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Sep 22, 2022

We've filed our defence against allegations by Lachlan Murdoch that Crikey defamed him in an article published in June about the role of Fox News in inciting the January 6 US insurrection. Today we're releasing a statement. Read it in full: crikey.com.au/2022/09/22/sta

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Jan 31

I'm chipping in $20 to help beat a Murdoch.

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Jan 31

If you would like to support @crikey_news's defence fund against the now expanded (to include me and Eric Beecher personally) lawsuit brought by Lachlan Murdoch, please donate here. We do need your support. Please retweet. gofund.me/962d3c30

Jan 31

If you would like to support

Donate to the Crikey Defence Fund, organized by Private Media

's defence fund against the now expanded (to include me and Eric Beecher personally) lawsuit brought by Lachlan Murdoch, please donate here. We do need your support. Please retweet.

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On August 23, the billionaire chairman of Fox News, Lachlan Murdoch, sued Crikey over… Private Media needs your support for Donate to the Crikey Defence Fund

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We’ve been open all along about the principles we’re standing up for. We feel just as strongly about those principles and about free speech as we did when this started. We look forward to defending our actions in court.

Lachlan Murdoch adds Private Media chairman and CEO to Crikey lawsuit

Federal court ruling expanding defamation case to include Eric Beecher and Will Hayward set to significantly delay trial

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Jan 22

"In this one respect, Australia’s defamation laws are to be commended, for they enable history to be recorded honestly and accurately, at least once the person’s dead." via

Can you speak ill of the dead? How defamation law impacts Pell's legacy

The dead cardinal was a saint among men, a modern-day Jesus Christ, fans say. Fortunately the law lets critics decry him as more a fallen angel.

Stephen Mayne

@MayneReport

Jan 14

The in venue campaign against the anti-money laundering card has commenced at the big casinos controlled by Clubs NSW - amusing that is it authorised by “B Punter”.

Jack Callil

@jackcallil

Jan 10

👋 freelance writers/journos. I'm assisting Crikey in shaping and expanding its opinion and contributor pieces, and would love to hear from anyone looking to pitch, whether analysis or opinion. No limit on the subject matter, though preferably hooked on the news cycle.

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"Albanese and his ministry of the competent and coherent have wasted little time. They’ve methodically, properly and — for modern Australia — uncharacteristically gone about the business of doing what they’d said they would" via

@dwabriz

In 2023, Albanese faces the biggest opportunity he’s ever had

The next 12 months could make or break the government, on key issues ranging from housing to climate to defence.

. 8 people were killed while riding their bikes on Melbourne's roads in 2022. 6 in 2021. 8 in 2020. 5 in 2019. 5 in 2018. 7 in 2017. Is this funny to you? Amend your article. And issue an apology for this now.

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What ACMA missed in its report on Four Corners and 'Fox and the Big Lie'

Steve Baty

@docbaty

Dec 26, 2022

The Teal Revolution by

@MargotSaville

was an excellent read. You can’t help but feel optimistic about Australian democracy as you read it. It raises some (many) questions for me: - how many independents is too many? How many is enough? - what does this mean for the senate?

ACMA report on Four Corners program 'Fox and the Big Lie' raises questions about its understanding of journalism - ABC News

abc.net.au

ACMA's final report on Four Corners' coverage of Fox News raises questions about the regulator's understanding of journalism, writes Sarah Ferguson.

What ACMA missed in its report on Four Corners and 'Fox and the Big Lie'

Sam Buckingham-Jones

@SamEBJones

Dec 22, 2022

Sarah Ferguson responds to the ACMA finding that Four Corners "materially misled" its audience: It "raise questions about the regulator's understanding of journalism."

abc.net.au

ACMA's final report on Four Corners' coverage of Fox News raises questions about the regulator's understanding of journalism, writes Sarah Ferguson.

Dec 21, 2022

"The Albanese government has moved swiftly on integrity reform. But whether it has the political and moral fortitude to fashion itself as the perpetual un-Morrison and reverse the dark chapters of that era to effect enduring change remains to be seen"

Integrity was in tatters after the Morrison era. But is Labor doing enough to fix it?

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has cleared a path of integrity through the tortuous mess left by the former PM. But he can't afford to stop now.

Oliver Darcy

@oliverdarcy

Dec 19, 2022

Counter-programming: After the 1/6 committee referred Trump to the DOJ on four criminal charges, the homepages of Fox News, Newsmax, The Gateway Pundit, and the New York Post are all choosing to instead lead with the "Twitter Files."

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Dec 19, 2022

Am actually a bit split on this. Twitter, under Musk, has become even more of a cesspit than it was already. Maybe it is better that is just dies? With him in charge, rather than a more competent minion, that feels like a highly likely outcome.

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Elon Musk

@elonmusk

Dec 18, 2022

Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.

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Dec 18, 2022

It might be worth voting.

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Elon Musk

@elonmusk

Dec 18, 2022

Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.

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Dec 15, 2022

An even simpler explanation is that he’s a thin skinned reactionary idiot who lurches even further to the right each time someone challenges him.

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David Risher

@davidrisherWR

Dec 15, 2022

Occam's razor says: The simplest explanation is most likely to be correct. Here's a way to use it to explain @elonmusk's recent apparent lurch to the right.

(cc: @karaswisher, @nayeema, @profgalloway, @fmanjoo, @kevinroose and others who've also tried to figure this out.)

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Jeff Jarvis

@jeffjarvis

In five words, he attacks science, medicine, trans people, nonbinary people, and norms and affiliates himself firmly with the fascist, far-right, conspiracy-crazed Q cult.

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Elon Musk

@elonmusk

My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci

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One small step towards saner defamation law in Australia.

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Michaela Whitbourn

@MWhitbourn

States strike national agreement on social media defamation laws smh.com.au/national/state #auspol #nswpol

“Fox argues that Hannity and the other presenters are protected by journalistic privilege”

Is Dominion’s $1.6bn defamation lawsuit a death blow for Murdoch and Fox News?

The media mogul and Fox Corp are being sued for allegedly broadcasting ‘lies’ about the voting machine company

Dec 9, 2022

What sort of country are we? That’s the question implicit in Lachlan Murdoch v Crikey | Richard Ackland | The Guardian

What sort of country are we? That’s the question implicit in Lachlan Murdoch v Crikey | Richard...

For Australian media, this case is important – it asks whether anyone is free to publish in the public interest a hyperbolic remark about a wealthy media baron

Dec 9, 2022

Slightly embarrassing how much I stan Tegan's writing for SmartCompany. Unless you work for a rival publication in which case it really isn't that good don't both reading it.

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Tegan Jones

@Tegan_Writes

Dec 8, 2022

Interviewing Lune founder Kate Reid was a highlight of my career How she applied her F1 engineering xp to croissant & business innovation is incredible This is paywalled but subs are only $2.28 a week if supporting journalism is something you dig

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"What, actually, are our values? Whose interests do we treat as those most deserving of protection and vindication? Forget about the punitive aspect of punishment and focus on what these crimes represent. The anomaly is glaring." via

@marquelawyers

Climate protester's sentence is half that of Grace Tame's abuser's. Is this justice?

What we treat as a crime, and how we choose to punish it, says much about us a society. So what are our values?

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Fred Schebesta steps down as Finder CEO, aims to fix finance next

Tegan Jones

@Tegan_Writes

Dec 6, 2022

🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨 Fred Schebesta has stepped down as co-CEO and the public face of Finder. I spoke to Fred and CEO Frank Restuccia about the changes & got some exclusive details on Finder Earn and how Fred wants to ‘fix’ finance next.

smartcompany.com.au

Exclusive: Fred Schebesta steps down as co-CEO of Finder. Frank Restuccia will now take a more public facing role.

Nick Bryant

@NickBryantNY

Dec 5, 2022

If you want to more fully understand the biggest story in Australian politics this year then this a really good read. The Teal Revolution from

@MargotSaville

#auspol

Varun Mayya

@VarunMayya

Dec 5, 2022

Announcing God In a Box, a direct implementation of GPT-3.5 into Whatsapp. Unlike other implementations, ours uses the brand new model and API, and doesn't require credentials. We're launching tonight, but you'll need a beta key. For a free key, just RT this and I'll DM you one.

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Stephen Mayne

@MayneReport

Dec 2, 2022

Every election, News Corp runs campaigns for conservatives under the cover of news. We call on

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@electionsvic

to investigate News Corp for what they are — an associated entity of the Liberal Party. It happened in Vic & during the Fed #investigatenow

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“We are confident we will prevail as freedom of the press is foundational to our democracy and must be protected”

Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch to testify in $1.6bn Dominion lawsuit

Murdoch and his media company accused of allowing Fox News to spread lies that voting machine company rigged 2020 election

Dec 2, 2022

Cherished heirlooms and knick-knacks: what's being evaluated in the News Corp-Fox merger plan? via

Cherished heirlooms and knick-knacks: what's being evaluated in the News Corp-Fox merger plan?

Struggles around a potential merger of News Corp and Fox Corp remind us that it's not about the media — it's about the money.

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Nov 28, 2022

To anyone else who is on post.news - find me here! post.news/mrwillhayward

Great work

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Nov 20, 2022

Congrats to

for their

on guardianship and public trustees - I'm so happy this important topic is getting attention. You can read my original investigative series via

Kidnapped by the state • A Crikey investigative series by Amber Schultz

A good reminder of why you should never, ever use Comic Sans at work

Nov 16, 2022

At least it wasn’t in comic sans this time

qz.com

It doesn't matter what you say: Comic Sans will undermine you at every turn.

Anyone at Vice in Australia who’s concerned, get in touch. We’re always looking and we will treat you better than this.

Bad way to do cuts. Announce to the whole company that there is more than one in ten chance you won’t have a job by Xmas. Anyone good starts looking. Everyone starts worrying. Creativity and risk taking plummets.

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Ben Mullin

@BenMullin

Nov 16, 2022

NEW: Vice Media CEO Nancy Dubuc emails staff that the company is reducing its costs by up to 15%.

Pressing their luck: media companies keep tight rein on who asks what at AGMs via

Pressing their luck: media companies keep tight rein on who asks what at AGMs

Let's call this meeting to order. Any questions? Well, yes actually. Oh, sorry. Time's up. We'll be off now.

Paul Barry

@TheRealPBarry

Nov 10, 2022

Fair and Balanced?

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Daisy Cousens

@DaisyCousens

Nov 9, 2022

You diabolical, megalomaniacal, intellectually bereft cretin, @AnnastaciaMP

GET YOUR BIG GOVERNMENT CRAP OUT OF OUR LIVES. twitter.com/AnnastaciaMP/s…

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Jo Dyer

@instanterudite

Nov 10, 2022

Rape has been practically decriminalised in this country & the idea that a considered speech asking lawyers to reflect on their role in a broken justice system is "tone deaf" is ludicrous. And if you believe anything News Corp writes about Louise, well, what can I sell you?

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