So Australian troops in Afghanistan kill civilians and are now facing charges. It’s called accountability, something sorely lacking in Western societies at war for decades. Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, a top quality Murdoch quality that regularly writes about refugees stealing our jobs, women and sand, thinks it’s bloody outrageous in an editorial today: In the early…
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Murdoch hearts anybody other than sensible US politicians
Hello, my name is Fox News and I like Christians, no mosques anywhere and far-right Republicans: With the exception of Mitt Romney, Fox now has deals with every major potential Republican presidential candidate not currently in elected office.
Murdoch loves bigotry and paranoia that makes cash
Laugh or cry, your call. Here’s Fox News’ Glenn Beck explaining why Murdoch loves and trusts him. Murdoch “keeps me on the air because I have the proof” that progressives want to “control every aspect of your life”:
Private contractor Serco escapes scrutiny in the detention debate
My following piece appears today in Crikey: I visited Villawood on Sunday”‰—”‰alongside a delegation of union leaders and Greens Senator-elect Lee Rhiannon”‰—”‰and met several asylum seekers subsequently involved in the protest that ended peacefully last night with the arrival of UNHCR officials. We spent hours conversing with men in their 20s and up from Iraq,…
Jon Stewart on using fooking humour to make his point
Wonderful New York profile of Jon Stewart and the Daily Show, a program that becomes even more essential as America’s two-party system crumbles before our very eyes (but don’t tell them; they don’t need to realise): After September 11, Stewart began to employ his newfound anger, becoming a voice of comic sanity in the whirlwind…
The joys of being under the Murdoch gun
Another day, another revelation of Murdoch shamelessness in Britain: Sienna Miller was today expected to become the latest public figure to join the legal assault on Scotland Yard and the News of the World over the phone-hacking scandal. Lawyers for the actor, whose private life has long been a tabloid staple, said she was ready…
MSM regulation is above the pay scale of MPs?
Sigh: The Commons is not the place for the media to be on trial over phone-hacking allegations, the former chairman of the Press Complaints Commission has told followers on Twitter. MPs are too cowardly when it comes to tackling newspapers – and that empowers their editors, Sir Christopher Meyer said. Meyer, a former British ambassador…
News of the World needs to learn what ethics are all about
Hello my name is Rupert and I make money from finding the mobile phone numbers of famous people: The News of the World paid a private detective to provide hundreds of pieces of confidential information, often using illegal means, a confidential document obtained by The Independent on Sunday has revealed. The “Blue Book”, a ledger…
Controlling the Murdoch empire is both necessary and just
Here’s something you will virtually never see in Australia. A mainstream newspaper (in this case, the London Observer) taking on the Murdoch empire, front and centre, calling it out for its smears and lack of rigorous ethics (to put it mildly): Rupert Murdoch‘s News International (NI) is drawing up plans to sponsor an academy school…
How to skewer a President
Never trust the MSM to report politics fairly. Case for the prosecution: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Are You Ready for Some Midterms? – MSNBC’s Political Narrative www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party