The return of George Orwell and Big Brother’s war on the truth

12 Jul 2014 | As Orwell forewarned, writes John Pilger, advanced societies are becoming gradually depoliticised ...  

Germany's Brazillion and sod’s law

10 Jul 2014 | IA's sports guru Lachlan Barker missed perhaps the most remarkable game in football history due to ...  

Tony Abbott continues to trash Australia’s reputation abroad

9 Jul 2014 | Australia's mainstream media failed to properly report on the extent of anti-Abbott protests last ...  

Peter Jukes: The hacking trials and the Murdoch legacy

30 Jun 2014 | Even though his lieutenant Rebekah Brooks was found not guilty at the Old Bailey last week, Rupert ...  

The tragedy of Rupert Murdoch

29 Jun 2014 | The tragedy of Rupert Murdoch and his delusions of empire has less to do the guilt or innocence of ...  

Tony Abbott may have doomed Peter Greste to years in an Egyptian prison

28 Jun 2014 | Based on recent history, the Abbott Government's appeals for clemency for Peter Greste are unli ...  

Irony at the ABC

25 Jun 2014 | The release of the Lewis Review into the ABC yesterday putting the finishing touches to Abbott ...  

Peter Greste and Al Jazeera: Death on the Nile

25 Jun 2014 | The unjust conviction of Peter Greste and other Al Jazeera journalists continues a long and often ...  

Academics and The Australian go up in smoke

22 Jun 2014 | Prominent Australian professors have been caught out making false statements in the tobacco wars ...  

News Corp hacking trial finally heads to jury

11 Jun 2014 | After a seven month trial, the jury finally gets to consider its verdict in the British hacking ...  

MSM finally cover Kathy Jackson — but ignore history

9 Jun 2014 | The mainstream – even News Corp – are finally covering Kathy Jackson's alleged rorting — ...  

Dear Alan Jones

7 Jun 2014 | Sydney bureau chief Ross Jones gets on the line to Alan Jones in the wake of his sensational ...  

How China, the West and the ABC buried the real story of the Tiananmen Square massacre

5 Jun 2014 | Historian Dr Adam Hughes Henry says Western media – and notably our own ABC – are presenting a ...  

The trials of Murdoch: News Corp get an F for management

5 Jun 2014 | An American governance company gives News Corp's management the lowest possible rating and a new ...  

Labor's path must pass on Murdoch

3 Jun 2014 | The Labor Party under Bill Shorten must ensure it rejects any accommodation with Rupert Murdoch ...  

Hockey’s defamation suit shows need for wider free speech debate

29 May 2014 | Treasurer Joe Hockey has commenced defamation proceedings against several Fairfax newspapers over ...  

Murdoch and corruption

24 May 2014 | Former Murdoch right hand man Rodney E. Lever says Australians do not seem to have grasped the ...  

Murdoch and American law

22 May 2014 | The big mistake that Rupert Murdoch made , writes from News Ltd executive Rodney E. Lever, was to ...