tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post5766535312789319186..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: Amateur journalismAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-41570927746084073502009-07-10T12:33:38.191+10:002009-07-10T12:33:38.191+10:00Or this from today's Guardian - three separat...Or <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jul/09/phone-hacking-inquiries" rel="nofollow"> this from today's Guardian </a>- three separate inquiries into phone hacking by News Ltd journalists!Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-7957804116505596782009-07-10T08:59:35.750+10:002009-07-10T08:59:35.750+10:00(I'm ignoring the goose above.)(I'm ignoring the goose above.)Nicholas Pickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06765213293334506905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-41996191983615991652009-07-10T01:09:27.310+10:002009-07-10T01:09:27.310+10:00And then you throw this into the mix and see what ...And then you throw this into the mix and see what Hartigan's colleagues in the UK have been doing and it becomes all the more interesting... <br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jul/08/murdoch-papers-phone-hacking<br /><br />Enjoy.Nicholas Pickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06765213293334506905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-23472200347171695692009-07-08T01:49:42.887+10:002009-07-08T01:49:42.887+10:00I beg your pardon, Tony? Noice, I don't think....I beg your pardon, Tony? Noice, I don't think. And yes, just to rephrase, just because you disagree with someone doesn't mean their arguments are intellectually bankrupt, although I am beginning to wonder.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-62474438243896305852009-07-07T23:34:37.927+10:002009-07-07T23:34:37.927+10:00Alison, I didn't say you were intellectually b...Alison, I didn't say you were intellectually bankrupt, I said your defense of Bill Henson was intellectually bankrupt.<br /><br />Still surfing those Russian bestiality websites?Tony Comstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06376376894244593929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-68059399205322350302009-07-07T08:56:42.904+10:002009-07-07T08:56:42.904+10:00Thanks Tony. Btw, just because you disagree with s...Thanks Tony. Btw, just because you disagree with someone doesn't make them "intellectually bankrupt".Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-33260615210015737582009-07-07T05:55:26.580+10:002009-07-07T05:55:26.580+10:00Hey, speaking of beams and eyes, now sounds like a...Hey, speaking of beams and eyes, now sounds like a good time to tell you about my new project theintenttoarouse.com<br /><br />We just covered 9 Songs, Shortbus, and Destricted will be coming up on your intellectually bankrupt defense of Bill Henson shortly. Dates for the Australian leg of the tour are falling into place, including Melbourne.Tony Comstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06376376894244593929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-38317772036756927812009-07-04T21:24:32.252+10:002009-07-04T21:24:32.252+10:00i wanted to become a journalist someday
ChikaBe...i wanted to become a journalist someday<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://chikabebe.com/" rel="nofollow"> ChikaBebe</a>ChikaBebehttp://chikabebe.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-37926588551003180192009-07-03T15:07:38.680+10:002009-07-03T15:07:38.680+10:00Define unsubstantiated arrogance -
"somethi...Define unsubstantiated arrogance - <br /><br />"something of such limited intellectual value as to be barely discernible from massive ignorance,"<br /><br />How many blogs does he read, I wonder? News limited is hardly in a position to define intellectual value and I look forward to more ridiculousness from them as their position as arbiters of what we should know and how we should Paulhttp://gingatao.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-76377199347533245912009-07-03T11:07:10.293+10:002009-07-03T11:07:10.293+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.On Stage And Wallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123174160610622544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-13331656199910430262009-07-03T01:07:56.508+10:002009-07-03T01:07:56.508+10:00At my university (and I assume it happens at most ...At my university (and I assume it happens at most universities around Australia), you can sign up at the start of the year to the Daily Telegraph for free - you get a card which you flash at the uni newsagent when you pick up your paper. It conjures up images of drug peddlers giving their customers a discounted taste to get them hooked before raising the price...<br /><br />Anyways, I get both Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-22520039822072316042009-07-02T19:27:50.137+10:002009-07-02T19:27:50.137+10:00But then again, their arts coverage is 2nd to none...But then again, their arts coverage is 2nd to none!<br /><br />Alison Croggon, Iain Shedden and the ALR almost make up for the deficit in other areas.....Lloydnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-11636731795817584742009-07-02T19:01:42.848+10:002009-07-02T19:01:42.848+10:00Gosh. Just caught up with the Age. I don't kno...Gosh. Just caught up with the Age. I don't know what to say.<br /><br />Well, I agree Hartigan has a good point that if newspapers are to survive, they have to invest in quality journalism, rather than press the panic button and rush onto the death spiral of ever declining journalism, driving diminishing ad revenue, etc. Did he point out that, while dailies have on the whole been in decline Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-39757840617911773472009-07-02T18:37:46.494+10:002009-07-02T18:37:46.494+10:00Piers Akerman makes a mockery of his entire thesis...Piers Akerman makes a mockery of his entire thesis, as does Andrew Bolt and numerous other News Ltd journalists. <br /><br />Even their 'serious' journalists have been exposed as agenda driven hacks.<br /><br />Dennis Shanahan, Greg Sheridan, Glen Milne, not to mention Christian Kerr, Christopher Pearson and Janet Albrechtsen.<br /><br />Seriously, being lectured by a company that can Lloydnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-80029113227999717132009-07-02T14:21:40.008+10:002009-07-02T14:21:40.008+10:00I read half of Hartigan's speech yesterday - I...I read half of Hartigan's speech yesterday - I actually think he makes a few good points about print journalism needing to devote more resources to stories and hire, rather than fire, more writers.<br /><br />He does end with a big "how cool is the Punch?!" rave though...<br /><br />I wonder if the address was what inspired Jake Wilson's piece in the Age today, which heartily Born Dancin'https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526760383290674186noreply@blogger.com