Does “balance” and “free speech” in the online world really just mean “fling as much poo as you can”? This month The Tribune spoke to two of Australia’s leading journalists, Jonathan Holmes and George Megalogenis, about how new media is merging with traditional media and bringing about significant change in…
These are interesting times in media (insert your own Fairfax joke here). The Tribune spoke to a couple of Old Media practitioners who have taken to the New like particularly streamlined ducks to water. The recent changes at Fairfax and News Ltd have ramped up the debate about whether professional…
Welcome to Australia. The first rule of being Australian is: you do NOT talk about being Australian. The second rule is... oh...wait.... I’ve noticed things. I’ve noticed things that, without any committee meetings, focus groups or online polls where you have to click the little circles, we’ve all agreed upon.…
Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. The Bene Gesserit didn’t have to worry about the mainstream media’s death-lock with venal party politics, though. Our fears are being engineered and magnified to control us. Fear is a fascinating thing. It’s fairly easy to initiate, can…
Handy hints for all you would-be journalismers. One: do not invent words. As one of the country’s most respected cultural commentators and daddy bloggers, I am frequently asked Frequently Asked Questions by fans and well-wishers. Many of these questions are, to be honest, deeply offensive on moral and racial grounds.…
This month, Helen dissects literary theory and comes up with a parallel between Tom Wolfe and Mummybloggers. Discuss. In May 1972, journalist Jack Newfield wrote a piece on the state of his profession. In The Village Voice, the late writer and Kennedy confidante set about tinkering with the moral compass…
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Is there anything the internet can’t kill? The Global Mail, despite its quality, looks like being Australia’s Google+. Meh. The state of journalism in Australia is so dire that it is tempting to conclude that, rather than try and rescue it by somehow reinventing the business model destroyed by the…
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Despite what the High Court says, it’s time we recognised that cults are not churches, they are businesses. Parasitic, often criminal enterprises that have hidden behind our legislative weakness for too long. Last month, the South Australian District Court awarded damages of $500,000 to a disabled woman who had been…
... but instead you get political incompetence The only difference we can see is the entry point to your brain: through the skull, or the hip-pocket. Did you happen to catch Question Time the other day? It was awesome. The government announced the commencement of the largest infrastructure project ever…
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Are we getting nastier, or does online anonymity just free us to express our innate nastiness? It’s fairly well established that people on the Internet can frequently act like arseholes. There seems to be something about the disconnection from the person that you’re abusing, along with the option of easy…
Why is the ACL so obsessed with Same Sex Marriage? An actual Christian wonders at the misuse of his faith for political ends. I am sick to death of the gay marriage debate. Truly, I am. In a world where there are so many truly important issues to discuss, I…
Part 18: The guy who rejected the guy who rejected The Beatles Product disclaimer: some of this may be out and out horseshit. Saul Berkowitz was a little-known music impresario in post-war London. He ran a chain of nightclubs, including Soho’s famed ‘Happy Bistro’, which, after the Blitz, enjoyed its…
... and the Female Celebrity Redemption Game Lara Bingle is pretty. And pretty pointless. Should we care about how she’s treated by the media (and us)? Well, yes. Because she’s a human fucking being. When Lara Bingle is not in the news, around 200 people a day find my blog…
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In the first of a series on the evolution of TV, Justin digs through the DNA of the Cop Show. Standards are slipping, am I right? Just have a look at television these days and dig on all the cussing and fucking and violence and drug use and “strong adult…
Cryptic parcels and strange visitors. Who said being a Tribune writer was boring? There’s only one envelope in my letterbox today. It’s small, ragged and torn at the corners. My name and address are printed in neat biro. Inside, there is an art-deco restaurant-style place card, upon which is written,…
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There’s nothing funnier than a small child swearing. No, really. My four year-old son comes into the room. ‘Sorry Dad, I spilled my drink.’ ‘That’s okay The Boy. What happened?’
Why send a man half way around the world to watch a sunspot? TAHITI. June 1769. Lieutenant James Cook of HMS Endeavour is sitting on a beach. Around the bay where his ship is harbored are three of his companions, including the famous naturalist, Joseph Banks. In his hands are…
“I know the smell, the taste, and the significance of censorship. The right of authors to express their views and we have a responsibility to listen, even if we don’t agree with what they say.” These were words that June Factor, the author of many works on Australian children’s folklore,…
Teach a man to fish and before you know it he’s bought a boat and you’ll never see him again. Give Sunday a fish and you’ll never eat anything else.
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