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Independent Producers defend ABC outsourcing

david — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:03:47 +0000

How self serving is this? The beneficiaries of the ABC outsourcing juggernaut disagree the move will see job losses or a reduction in the creative independence of Aunty. Meanwhile the group has been very active in lobying the federal government for more money for the ABC so it, the ABC, can spend more money on [...]

O’Neill, the visiting expert on free will

david — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:02:30 +0000

I wonder who paid for Brendan O’Neill to visit these fine shores and lecture us on the perils of censorship? He has appeared on two ABC shows while also penning his eloquent prose for the discriminating readers of the Oz. It’s curious. Did he or some agent spruke his credentials to various decision-makers at a [...]

US Media reactions to the Debt Ceiling/Spending Cuts

david — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:02:28 +0000

Some clips from the US.

Stephen Colbert…

And Jon Stewart

Trouble in Greece, but don’t blame the media

david — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:35:32 +0000

On the Greek news agency site, the Greek Reporter, Anastasia Chaini tells us 800 Greek Right-Wing Racist Blogs are under police supervision. Meanwhile AP are running this story about the rise of the ultra-right in Greece which it links with increasing economic hardship.

The xenophobic rage exploded in May, when youths rampaged through a heavily immigrant [...]

On Murdoch’s testimony and US politics

david — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:28:04 +0000

British lawmakers on Friday demanded that James Murdoch clarify why testimony he gave to a parliamentary committee probing the phone hacking scandal conflicted with a statement from two former executives.

Sounds serious. I mean the whole idea of a testimony is to uncover some truth and when the testimony from one person doesn’t marry up with [...]

James Murdoch confirmed as BSkyB chairman | Reuters

david — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:09:32 +0000

Despite the fact that

Murdoch’s testimony given in parliament last week has already been called into question by two ex-News of the World executives, who say he was aware of evidence that showed the hacking was not limited to a couple of "rogue" individuals.

James Murdoch is unanimously re-confirmed as chairman of BSkyB. Maybe the possible [...]

Bolt calls it “the gloating sound” from the left polemicists

david — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:07:12 +0000

Andrew Bolt, outspoken shock jock for the Murdoch press in Oz is keen to defend Christianity against the charge that Breivik’s religious and political beliefs somehow contributed to his decision to commit mass-murder in Norway. However in true Bolta style his article is long on opinion while short on facts, he seems far more concerned [...]

Phone hacking | Media | guardian.co.uk

david — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:00:04 +0000

News of the World, part of Rupert’s empire has been well and truly caught out. On so many levels, but particularly with regard to their role in the Milly Dowler case we see the unfettered appetite for sensation and a complete absence any ethical or moral behaviour. Quoting Michael Wolff (via Crikey) who sums it [...]

Conroy checks the Sky move

david — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:05:04 +0000

In a fascinating quote Daniel Flitton claims

An independent panel of public servants set up to evaluate the competing tenders saw Sky’s as the better bid, only for the government to baulk at the prospect of stripping the contract from the publicly funded ABC to hand it to a company part-owned by Mr Murdoch’s News [...]

Gillard a year on

david — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:06:38 +0000

I’ve been watching a re-run of the Dismissal lately and listening to people talk about the Aboriginal tent embassy which has served to remind me how far removed the current Labor government is from the ideals of that time and strangely how similar their incapacity to deal with the challenges confronting a left of centre [...]