Media

• The Fourth Estate – an explanation of this description of the Press.
• Fairfax Media Charter of Editorial Independence
• Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus – the famous editorial from the New York Sun, 1897.

Archived Posts

• ABC Managing Director Mark Scott’s Farewell Address To The National Press Club February 24, 2016
• Rupert Murdoch And Tony Abbott Speak At 50th Anniversary Celebration Of The Australian July 15, 2014
• Noel Pearson Praises The Australian’s Coverage Of Indigenous Issues In 50th Anniversary Speech July 15, 2014
• Gloria’s Adult Sex Line, Tony Abbott’s Wink, And Politics At Its Most Trivial May 21, 2014
• ALP To Launch Online Labor Herald News Service; Mainstream Media Filtering Criticised April 30, 2014
• ABC Says Its Reports Of Asylum Seekers’ Claims Should Have Been “More Precise” February 4, 2014
• Turnbull Announces Efficiency Study Of ABC And SBS January 30, 2014
• Tony Abbott Attacks ABC In Interview With 2GB’s Ray Hadley January 29, 2014
• Rupert Murdoch’s Lowy Lecture October 31, 2013
• Women In The Media: Lisa Wilkinson’s Andrew Olle Media Lecture October 25, 2013
• Derryn Hinch Fined $100,000 For Contempt Of Court October 18, 2013
• Newspaper Editorials Overwhelmingly Favour Abbott September 6, 2013
• Murdoch News Corporation Newspaper Leads Attack On Rudd August 5, 2013
• The Age Newspaper Calls On Julia Gillard To Resign June 22, 2013
• John Murphy On Rupert Murdoch: We Are Not Frightened Of You June 6, 2013
• Peter Harvey, Channel 9 Journalist, Dies, 68 March 2, 2013
• Malcolm Turnbull: “It Has Never Been Easier To Get Away With Telling Lies” December 27, 2012
• Subtlety Lost: Craig Emerson On The Australian Media December 23, 2012
• Rupert Murdoch Eulogises His Mother At Memorial Service In Melbourne December 18, 2012
• What Does It Take To Get Gun Reform In The US? December 16, 2012
• Murdoch And Turnbull Tweet About Guns December 15, 2012
• Slipper And Ashby: The Media Then And Now December 13, 2012
• Leveson’s Australian Speech On The Media December 12, 2012
• ABC Puts News24 Channel On YouTube December 12, 2012
• Today’s Political Messages: Swan And Abbott December 10, 2012
• Stephen Conroy Responds To Furore Over Royal Prank Call December 10, 2012
• Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Dies, Aged 103; Wife To Keith, Mother To Rupert, Philanthropist December 6, 2012
• Fairfax Donates Historic Photographs To National Library December 3, 2012
• Cameron And Miliband Respond To Leveson November 29, 2012
• Leveson Report On UK Media Released November 29, 2012
• Gillard Fights Back Over AWU Allegations: Complains To Fairfax, Attacks Opposition November 29, 2012
• Press Council Rules Against Herald Sun Over Portrayal of Craig Thomson November 28, 2012
• Macquarie Radio Suspends Alan Jones Advertising; Alleges Social Media Bullying October 7, 2012
• On Alan Jones, Politics And Narcissism October 3, 2012
• Alan Jones Press Conference; Purported Apology September 30, 2012
• The Australian Apologises To Gillard August 23, 2012
• Tony Abbott Speech On Free Speech August 6, 2012
• Kim Williams Announces News Limited Media Plans June 20, 2012
• Craig Thomson: Enough Is Enough May 24, 2012
• The Herald Sun Adjudicates May 22, 2012
• Clarke and Dawe: ‘A Senior Editor’ February 2, 2012
• Turnbull: “The Future Of Newspapers – Is It The End Of Journalism?” December 8, 2011
• The Hamster Wheel: The Julia Song November 17, 2011
• Government Announces Media Inquiry Terms of Reference September 14, 2011
• Let’s Leave It There July 25, 2011
• Rupert Murdoch Attacked With Cream Pie During Hearing July 20, 2011
• Hackgate: The Movie July 18, 2011
• Bob Brown Jousts With The “Hate Media” May 19, 2011
• Newspaper Front Pages on the Flood Levy January 28, 2011
• Here Is The News December 16, 2010
• Laurie Oakes Wins Gold Walkley For ALP Leaks Stories December 9, 2010
• The Twitter Election? Not Likely. September 22, 2010
• Bob Katter Attacks the Media August 24, 2010
• Is Julie Bishop A Political Clown? November 11, 2008
• Terrorism, Policing & The Media: Controversial Keelty Speech January 29, 2008
• The Bulletin Axed After 128 Years January 22, 2008
• Bless You, Too, Annabel, But You Got The Address Wrong! August 18, 2007
• Tony Blair: “The Media Is A Feral Beast, Tearing People To Pieces” June 13, 2007
• Rupert Murdoch’s Energy Initiative May 9, 2007
• Richard Carleton: From The Dismissal To Beaconsfield May 7, 2006
• John Howard’s Eulogy For Kerry Packer February 17, 2006
• Howard And Beazley Pay Tribute To Packer December 27, 2005
• As Leo McGarry Dies, Chicago Tribune Endorses Matt Santos For President December 17, 2005
• Beattie On Media Power Without Responsibility: Who Guards The Guardians? December 14, 2005
• American Democracy Is In Grave Danger: Al Gore October 6, 2005
• Coonan Signals New Media Ownership Laws August 31, 2005
• Graham Kennedy, The King, Dies, 71 May 25, 2005
• ABC Deletes Eastley’s Comments From Transcript And Tape May 12, 2005
• The Challenge Of Becoming A True Digital Native: Rupert Murdoch April 13, 2005
• Crikey Sold To Beecher For $1 Million February 2, 2005
• Mark Scott Discusses The Future Of The Sydney Morning Herald December 6, 2004
• ABC 2004 Election Coverage Review Released December 1, 2004
• Report On ABC Coverage Of The 2004 Federal Election December 1, 2004
• Pilger: Australia’s Samidzat September 29, 2004
• 2003 World Press Freedom Rankings October 20, 2003
• Newspapers Report Pauline Hanson’s Jailing August 21, 2003
• Alston Attacks ABC Coverage Of Iraq War May 30, 2003
• Rumsfeld Attacks Media Coverage Of ‘Liberated’ Iraq April 11, 2003
• British Media Tougher On Responsibilities: Democrats March 5, 2003
• Laurie Oakes, Cheryl Kernot And The Unreported Story July 3, 2002
• Media And Courts: The Dilemma – Speech by Justice Michael Kirby April 27, 2002
• Using The Media: What’s In Today’s Financial Review? April 27, 2001
• The Fleeting Years: SMH 170th Anniversary Editorial April 18, 2001
• Shock-Jock Democracy March 3, 2001
• Beating Up: Barrett Report On Police, Media & WEF Protests November 15, 2000
• Paul Keating On The Australian Media June 14, 2000
• Media Ownership In Australia – 1999 December 1, 1999
• Murdoch Group To Lobby Backbench MPs Over Digital TV November 26, 1999
• “Cash for Comment” Inquiry: Flint Gives Interview To Laws November 3, 1999
• Abbott And Costello Defamation Action March 5, 1999
• Gareth Evans: Politics And The Media Circus February 20, 1998
• The Importance Of Jeff – A Media Study September 1, 1997
• Television Ownership In Australia – 1996 December 1, 1996
• Newspaper Ownership In Australia – 1996 December 1, 1996
• Kerry Packer Debates The Friends Of Fairfax November 15, 1991
• Final Edition Of Newsvoice As Russell Cooper Replaces Mike Ahern As Queensland Premier September 22, 1989
• Neil Mitchell Editorial On The 1988 Victorian State Election September 30, 1988
• Fairfax Media Charter Of Editorial Independence March 28, 1988
• In Defence Of Protests May 23, 1987
• Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser’s Final Appearance At The National Press Club March 1, 1983
• Richard Carleton: Politics In The Wake Of The Dismissal February 27, 1976
• The Australian Tries Yet Another Editor June 26, 1975