Tag: Denis Muller - article author
Murdoch v Crikey highlights how Australia’s defamation laws protect the rich and powerful
Image: Lachlan Murdoch, far left, with his father Rupert and brother James in 2014. Dan Steinberg/AP/AAP
There is no better example of how Australia’s defamation laws...
As News Corp goes ‘rogue’ on election coverage, what price will Australian democracy pay?
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What does a democracy do when a dominant news media organisation goes rogue during an election campaign?
In 2022, News Corporation is...
As COVID rips through Australia, is Scott Morrison’s media strategy starting to fail as well?
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As he embarks on an election year, there is a question about whether Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s media communications strategy, which has...
Is Morrison gaining a reputation for untrustworthiness? The answer could have serious implications for the election
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For good legal and ethical reasons, the media are generally wary of calling someone a liar.
It is a serious slur on...
ICAC is not a curse, and probity in government matters. The Australian media would do well to remember that
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Journalists are adept at creating and reflecting public sentiment. It is a reciprocating process: journalistic portrayal creates the sentiment, then...
‘Hope’ versus ‘threat’: how The Age got entangled in competing pandemic storylines
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Two distinct narratives have emerged in the public debate about COVID-19, a narrative of hope and a narrative of threat.
In the...