Turns out people do watch day time tv
Last night, I made a point about the claim that the Great Health Debate was unimportant, because, as most munificently expressed by Grahame Morris, no one (important) watches day time television. I wrote: I wouldn’t be so quick to assume [...]
Pwning the future
In a quick and dirty post announcing the presence of LP on Twitter I wrote about where I thought mass adoption of the platform was likely to take place. My favourite use for Twitter? Search for breaking news and to [...]
Guest post by Melanie Macfarlane: When I Grow Up: Taking Career Advice from the TV
MB writes: Folks might recall I mentioned about a month ago that I was judging UTS’ online journalism award. I’m very pleased indeed to publish the winning entry – by Melanie Macfarlane. You can read more about Melanie’s background and [...]
Happy 45th birthday, Doctor Who!
45 years old today. Tigtog has a link rich and interesting post commemorating the anniversary at Hoyden.
Affirmative action needed
Just a follow up to a previous post. It appears that no matter what the ABC does it just can’t find enough sympathetic Coalition voters to balance a Q&A studio audience and keep Senator Abetz happy. Mr Scott said the [...]
Blogging political fiction
One of the rather egregious questions on last week’s Q&A asked the panel to comment on why there was no contemporary political fiction of the stature of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s. As with a lot of the queries posed on Q&A, it’s [...]
Open Whoverse Thread II
If you’re anything like me, Sunday is quickly becoming notable as being Dr Who Night. So here’s a second open thread. <img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/doctor-who-martha-sontaran.jpg"
On falling in love with Ally Sheedy
… Yes, it’s true, Winona was not my first love. The old teev during the non-ratings season has been a bit of a write off, which in many ways isn’t a bad thing. But I have enjoyed a lot of [...]
Lazy Sunday! (New Years Eve long weekend edition)
Since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all! After all the Xmas celebrationy stuff, I’ve been working away on a chapter [...]
So how about that media narrative now?
By Mark Bahnisch on June 16, 2010
Over the long weekend, I noted the frenzy The Australian was stirring up about the purported deadline on Rudd’s leadership, built on a foundation of a self-serving article from mining company director Keith De Lacy and quotes from NSW Right [...]
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