Category Archives: Australia

Who Killed Channel 9?: The Death of Kerry Packer’s Mighty TV Dream Machine

Here are some highlights from this 2008 book by Gerald Stone about Australia’s formerly dominant TV network: * The Golden Age of Australian television. You could say it began the first moment viewers spotted the rich yellow hue glinting in … Continue reading

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Jonestown: The Power and the Myth of Alan Jones

From The Guardian May 13, 2020: Alan Jones: end for the shock-jock whose views on women, race and climate pandered to his tiny audience Fifteen years ago, when broadcaster Alan Jones was at the height of his career, media academic … Continue reading

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LAT: White supremacism in Australia, long a virulent strain, is amplified by the Internet

Robyn Dixon writes: Australian far-right extremists often call themselves NEET — not in employment, education or training — and condemn “ruthless elites” and intellectuals. Many of them blame Jews for non-white immigration. One Melbourne-based group known as the Dingoes runs … Continue reading

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Theater Thursday: The Death Of Stalin (2017)

MP3: https://soundcloud.com/luke-ford-666431593/theater-thursday-the-death-of-stalin * Steve Sailer on The Death of Stalin. More. * Millennial Couple Bikes Near ISIS Territory to Prove ‘Humans Are Kind’ and Gets Killed * Full text: Senator Fraser Anning’s maiden speech * How Trump Radicalized ICE * … Continue reading

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NYT: Is Australia’s Media Too Prudish for a Sex Scandal?

Amelia Lester writes in the New York Times: Barnaby Joyce was probably the last politician average Australians would expect to be embroiled in a sex scandal. A comparison to Mike Pence isn’t so far-fetched: They’re both second in charge of … Continue reading

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