This is what the great spin doctor Edward Bernays called, “The conscious, intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses” Journalists will argue, this is “news”. […]
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Click here for larger spectacle I think political journalists in Australia can expect to be asked questions from Australians more and more as they begin to understand what goes on […]
By Ronni Salt Oct 23 It’s very evident @ScottMorrisonMP‘s office & Liberal party HQ have been leaking to the media about Christine Holgate for some time now. Passive aggressive phrases […]
To clarify (it’s confused some) there is no suggestion the Guardian is responsible for the ensuing pile-on onto Michael Staindl. They had a small part in a very big […]
Jordan Shanks – Punching down for power From my (evolving) 1980’s Labor Left perspective on life, I’ll admit to being unimpressed when I first saw Mr Shanks prattling away on […]
Bear False Witness I’m sorry God, but your ten commandments[1] in the Bible are somewhat meaningless in today’s society. My encounters with Christians over the course of my life have shown […]
Reshaping Oz When even good journalists fail to explore the financial and personal links between companies and policymakers, they allow a pervasive form of institutional corruption to flourish. Energy Minister […]
George Pell’s troubled history was originally edged into the public domain by the Melbourne Herald Sun, via the sterling Lucie Morris Marr. Jeff Kennett spoke to Pell about […]
Scott Morrison in a shearing shed on Eumungerie Farm, north of Dubbo (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas) It’s time political journalists in this country took a long hard look at themselves. Ronni […]
Ronni Salt recently broke a story about the QAnon group associated with our PM, Scott Morrison. The possibility of a crazy conspiracy ring like QAnon having an influence on our Prime […]
