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Off topic, but, he’s baaaack!
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/sectionindex1/0,5442,dhs_andrewbolt^TEXT^heraldsun,00.html
But who will publish unfounded rumours and mock George Bush now?
Some cheesedick will step into the job.
Posted by swassociates on 2005 02 01 at 10:52 PM • permalinkWeren’t these the same guys who had a goos scratch at Tim, by accusing him of selling outt when he got a full time job? Aren’t these also the same guys who started as ‘independent’ media, selling to an ex Fairfax employee?
Just one more reason not to pay to read them settling their own, private scores.
They got Guy Rundle to comment on the “economics of publishing”? Oy.
So Liz jackson will be taking over media watch. Sounds like a more attractive version of david marr (easy I know).
I remember my boss being interviewed by Liz Jackson for a 4 corners program on the kyoto protocol.
The interview lasted over three hours and he was able to argue his case rather successfully. However, he appeared on the program for about thirty seconds, and needless to say, did not come off well.
Basically, the Liz Jackson school of journalism goes somthing like:
1) write your story the way you want it;
2) get dramatic file shots; then
3) collect some sound bites.The chaser’s audience wasnt getting smaller- it was getting ‘more selective’ (Ian Faith, Spinal Tap) 1984.
Posted by Lucky Nutsacks on 2005 02 02 at 04:04 AM • permalinkLove that Spinal Tap quote, Roscoe.
What else did Faith say; “Boston is not a big college town” or something like that.
Used to subscribe to The Chaser (indeed, part of the encouragement I got to keep annoying people with my work came after they published one of my pieces), however, somewhere along the line it just didn’t seem worth the subscription price.
As for Crikey, as others have pointed out, political independence was supposed to be the name of its game. As a subscriber, I tend to just read bits and pieces; meaning I mainly just read Christian Kerr and Hugo Kelly.
Interesting to see how the sale impacts on what we get in our inboxes.
Posted by Major Anya on 2005 02 02 at 04:21 AM • permalinkThe Chaser - loved their piece in the paper about Kofi Annan being arrested for Stealing(eating) bicuits at a Darwin reception.
Talented group. Leftist tendencies, but it has been good watching the struggle to be even handed (at least on TV) - they did not always succeed. If only they’d used their sarcastic talents for Good!
Crikey - Well, what can I say? I have a little list, they’ll (none of them) be missed.Never subscribed so I cannot comment on the paper, but I liked their TV shows such as CNNNN and The Chaser Decides. I notice they still have a website (http://www.chaser.com.au/)
My 14YO son also liked the TV shows, and they introduced him to politics through satire and silliness. He wants me to take him to The Chaser show (http://www.biglaughcomedyfestival.com.au/chaser.html) at the Seymour Centre in Sydney next month, and I think I’ll just do that.
You should be able to get a laugh out of all sides of politics ... well I do.
Stevo
Beat me to it re Lovely Liz, the Luvvie of Lessos, Leninists and the Lumen Proles (well maybe not the last so much); she makes David Marr seem like Bill O’Reilly in comparison. I’m starting to see a pattern emerge- John Howard is more evil and cunning than even the most strident lefty conspiracy theorist could imagine.
I subscribed early to Crikey and admired Mayne for having a go at the mainstream media in the days before blogs ruled the Earth. He invested an incalculable amount of energy every day - not only publishing, but flogging the enterprise on local radio several times a week.
It all started going downhill when the Tampa hit the headlines. Then Crikey became as shrill, obsessed and plain wrong as the ABC and Fairfax. While still valuable as the lone example of full-immersion shareholder activism, Crikey quickly became just another lefty student-newsletter when it came to politics.
I’m afraid that Crikey is obsolete in an era of blogging. Good for Mayne for seeing the writing on the wall. Take the money and run - it’s not the Google IPO, but it’s better than Argus shares.
“Independent” Crikey = biased as the day is long.
Posted by David McBryde on 2005 02 02 at 09:24 AM • permalinkStephen Mayne got up the noses of many people. He used to have a weekly spot with Sally Loane on ABC wireless in Sydney, I don’t know if still does. A bit of gossip, opinion, muckracking and maybe something of interest.
BTW, just been browsing The Chaser website. I never noticed their motto: “Striving for mediocrity in a world of excellence”. I’m sure they’ve stolen that from somewhere in the MSM. I wonder which organisation? :-) Where have the smileys gone?
You know, at least the old National Lampoon threw in some good old-fashioned sexism and T&A once in awhile. Did these guys even make the effort?
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2005 02 02 at 11:43 AM • permalinkChaser had its moments. The TV shows were better, although uneven.
Richard, there was stuff for we girls to look at as more than one of The Chaser fellows was quite nice in the looks department.
Should be able to laugh at all sides, I reckon.
Stevo, that sounds like a bad sixties folk song, “where have all the smileys gone, short time passing”.
Posted by Major Anya on 2005 02 02 at 04:19 PM • permalinkDarlene — I’m sorry, but it just isn’t cutting edge political satire without “Son O’God Comics” and “Vinny Shinblind, the Invisible Sex Maniac”...
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2005 02 03 at 11:27 AM • permalinkBring back comix like Zippy ... does anyone share my fascination with Zippy the Pinhead? (http://www.zippythepinhead.com/) Not one of my friends or colleagues do, what what would they know ... probably that there is something wrong with me. I think he is grouse, as Zippy would say. And Zippy makes more sense than Trudeau’s Doonesbury IMHO ... now that wouldn’t be hard, would it. :-)
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