquist dummy – it couldn’t be more obvious) that Malcolm Turnbull had set himself the task of tearing Rudd down in order to win. [...]
Kevin Rudd = Ute Man: so he's done for…
<img src=" http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/xr8ute_blokes1.jpg" Apparently, the end of the world is at hand. Kevin Rudd borrowed a ute off a bloke. Or something. It’s a scandal! Apparently. Although, why the *fair slice of the Pineapple* PM isn’t receiving high praise for [...]
Hillary Bray's scoop: Julia Gillard is Stalin!
The comedy keeps coming from Christian Kerr: WE not only have the “Education Revolution”. In good Stalinist style, we have the “Building the Education Revolution” plan. We also have a band of doubters and dissidents the authorities have decreed to [...]
Analysing the anti-analysts: Christian Kerr deconstructed
In the wake of the strange anti-analytical spray from Christian Kerr in The Australian against blogs yesterday (discussed here), my QUT colleague Axel Bruns has posted a comprehensive analysis of his rant: Amongst the standard-issue ammunition in the journalism industry’s [...]
Sand in your shorts?
Ok, I’ll bite. Christian Kerr. There are the group blogs that cover politics, economics and provide platforms for protagonists in the culture wars; Club Troppo, probably the best and most balanced of them all, Catallaxy for the libertarian right and [...]
Holidays in blogging hell
In The Blogging Revolution Antony Loewenstein takes us on a personal journey through some of the more difficult places in the world to blog. Iran, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Cuba and China. It’s a timely book on the importance and [...]
Bursting the Costello balloon
In the wake of the punditariat’s latest game of deconstructing each parliamentary interjection by The Great Pretender and wistfully wishing his incoherent comedy lines on the public, it’s worth taking a step back and asking whether – even if you [...]
Nelson's interest rate gambit
As Dennis Atkins observes, Brendan Nelson yesterday took what appeared to be a calculated gamble in breaking the convention that senior pollies don’t comment on the Reserve Bank’s interest rate decisions. Nelson called for a cut of 50 points in [...]
Possum fights back
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.
Christian Kerr troll blogging at The Australian
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. [...]
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