Blogging: Is It Hurting Print Media?
Apologies if anyone found errors accessing the site from about 3am this morning (7 hours ago.) The domain expired and I didn’t know because I’d changed email addresses since registering the domain. All...
View ArticleCBD Violence: A Sensational, Hypocritical Distraction
It must be slow days for journalists at the moment. All they seem to be going on about is this ‘epidemic’ of drunken violence in the Melbourne CBD, as if the cops and the government are pacifists or...
View ArticleAnti-Indian Racism: Still A Problem, Still No Solution
The recent mob attack on a group of Indian immigrants has brought racism to the media’s attention again. The police are being criticised for taking too long to release a statement about the incident –...
View ArticleWriting: Overcoming Slumps and Blocks
As I said in my writing goals post for this month, I’m aiming get back on track, to get writing and inspired in the wake of a bit of a dry spell. I’ve become used to slumps in enthusiasm for writing,...
View ArticleIs Rudd attacking refugees to get votes from racist workers?
While it seems Rudd has copped a fair amount if criticism in the media over his latest attack on refugees, I’ve noticed a worrying trend in the way writers have tackled the issue, claiming Rudd is just...
View ArticleIsrael's image, the media and Western leaders
Looking the media coverage surrounding Israel’s recent attack on an unarmed flotilla of boats trying to bring aid to Gaza, I wasn’t surprised by the pro-Israel bias. Also, the shaping of the incident...
View ArticleWar criminals and Wikileaks: hypocisy and double-standards
The story about Wikileaks and their leader, Julian Assange has exploded over the last week with probably more attention on Assange and releasing the documents than what the documents actually say. If...
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