Last updated: November 19, 2016

A bumper Trumper issue

A bumper Trumper issue
Plus: when Hendo met the ABC chairman on a super-moon night; and the Red Bandannaed One debunked.

Curbing freedom of speech harmful

Curbing freedom of speech harmful
The forum to tackle disagreeable views should be public debate, not the courts.

Globalisation’s losers are heard

Globalisation’s losers are heard
The Trump ascendancy is a crass remake of Hollywood director Frank Capra’s glorious World War II-era films.

Trump saw irritants many missed

Trump saw irritants many missed
Ladies and gentlemen of the Fourth Estate, you have been charged with getting it hopelessly wrong.

Medium no longer the message

Medium no longer the message
It must qualify as one of the most spectacular yet misguided shows of the year.

Globalisation’s losers are heard

Globalisation’s losers are heard
The Trump ascendancy is a crass remake of Hollywood director Frank Capra’s glorious World War II-era films.

Trump saw irritants many missed

Trump saw irritants many missed
Ladies and gentlemen of the Fourth Estate, you have been charged with getting it hopelessly wrong.

Sales lets Triggs off the hook

Sales lets Triggs off the hook
Plus: Nancy’s US election coverage highlights; and Hinch on the 9/11-style shock of Trump.

Media partly to blame

Media partly to blame
Far from simply missing the story, the sanctimony of many in the media probably contributed to Trump’s rise.

Death of TV overstated

Death of TV overstated
The actual proportion of total viewed minutes of the Rio Olympics watched digitally via Seven was 1.9 per cent.

No kiss, tell from Stefanovic ex

No kiss, tell from Stefanovic ex
No “kiss and tell” on Stefanovics in the works, Fairfax joint venture with Huffington Post latest digital casualty.

Joke’s on the PC brigade

Joke’s on the PC brigade
Satire should shock and defy cultural sensibilities. It’s likely to offend. Bill Leak’s controversial cartoon ticked all those boxes.

Trump TV coming soon

Trump TV coming soon
If Donald Trump wins tomorrow’s poll, fasten your seat belts. But what if he loses?

Coverage ignoring big issues

Coverage ignoring big issues
Tomorrow’s US election is a fascinating insight into much of what is wrong in modern politics and the media.

Thought police livid? How funny

Thought police livid? How funny
I don’t know Amanda Wise, but she knows me so well she’s able to say what I was thinking when I was drawing my cartoons.

Advertisers wrong on digital

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

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.

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.

Beating a confusing Drum

Beating a confusing Drum
Plus: lightweight US election coverage; Triggs’s Nixon moment; Ackland’s war on waiters; Nancy on the Twitter prowl.

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