Journalists are Luddites #groggate
No-one likes being made surplus to requirements, but being made surplus to requirements is at the heart of capitalism and ‘creative destruction’. In the ongoing fooferaw over Grog’s Gamut’s outing (and...
View ArticleWhat will they say when you’re gone?
I often read the obituaries in the Sydney Morning Herald. When I first came to Australia (1998), alongside the usual parade of worthies, local and international, there would be a fair sprinkling...
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The Steven Tyler Act
Legislation in the name of the lead singer of Aerosmith that seeks to protect celebrities’ privacy has been passed in Hawaii. The so-called Steven Tyler Act deems it a civil violation if people take...
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Miranda Rights
No 10 was “kept abreast” of the decision to detain David Miranda, the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, a spokesman has said. Mr Miranda was held at Heathrow for nine hours on Sunday,...
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