Last updated: November 3, 2016

Advertisers wrong on digital

Advertisers wrong on digital
Fears of Facebook, Google and YouTube online video advertising dominance looms large over 2017.

Poor reporting slips through net

Poor reporting slips through net
Three recent stories have been poorly told because of group think.

KISS is on my tour list

KISS is on my tour list
The last campaign I covered on the ground in the US was in 1968 when Richard Nixon saw off ­Hubert Humphrey.

Paul Barry’s Four Corners confusion

Paul Barry’s Four Corners confusion
Plus: Waleed Aly scores for boring Andrew Olle Media Lecture and a reading from the Green-Left gospel according to Bonge.

A satirist explain himself?

A satirist explain himself?
Cartoonist Bill Leak is a victim of the dangerous overreach of Section 18C.

Twigging to questionable HRC

Twigging to questionable HRC
Does Gillian Triggs’s Human Rights Commission have a problem with speaking the truth?

Lesson in Musk’s marketing

Lesson in Musk’s marketing
Australian marketers could learn a trick or two from Canadian-American tech billionaire Elon Musk.

Suppressing free speech offensive

Suppressing free speech offensive
This editorial was published in The West Australian on Saturday.

Singo, Jones no licence to whinge

Singo, Jones no licence to whinge
The long-running saga surrounding the sale of radio station 2CH has moved into uncharted waters.

A satirist explain himself?

A satirist explain himself?
Cartoonist Bill Leak is a victim of the dangerous overreach of Section 18C.

‘You keep fighting these cases’

‘You keep fighting these cases’
There is a sense the media is being bullied into not covering some issues.

A rising economy for all

A rising economy for all
The ABC focuses on progressive causes at the expense of our amazing growth story.

Switch on to SBS Viceland

Switch on to SBS Viceland
As media organisations in a country where a quarter of us were born overseas, are we providing television that focuses on big issues?

Reform must protect culture

Reform must protect  culture
Foxtel chief executive Peter Tonagh calls for a holistic approach to protect diversity.

Brand power will help Samsung

Brand power will help Samsung
The so-called phablet — half phone, half tablet — proved how colossal a catastrophe can be when things go wrong.

Virtue and vice in journalism

Virtue and vice in journalism
At Rebecca Wilson’s standing room-only ­funeral we celebrated her passion for the pursuit of the truth.

Sniff test gone to the dogs

Sniff test gone to the dogs
Political analysts have pointed to problems with traditional polling that did not predict the UK Brexit vote.

Left’s exclusive right to speech

Left’s exclusive right to speech
Taking offence at comments by those with differing views has become unreasonable.

Lateline’s war against elections

Lateline’s war against elections
Plus: another ABC recruit from Fairfax; Nancy on the press gallery; and Sky lets Hillary off the hook.

Lateline’s war against elections

Lateline’s war against elections
Plus: another ABC recruit from Fairfax; Nancy on the press gallery; and Sky lets Hillary off the hook.

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