Now that the election has been called journalists-and not just those locked in the Canberra bubble–will be salivating with anticipation over what will happen over the next six weeks: all the gotcha moments, all the dirt, the denials, the photographic moments. Everything but the detailed policy statements. (more…)
Branded as the occasion when the public asks questions and a panel of experts give answers, ABC televisions’ Q&A misses an opportunity to inform let alone inspire their audience.
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News.com is never shy about claiming all of the power and influence that its mortal enemies fear it has. (more…)
I think the power of the ranting media – News.com in particular – is on the decline.
Dave Sharma, the Liberal federal member for Wentworth in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, is fighting for his political survival against independent candidate Allegra Spender, who supports a well-funded ABC. (more…)
Why taking the ABC for granted is no longer an option. (more…)
In Asia Media: Blinken draws an admission from Myanmar; US has big problem in India; food security a looming concern; South Korea logs a sad COVID record; and HK food goes back to basics (more…)
What is the basis of the double standards exhibited by the media? The cone of silence about the plight of the wretched of the earth in forgotten war theatres is underpinned by a maze of strategic and financial considerations. (more…)
Until lions have their own historians, their history will be that of the hunters (more…)
The decision of the National Press Club to withdraw the invitation to the Russian Ambassador to speak at the club is the latest move taking Australia to a new low in lack of commitment to free speech. (more…)
“Ugliest” South Korean presidential election, remembering Myanmar, Xi’s virtual tip-off and racial profiling of scientists in America (more…)
The ABC war correspondents had a rich canvas to paint their stories. Yet they got nowhere near the scent of truth. (more…)
Australian media continues to see itself as overwhelmingly tied to the events, policies and fortunes of those in the United States and the United Kingdom. (more…)
There is a great deal more at stake than national security in Scott Morrison’s hyper-partisan and grossly dishonest accusation that Anthony Albanese and his deputy, Richard Marles, are carrying the hopes of the Chinese regime at the forthcoming election. (more…)
In Asian media this week: Nixon, Mao and the Taiwan question; Dutch apology for violence in colonial Indonesia; HK battling to get to COVID-zero; no room for losers in Beijing 2022; and women beating men in Japan (more…)
Now More than Ever: Australia’s ABC (Monash University Publishing) is a passionate and well-argued cri de coeur from a man who has devoted his working life to the public broadcaster, from the mail room to the top office. (more…)
From Tuesday 15 February Michael West Media and Pearls & Irritations will be going separate ways. (more…)
Anglosphere media are uncritically regurgitating Washington and Downing Street propaganda and failing to recount actual Russian-Ukrainian history.
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Australia has a deteriorating global corruption ranking — and the mainstream media is ignoring it entirely.
Major media organisations have marginalised ethnic communities — for example, the Chinese community is seen through the prism of “foreign influence”.
Elsewhere, a diplomatic rift ends, the blind spot in the climate change debate, an anti-corruption mystery, and insects on the menu.
Governments around the world are targeting public broadcasters for daring to hold the powerful to account – the Coalition here is no exception.
When is an exclusive not an exclusive? When it runs in The Australian. Pearls and Irritations had the real Paul Keating exclusive over the weekend.
A small group of elites determines what ordinary people do not see or hear. (more…)
Around Asia, the newspapers are covering how to deal with China, ASEAN’s Myanmar problem, and a surprising side effect of the pandemic in Singapore.
Its readers could be forgiven for suspecting the News Corp broadsheet is trying to lead us into war under the guise of destroying authoritarianism. (more…)
The taxpayer-funded broadcaster’s use of advertising within programs, and its determination to increase this, runs counter to its charter and shows contempt for its viewers. (more…)
Morrison’s chances of another election victory may be undermined by his eroding plausibility and overly heavy reliance on the Murdoch media. (more…)