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The Sad and Sorry Face of Addiction

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Anthony

She rose to her feet uncertainly and looked arround the assembled group. She was silent for a moment, as though she was dragging the words from deep inside her. Finally, she spoke. “I,” she said, “am an addict.” The others … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter To Kim Williams

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Anthony

Dear Kim, Not a bad effort yesterday morning. I thought the soviet reference a shade hyperbolic, but then, if you run an organisation that includes the Daily Telegraph, I suppose that subtlety isn’t going to be your long suite. In fact, your … Continue reading →

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Media Regulation…Maybe Not Such a Bad Idea

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Anthony

That sound you can hear, the one that’s pitched slightly higher than a tree load of startled cockatoos but is marginally less harmonious, that’s the sound of the media howling with fury at the suggestion that some sort of industry … Continue reading →

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Lies, Damn Lies and Tricky Words

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Anthony

  Ernest Hemingway once wrote a short story of six words: For sale, baby shoes, never worn. Now, be honest, you felt something as you read those six words, right? Aside from showing Hemingway’s brilliance, they teach us about the … Continue reading →

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Does anyone know what we’re talking about?

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Anthony

A couple of days ago, The head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, said the USA was caught between a fiscal precipice and a debt ceiling. I thought, well make up your mind, lady, we need to know whether to call … Continue reading →

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Further Upheavals in Australia’s Media Landscape

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Anthony

This morning, in a move guaranteed to reshape Australia’s media landscape, Ms Pristina Tryinhard, the wealthiest woman in Goondiwindi Shire,  bought the Esk Global Mail. In an interview, I asked why she would buy a newspaper that hadn’t made any … Continue reading →

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The Media’s Dilemma? A Case of both barrels, right behind the big toe

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Anthony

Before I begin, let me observe that any self respecting episode of foot shooting invariably includes a strong element of irony. Now, to the matter at hand. In a previous professional incarnation, while, for my sins,  studying Marketing, I learned that a business has two … Continue reading →

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Money; Plenty to Say, But It Doesn’t Talk.

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Anthony

There’s an old aphorism, been kicking around forever, that goes, ‘Money talks.’ No it doesn’t. Not any more. It subtly infers; it seductively hints; it innocently implies. But it doesn’t talk; at least, not directly. Take this – imaginary – … Continue reading →

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Of Riots and Chinese Whispers

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Anthony

The Coalition, via Senator Yes-I-know-my-suits-are-too-loud-but-I-have-to-get-attention-somehow Brandis, would have us believe that now ex-PM staffer Tony Hodges set out to incite a riot when he told a little porky to someone, who spoke to someone else, who went out and wound up a crowd. George, mate, didn’t you ever … Continue reading →

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Damned Tricky Scientists

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Anthony

Harvey stared into the middle distance and belched  luxuriously as he worked the cap off a fresh brusky. “Scientists,” he murmured, “have  contributed mightily to humanity’s wellbeing.” Where in the world, I wondered, was he going with this. He held … Continue reading →

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