Comparisons with Watergate raise worrying prospects for News Corporation, writes Rodney Tiffen
03 May 12 Comments (0)Rupert and the right to know
Two new books wrestle with the issue of why readers’ trust in the media has plummeted, Denis Muller
18 Apr 12 Comments (0)Ending Sydney’s law-and-order auction
The NSW attorney-general has taken the politically risky step of trying to reduce the prison population, writes Robert Milliken
03 Apr 12 Comments (3)Eleven media myths, and why they matter
Self-interest underlies much of the debate about the Australian news media, writes Sally Young, and it’s threatening the future of quality journalism
Comments (3)The fine line between the media business and piracy
The new allegations about News Corp fit a wider pattern of cooperation between media companies, pirates and hackers, write Ramon Lobato and Julian Thomas
02 Apr 12 Comments (0)Finkelstein’s one-stop shop
Despite the reaction of the press, the Finkelstein inquiry’s key recommendation deserves support, writes Graeme Orr
06 Mar 12 Comments (0)The politics of compassion
Does morality necessarily play a positive role in political debates, asks Klaus Neumann
01 Mar 12 Comments (0)What they see and what they hear
A growing number of Chinese are bothered by the gap between reality and the way the media portrays society and politics, reports Duncan Hewitt. And the media itself is starting to reflect that concern
16 Dec 11 Comments (0)Keeping the Age noisy
The Age’s history shows why Fairfax’s strategy is putting the paper’s identity at risk, writes Sybil Nolan
01 Dec 11 Comments (0)The fourth estate under scrutiny
INSIDE MEDIA PODCAST | Peter Clarke talks to Margaret Simons and Tim Dunlop about the federal government’s media inquiry and the fallout from the judgement in the Andrew Bolt case
11 Oct 11 Comments (0)The good, the bad, the ugly
Robert Manne’s new anti-Murdoch polemic paints a familiar picture of bias and bullying at the Australian, writes Ramon Lobato. So what else is new?
28 Sep 11 Comments (1)
News Corp and the hackers: a scandal in two parts
With the Leveson inquiry into the British press starting work in London, Rodney Tiffen looks at what the phone-hacking scandal has revealed so far about media, politics and the police – and what’s likely to happen next
15 Sep 11 Comments (3)The right thing
The screening of the ABC’s ambitious courtroom drama, Crownies, coincides with a renewed debate about Australian content. Ben Goldsmith has been watching them both
17 Aug 11 Comments (5)“A limit to this right of overlooking”
FROM THE ARCHIVE | Australians are likely to get a statutory right of privacy. Though it needs careful crafting, it’s high time, writes Jock Given
29 Jul 11 Comments (0)Sixty years in the Gallery
Rob Chalmers, editor, journal and occasional Inside Story contributor, died this week after an extraordinary period in the Canberra Press Gallery. Alan Ramsey pays tribute
27 Jul 11 Comments (1)
Right time, wrong inquiry?
Curbing News Limited’s reach wouldn’t be simple, writes Peter Browne, but there are other ways to encourage diversity
21 Jul 11 Comments (0)Good news from the News of the World
Steady concentration has been a feature of the Australian media landscape; the legislative challenge is to take advantage of the shift in sentiment, argues Tim Dwyer
20 Jul 11 Comments (0)Is this News Limited’s defence?
News Limited does some things very well, writes Geoffrey Barker. Self-analysis isn’t one of them
18 Jul 11 Comments (2)
