- 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
- Feb 24, 2016: ABC Managing Director Mark Scott’s Farewell Address To The National Press Club
- Jul 15, 2014: Rupert Murdoch And Tony Abbott Speak At 50th Anniversary Celebration Of The Australian
- Jul 15, 2014: Noel Pearson Praises The Australian’s Coverage Of Indigenous Issues In 50th Anniversary Speech
- May 21, 2014: Gloria’s Adult Sex Line, Tony Abbott’s Wink, And Politics At Its Most Trivial
- Apr 30, 2014: ALP To Launch Online Labor Herald News Service; Mainstream Media Filtering Criticised
- Feb 04, 2014: ABC Says Its Reports Of Asylum Seekers’ Claims Should Have Been “More Precise”
- Jan 30, 2014: Turnbull Announces Efficiency Study Of ABC And SBS
- Jan 29, 2014: Tony Abbott Attacks ABC In Interview With 2GB’s Ray Hadley
- Oct 31, 2013: Rupert Murdoch’s Lowy Lecture
- Oct 25, 2013: Women In The Media: Lisa Wilkinson’s Andrew Olle Media Lecture
- Oct 18, 2013: Derryn Hinch Fined $100,000 For Contempt Of Court
- Sep 06, 2013: Newspaper Editorials Overwhelmingly Favour Abbott
- Aug 05, 2013: Murdoch News Corporation Newspaper Leads Attack On Rudd
- Jun 22, 2013: The Age Newspaper Calls On Julia Gillard To Resign
- Jun 06, 2013: John Murphy On Rupert Murdoch: We Are Not Frightened Of You
- Mar 02, 2013: Peter Harvey, Channel 9 Journalist, Dies, 68
- Dec 27, 2012: Malcolm Turnbull: “It Has Never Been Easier To Get Away With Telling Lies”
- Dec 23, 2012: Subtlety Lost: Craig Emerson On The Australian Media
- Dec 18, 2012: Rupert Murdoch Eulogises His Mother At Memorial Service In Melbourne
- Dec 16, 2012: What Does It Take To Get Gun Reform In The US?
- Dec 15, 2012: Murdoch And Turnbull Tweet About Guns
- Dec 13, 2012: Slipper And Ashby: The Media Then And Now
- Dec 12, 2012: Leveson’s Australian Speech On The Media
- Dec 12, 2012: ABC Puts News24 Channel On YouTube
- Dec 10, 2012: Today’s Political Messages: Swan And Abbott
- Dec 10, 2012: Stephen Conroy Responds To Furore Over Royal Prank Call
- Dec 06, 2012: Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Dies, Aged 103; Wife To Keith, Mother To Rupert, Philanthropist
- Dec 03, 2012: Fairfax Donates Historic Photographs To National Library
- Nov 29, 2012: Cameron And Miliband Respond To Leveson
- Nov 29, 2012: Leveson Report On UK Media Released
- Nov 29, 2012: Gillard Fights Back Over AWU Allegations: Complains To Fairfax, Attacks Opposition
- Nov 28, 2012: Press Council Rules Against Herald Sun Over Portrayal of Craig Thomson
- Oct 07, 2012: Macquarie Radio Suspends Alan Jones Advertising; Alleges Social Media Bullying
- Oct 03, 2012: On Alan Jones, Politics And Narcissism
- Sep 30, 2012: Alan Jones Press Conference; Purported Apology
- Aug 23, 2012: The Australian Apologises To Gillard
- Aug 06, 2012: Tony Abbott Speech On Free Speech
- Jun 20, 2012: Kim Williams Announces News Limited Media Plans
- May 24, 2012: Craig Thomson: Enough Is Enough
- May 22, 2012: The Herald Sun Adjudicates
- Feb 02, 2012: Clarke and Dawe: ‘A Senior Editor’
- Dec 08, 2011: Turnbull: “The Future Of Newspapers – Is It The End Of Journalism?”
- Nov 17, 2011: The Hamster Wheel: The Julia Song
- Sep 14, 2011: Government Announces Media Inquiry Terms of Reference
- Jul 25, 2011: Let’s Leave It There
- Jul 20, 2011: Rupert Murdoch Attacked With Cream Pie During Hearing
- Jul 18, 2011: Hackgate: The Movie
- May 19, 2011: Bob Brown Jousts With The “Hate Media”
- Jan 28, 2011: Newspaper Front Pages on the Flood Levy
- Dec 16, 2010: Here Is The News
- Dec 09, 2010: Laurie Oakes Wins Gold Walkley For ALP Leaks Stories
- Sep 22, 2010: The Twitter Election? Not Likely.
- Aug 24, 2010: Bob Katter Attacks the Media
- Nov 11, 2008: Is Julie Bishop A Political Clown?
- Jan 29, 2008: Terrorism, Policing & The Media: Controversial Keelty Speech
- Jan 22, 2008: The Bulletin Axed After 128 Years
- Aug 18, 2007: Bless You, Too, Annabel, But You Got The Address Wrong!
- Jun 13, 2007: Tony Blair: “The Media Is A Feral Beast, Tearing People To Pieces”
- May 09, 2007: Rupert Murdoch’s Energy Initiative
- May 07, 2006: Richard Carleton: From The Dismissal To Beaconsfield
- Feb 17, 2006: John Howard’s Eulogy For Kerry Packer
- Dec 27, 2005: Howard And Beazley Pay Tribute To Packer
- Dec 17, 2005: As Leo McGarry Dies, Chicago Tribune Endorses Matt Santos For President
- Dec 14, 2005: Beattie On Media Power Without Responsibility: Who Guards The Guardians?
- Oct 06, 2005: American Democracy Is In Grave Danger: Al Gore
- Aug 31, 2005: Coonan Signals New Media Ownership Laws
- May 25, 2005: Graham Kennedy, The King, Dies, 71
- May 12, 2005: ABC Deletes Eastley’s Comments From Transcript And Tape
- Apr 13, 2005: The Challenge Of Becoming A True Digital Native: Rupert Murdoch
- Feb 02, 2005: Crikey Sold To Beecher For $1 Million
- Dec 06, 2004: Mark Scott Discusses The Future Of The Sydney Morning Herald
- Dec 01, 2004: ABC 2004 Election Coverage Review Released
- Dec 01, 2004: Report On ABC Coverage Of The 2004 Federal Election
- Sep 29, 2004: Pilger: Australia’s Samidzat
- Oct 20, 2003: 2003 World Press Freedom Rankings
- Aug 21, 2003: Newspapers Report Pauline Hanson’s Jailing
- May 30, 2003: Alston Attacks ABC Coverage Of Iraq War
- Apr 11, 2003: Rumsfeld Attacks Media Coverage Of ‘Liberated’ Iraq
- Mar 05, 2003: British Media Tougher On Responsibilities: Democrats
- Jul 03, 2002: Laurie Oakes, Cheryl Kernot And The Unreported Story
- Apr 27, 2002: Media And Courts: The Dilemma – Speech by Justice Michael Kirby
- Apr 27, 2001: Using The Media: What’s In Today’s Financial Review?
- Apr 18, 2001: The Fleeting Years: SMH 170th Anniversary Editorial
- Mar 03, 2001: Shock-Jock Democracy
- Nov 15, 2000: Beating Up: Barrett Report On Police, Media & WEF Protests
- Jun 14, 2000: Paul Keating On The Australian Media
- Dec 01, 1999: Media Ownership In Australia – 1999
- Nov 26, 1999: Murdoch Group To Lobby Backbench MPs Over Digital TV
- Nov 03, 1999: “Cash for Comment” Inquiry: Flint Gives Interview To Laws
- Mar 05, 1999: Abbott And Costello Defamation Action
- Feb 20, 1998: Gareth Evans: Politics And The Media Circus
- Sep 01, 1997: The Importance Of Jeff – A Media Study
- Dec 01, 1996: Television Ownership In Australia – 1996
- Dec 01, 1996: Newspaper Ownership In Australia – 1996
- Nov 15, 1991: Kerry Packer Debates The Friends Of Fairfax
- Sep 22, 1989: Final Edition Of Newsvoice As Russell Cooper Replaces Mike Ahern As Queensland Premier
- Sep 30, 1988: Neil Mitchell Editorial On The 1988 Victorian State Election
- Mar 28, 1988: Fairfax Media Charter Of Editorial Independence
- May 23, 1987: In Defence Of Protests
- Mar 01, 1983: Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser’s Final Appearance At The National Press Club
- Feb 27, 1976: Richard Carleton: Politics In The Wake Of The Dismissal
- Jun 26, 1975: The Australian Tries Yet Another Editor