Opinion
Climate hysteria hits peak stupid
Media climate hysteria has reached ‘peak stupid’ with this US hurricane season.
Rebel with a cause has downside
The Rebel Wilson damages award didn’t just break the record, it smashed it.
Dazzling digital blinds marketers
Be suspicious. That was my advice last week to a team of up-and-coming marketers.
Public to fund wealthy left
The Turnbull government proposes to subsidise Crikey and The Saturday Paper, both left-wing publications.
Law stops where algorithms begin
Facebook’s admission that shady Russians advertised to influence the US election shows how badly new laws are needed.
Law stops where algorithms begin
Facebook’s admission that shady Russians advertised to influence the US election shows how badly new laws are needed.
Red balloons make killer campaign
How do you promote a marketing campaign for Stephen King’s It without using images of the killer clown?
Media gullible on renewables
Nothing better illustrates the lack of public policy expertise in the media than the debacle over power prices.
‘Abbott made us a political joke’
According to Dr Anne Summers, Tony Abbott has the “Biggest Ego” ever. She should know, having once worked for Bob Hawke.
Fitting the left-wing agenda
It is hard not to notice the lack of curiosity and journalistic scepticism among the left-wing media lately.
TV takes on the digital duopoly
The battle brewing in advertising media next year will be between TV advertising and the digital duopoly.
Mad as Hell — but only at some
Here’s a challenge. Will the ABC’s Mad as Hell mock the ‘No’ case by ridiculing a Muslim woman character?
Airbrushing history is vandalism
We should be mature enough to understand and discuss the failings of our forebears, but we should not airbrush history.
Google ad numbers don’t add up
Don’t be fooled by Google and Facebook’s protestations at last week’s Senate select committee.
Love Media have too much say
Journalists in the political debate tend to suffer from Stockholm syndrome — they are trapped by politicians.
Canon and sharia don’t mix
Gillian Triggs ran a moral equivalence line between sharia law and canon law; Plus Lisa Wilkinson’s arm and Gary Sturgess’s return.
Just whose eyes are veiled?
So many normally composed people seem to drop their bundle at the hint of someone doing something even slightly irreverent of Islam.
‘Say no to no’ stifles debate
Most marketers have always swayed hard left, and their colleagues in advertising land even further.
Keating-era media laws outdated
Laws meant to guarantee diversity of “voices” are redundant as every news site on the planet is available online to all.
Forget fridges and bed falls
Q&A’s Tony Jones is yet to challenge the idea that domestic accidents kill more than terrorism. Are the show’s falling ratings related?
MORE STORIES
‘Ideology delayed media reforms’
ROSIE LEWISNick Xenophon says negotiations over media reforms were ‘much more protracted’ because of government ideological opposition.
Revised Ten bid in the balance
DARREN DAVIDSONThe fate of a revised bid for Ten Network from Bruce Gordon and Lachlan Murdoch will become clear this week.
‘Racism’ complainant sues paper
NICOLA BERKOVICA Cambodian Australian is seeking $1.6 million in Federal Court damages against The Australian.
Climate hysteria hits peak stupid
Chris MitchellMedia climate hysteria has reached ‘peak stupid’ with this US hurricane season.
Court case after failing at HRC
HEDLEY THOMASIf you are branded a wicked, white-supremacist racist, be mindful about how you tell your accuser where to go.
Rebel with a cause has downside
Justin QuillThe Rebel Wilson damages award didn’t just break the record, it smashed it.
Ten questions: Samantha Armytage
Stephen BrookThe host of Seven’s Sunrise program talks about the glare of tabloid media attention and dealing with crazy celebrities.
Call goes out for country women
SUE NEALESA search is under way for the unsung female heroes of country Australia.
Mitchell’s part-time dream
STEPHEN BROOK3AW morning presenter Neil Mitchell is contemplating radical change — going part-time.
ARN’s Atkinson punts on podcasts
STEPHEN BROOKRadio newbie Rob Atkinson has busied himself futureproofing the home of the KIIS and Pure Gold networks.
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Darren Davidson is The Australian's media editor. Prior to joining The Australian in 2011, he was the editor of AdNews. He began his career in London where he undertook a cadetship, before writing for newspapers and magazines including The Daily Telegraph and Campaign. He began working part-time on a local newspaper aged 14, and holds a BA [Hons] in History.davidsond@theaustralian.com.au
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Chris Mitchell began his career in 1973 in Brisbane, and joined The Australian in 1984. He was appointed editor of The Australian in 1992 and editor in chief of Queensland Newspapers in 1995. He returned to Sydney as editor in chief of The Australian in 2002 and held that position until his retirement in December 2015.mitchellc@theaustralian.com.au
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Sydney Bureau, Australia
Mark Ritson is an adjunct professor at Melbourne Business School. He has a PhD in Marketing and works as an international brand consultant. He has been voted Professional Publishers Association Business Columnist of the Year in the UK three times.m.ritson@mbs.edu
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