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Australian sitting in Thai jail for writing novel

By Robert Merkel on September 13, 2008

From what I’ve heard, the reverence that Thais feel for their monarch is genuine and heartfelt in the vast majority of cases. But it’s also protected by a draconian law of lese majeste; as the Wikipedia explains, the crime of [...]

Posted in Books, Writers & Writing | Tagged censorship, free speech, lese majeste, thailand | 14 Responses

Possum fights back

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 | 22 Responses

Christian Kerr troll blogging at 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 | 93 Responses

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