Australian’s have chosen the word ‘circle-jerk’ as in the collective noun for a group of journalists, ie a circle-jerk of journalists as their word of the year for 2023. ”It’s been a tough year this year to come up with... Read More ›
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Former shock-jock and teacher (yep) Alan Jones has bemoaned the fact that grooming is no longer encouraged in Australian schools. Claiming that the lack of grooming has led to a rise in dangerous beliefs like man-made climate change or the... Read More ›
The media company has now paid to settle a claim that alleges the involvement in, or at least the knowledge of, illegal activities by senior executives
Proud White-Ribbon day ambassador, shock-jock Ray Hadley, has been boasting to colleagues that he no longer needs Viagra to help get things started, instead he just begins to dream of Prime Minister Peter Dutton. ”A lot of our ageing right-wing... Read More ›
The job of journalism is not to reinforce a pre-existing bias, writes Nafeez Ahmed
For the sake of Australia’s national interest, and for journalistic integrity that will be judged by history, can mainstream media maintain independence from short-term, vulgar political and geopolitical influence and interference, especially with regard to reporting about China? At last, the relationship between Australia and China has been stabilised. One indicator is the welcome home Continue reading »
Former BBC producer and reporter Patrick Howse explores why the cuts announced to the corporation's flagship news programme are another damning, but unsurprising, blow to its reputation
Campaigners say press standards have barely improved with newspapers still allowed to mark their own homework
The AUS Dictionary has today announced that the word adultery has been named it’s 2023 word of the year, narrowly pipping arsehole, a word commonly used to describe real estate agents. ”It was quite a tough year this year but... Read More ›
Channel 7 has today announced that they will be ditching the kids hospital telethon in favour of a more worthy cause, male survivors of defamation lawsuits. ”What sort of World do we live in, when good wholesome chaps like Bruce... Read More ›