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

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