The Grand Illusions of the leaders of Western Democracies are crashing to defeat in Ukraine. La Grande Illusion was the 1937 Renoir film that showed the tragic mistakes of the aristocrats of the European empires in World War I. In turn, it referred to a 1910 British tract, The Great Illusion that claimed war was Continue reading »
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Niche news network Sky News Australia have blamed Australia’s rising cost of living as the reason for their shows rating so poorly. ”Interest rates and energy prices are going up, so the poor Aussie battler can barely afford to turn... Read More ›
Andy Lee Roth joins Lee Camp to cover Project Censored's annual Top 25 Most Censored Stories of the past year that are underreported or neglected by mainstream media.
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Nonpartisan, publicly funded media is "an idea that we should explore," said the senator.
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The good news for the Murdoch media is that it’s not the most distrusted brand in Australia – despite the efforts of its journalists. The bad news is that – according to the Roy Morgan Research Most Trusted and Distrusted Brands research – it is the fifth most distrusted behind Facebook, Optus, Telstra and Amazon. Continue reading »
This is a Skwawkbox edit of a guest post submitted by a Labour figure who asked to remain anonymous. Asked by journalists last week whether he would proscribe – outlaw – Momentum, Keir Starmer responded equivocally: That one is not for me. Of course, that is neither a denial nor an indicator that it’s not […]
Several developments in recent times suggest that T20 is a potential danger to cricket. The shortest of the game’s three main formats (there are also the Hundred and T10, but they have barely spread from their places of origin) has done much to promote cricket beyond its traditional support bases in the countries in which Continue reading »
Pearls and Irritations has become invaluable to understanding how Australia and the world actually works … or doesn’t work. Its analysis, reportage and considered opinion pieces take you to places the commercial media dare not go for fear of losing market share from the monetising of perceived “popular prejudice”. By supporting this effort you will Continue reading »
In his editorial from the February 2023 print edition of Byline Times, Peter Jukes looks at Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch and the scandals around 'Russiagate' coverage in the US
It's a scary time to be alive.