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Ben Naparstek, The Monthly and the Julia Gillard "biography wars"

By Mark Bahnisch on October 3, 2009

A truly bizarre editorial decision from Ben Naparstek, who occupies the chair at The Monthly, has resulted in the publication of a review of Jacqueline Kent’s biography of Julia Gillard by Christine Wallace, who is writing a rival biography of [...]

Posted in Books, Writers & Writing, Ethics, Media, Politics | Tagged Allen & Unwin, ben naparstek, Book review, Christine Wallace, Crikey, Ethics, Gerard Henderson, Jacqueline Kent, journalism ethics, Julia Gillard, Kim Carr, Lindsay Tanner, Michelle Grattan, Penguin, publishing, review, robert manne, Sally Warhaft, The Monthly | 106 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

Right to privacy or right to profit from celebrity trash "news"?

By Kim on August 11, 2008

<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/stephanie-rice-3.JPG" align=left There was some interesting discussion here at LP recently on this thread about the right to free speech, which I think took far too narrowly American and thus falsely universal a view. In the common law tradition [...]

Posted in Culture, Ethics, Europe, Feminism, Film, TV, Video etc, International, Law, Life, Media, Photography, Policy, Sociology, Sport, The Web, Women | Tagged beijing olympics, bill of rights, celebrity news, Eamon Sullivan, facebook, freedom of speech, invasion of privacy, journalism ethics, jurisprudence, Max Mosley, media ethics, olympic gold, press freedom, Privacy Act, Reba Meagher, Right to Know Coalition, right to privacy, Stephanie Rice, stephanie rice facebook, Stephanie Rice facebook photos, tabloid press | 40 Responses

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