Media and Politics

“Journalism is what we need to make democracy work.”

Walter Cronkite

The ABC needs relevance, not lifestyle!

The ABC needs relevance, not lifestyle!

The ABC Lifestyle initiative is an own goal. Instead of pandering to the lowest common denominator of content, it should focus on quality content and continue to excel its online delivery.

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You cannot kill what’s already dead!

You cannot kill what’s already dead!

Apparently, the sale of Fairfax to Nine is the end of journalism in Australia, the triumph of the cheque book as the only arbiter of a good story and the death knell of democracy. Paul Keating – that most eloquent and cerebral of political alley cats – was particularly scathing in his assessment, but he isn’t alone.

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