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Way to cheapen some good statements on language and culture, Nation
Maybe I’m missing something here. Maybe The Nation just deliberately whacks odd headlines on top of its post-show transcripts. What puzzles me is how Tim Groser saying fairly good-sense things… more →
Ideologically Impure
In today's news, more trivial shit
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wrote 2 weeks ago: This is the current main image on smh.com.au (2.45pm): Shoes are An Important Story, dontchaknow. Ye … more →
Way to cheapen some good statements on language and culture, Nation
wrote 1 month ago: Maybe I’m missing something here. Maybe The Nation just deliberately whacks odd headlines on … more →
Oh, I say, what a cad, mm, what?
wrote 1 month ago: An Australian has been charged in connection with a protest which disrupted “England’s i … more →
A new low in journalism
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wrote 3 months ago: The third top story on News.com.au tonight is a photo of the dining table inside Whitney Houston … more →
I'd rather be writing about periods
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wrote 3 months ago: This time of the month is so painful. No, this isn’t a menstruation post. It’s about pol … more →
News headlines you won't see on Leno
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wrote 4 months ago: Newspaper journalism has taken a turn for the worse. Here’s the evidence. (via) … more →
Things that are Wrong on the Internet, Part Eleventy-Billion
wrote 5 months ago: A significant number of NZ news outlets seem to think that reproducing the press releases of any par … more →
How Fox "News" makes its viewers stupid (or where Romney learned to make political ads)
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wrote 6 months ago: … If you watch Fox “News,” do yourself and your loved ones a favor: stop. Related: … more →
Naomi Madelin: totally *is* fucking kidding us
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wrote 6 months ago: Well, she finally got back to us, and the only charitable conclusion I can come to is that Naomi Mad … more →
Principal Ian McKinnon accepts bullying as normal, a joke
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wrote 6 months ago: [TW for bullying and abuse apologism by authority figures] Ian McKinnon, principal of Pukekohe High … more →
Are you fucking kidding me Naomi Madelin
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wrote 6 months ago: Unbelievable quote of the day: Eighty-four per cent of people arrested for family violence are men. … more →
Quickhit: election squick edition
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wrote 6 months ago: In the mall, Mr Key gets a mixed reaction. The usual adoring punters, especially women, are photogra … more →
Journalism: Consumers of News More Cynical Than Ever (And They Should Be)
wrote 7 months ago: As of October 2009, 70% of Americans felt as though the media was out of touch with the general publ … more →
Stuff fail o' the day II: side effects say what?
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wrote 7 months ago: Actual headline: Pill influences women’s love choices Actual screenshot of frontpage teaser: A … more →
It's not sex, it's ... oh Jesus fuck seriously?
wrote 7 months ago: Actual headline: Man too “frightened” to stop sex assault Actual lead sentence: Police s … more →
Totally unbiased expert has totally new thoughts on OBEEEEEESITY
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wrote 8 months ago: Michelle Bridges (you can see her on TV and buy her books!) has thoughts about disgusting fatties an … more →
CLITORIS CLITORIS CLITORIS
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wrote 8 months ago: Clearly the media meme of the month is “won’t someone think of the children, and the ima … more →
This is why the right always fuck education and the economy
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wrote 11 months ago: Because they really like having a population who, even if they remember the difference between mean … more →
Andrew Breitbart: paragon of journalistic integrity
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wrote 11 months ago: “Opie backed him up: Breitbart didn’t intend to put the photo online. But Breitbart was not showing … more →
