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Do this generation's female journalists lack talent?

Loudly and proudly dismissing Barker as cheap and nefarious protects political interests, in this case gender equality, from cold, hard reality.

by Mark Christensen - 13/05/2013 - 31 comments

Hold the front page! We need free media, not an Order of Mates.

A lesson that endures is that when the rich and powerful own the means of popular enlightenment and dress it up as a 'free press' the opposite is usually true.

by John Pilger - 10/05/2013 - 20 comments

How to make it as a female op-ed star

Women are underrepresented in the mainstream media - and when they write, it's often informed by lived experience

by Sarah Burnside - 1/05/2013 - 5 comments

Economic blockade and WikiLeaks: Iceland and beyond

For Julian Assange, the the 'economic blockade' has been nothing less than a censorship device threatening press freedom.

by Binoy Kampmark - 30/04/2013 - 1 comment

Suspected but not charged: the Rolf Harris problem

The moment Rolf Harris' name made it to the press, his reputation was vaporised by speculation and condemnation.

by Binoy Kampmark - 23/04/2013 - 21 comments

Why schools should abandon biometrics

By extracting biometric information from its young charges, the school is encouraging them to believe that surrendering such information is a normal part of life.

by Mal Fletcher - 9/04/2013 - 3 comments

The new, improved Sydney Morning Herald?

This is the kind of depth we get to expect from the Sunday supplements, or the silliest women's magazines, so-called.

by Peter West - 22/03/2013 - 11 comments

Rushed media legislation a disgrace

Not only has Conroy raised the ire of the media barons, but he is short-changing Australian content makers.

by Jacqueline Elaine - 21/03/2013 - 3 comments

Conroy ram-raids media freedom

Senator Stephen Conroy has done the almost impossible - united the media industry against the government.

by John Harrison - 19/03/2013 - 12 comments

Rough paternalism: the Conroy media proposals

Governments on the run can't be trusted to make sound policy.

by Binoy Kampmark - 19/03/2013 - 4 comments

News Corporation has no-one to blame but itself

Alan Austin looks at why media self-regulation is lost on the Murdoch press.

by Alan Austin - 18/03/2013 - 42 comments

The new propaganda is liberal. The new slavery is digital.

Today's 'message' of grotesque inequality, social injustice and war is the propaganda of liberal democracies.

by John Pilger - 18/03/2013 - 6 comments

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