Sure: but it's a dumb law based on a pompous judicial snobbery that jurors aren't smart enough to separate what they may have seen on TV from what they hear in court

RSF has released its investigation into the death of Ukrainian photojournalist Max Levin in the Kyiv region. The investigation's authors gathered evidence that the Russian military executed the journalist. rsf.org/en/exclusive-r…

#FrankMoorhouse was as much an engaged activist as a fine writer (Moorhouse v UNSW one of his most important works!) The one infused the other, giving him the rare literary understanding of politics as the "slow boring of hard boards" that made the Edith trilogy so true to life

In 10 minutes we explain how BJP-linked trolls weaponised Twitter—and the Law—to send Mohammed Zubair to jail in a fake case youtu.be/XdEBoLr863k via The Wire Watch and share widely!

Feels like a plot line out of Trollope via Crikey crikey.com.au/2022/07/18/is-…

Morrison as the multi-function pollie was always weird. Why did the media miss it? My stab at an answer in Crikey

Bring it on! Crikey push-back on Lachlan Murdoch defo threat.

How Fox mixed the Jan 6 cocktail: with a shot of anger and a splash of hope. My explainer in Crikey

This week more than ever we have a lot for which to thank Crikey - courage, chutzpah and, today, this link to the truly hilarious The New York Times review of Jared's memoir in Christopher Warren's account of the frenmity between the Trumps & the Murdochs. Enjoy. nytimes.com/2022/08/17/boo…

Can the Murdochs pull off news streaming? Can anyone? via Crikey crikey.com.au/2022/08/26/mur…

Australians know how this story ends. #Idontholdahosem8

It was a 2017 speech by Abbott to this mob that led the abc730 to tag him "most destructive" pollie of his generation, leading ACMA to slap the ABC for bias. Sounds like the ABC got it right. Crikey crikey.com.au/2023/02/07/ton…

Doug @Rushkoff says that the ethic of today's "entrepreneur" is to #GoMeta - don't provide a product or a service, simply find a way to be a predatory squatter on a chokepoint between people who do useful things and people who use those things.

Veteran journalist claims the US sabotaged Nord Stream. Truth or fiction? (It's fiction) msn.com/en-au/news/oth…

Once upon a time, News Corp mattered. Now...

India's independent media coalition are forcing a rethink of what journalism can be. Tonight they revitalise rolling election result coverage. Outstanding. #ElectionsWithIndependentMedia

This has it back to front: caucus solidarity in left parties is a defence of progressive politics (particularly human rights) -- when splintering solidarity becomes normalised it usually (and more destructively) means individuals voting with the right to block change.

Wrote this for Crikey about the dire state of regional news - things are even worse in the diverse villages that make up our cities crikey.com.au/2024/09/04/loc…