Tag Archives: Media

Spelling Misfires!

One would think that if a newspaper is going to write a headline critical of the performance of Australia’s 4×100 freestyle swimming team, that one should make sure one doesn’t misspell that headline. Enter, the Herald-Sun: Misile? I’m sure they meant “missile”…right? Misfire.

Throw Another Geelong Cat On The Barbie?

Geelong Cats AFL player Simon Hogan has been bravely fighting a battle with depression for some time. Depression is a terrible affliction that will affect most people at some time in their lives. There was a nice write up about his struggle on the Geelong Advertiser website this morning: Hogan Gives Insight Into Mental Illness […]

More Australian Government Media Content Control

Hot on the heels of the divisive mandatory internet filtering debate in this country, comes yet more government control being exerted over the content of media – with the news that the government will require the next operator of the Australia Network to provide advance notice of programming guides to the Department of Foreign Affairs […]

Assange is No Political Prisoner

In one of the biggest journalistic beat-ups / publicity stunts I have seen in a while, there is a growing perception online that in some way Julian Assange of Wikileaks has been made a “political prisoner” within Australia, after his passport was “confiscated” upon his recent ingress via Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport. Australian Wikileak Founder’s Passport […]