Hilary Talbot’s passing interests and activities
Posted in media, newspapers on Nov 16th, 2007
I’m kind of amused at The Age’s attempts to promote their op-ed writers, in particular their political editor and bureau chief, Michelle Grattan. For one thing, she is such a good journalist, and already so highly regarded, that it seems silly. For another, it looks like they can’t quite get it right. The front […]
Posted in media, newspapers on Oct 10th, 2007
I haven’t caught up with the whole conversation yet, but today I’ve been reading Danah Boyd’s posts on Facebook and controlling ones public appearance. I’m pretty wary of Facebook for a variety of reasons, but retain a curiosity about the impact it is having and might yet have.
But by coincidence I then turned to today’s […]
Posted in media, newspapers, technology on Sep 22nd, 2007
Recent revisions of news websites have changed my news reading habits. It used to be that my first ports of call were the Fairfax papers - The Melbourne Age and the Sydney Morning Herald . I would scan the ABC for the most up-to-date and factual reporting. Then a quick look at The […]
Posted in media, miscellaneous, newspapers, technology on Jan 7th, 2007
The Fairfax papers are running a curious 3-page story today saying Justice Michael Kirby ‘has been vilified and defamed by fraudsters who have stolen his identity to post offensive material on the popular internet site MySpace,” and implying it is a first case scenario. Good grief, what a beat up!
Is this just lazy or out-of-touch […]