IA #2 top story of 2016: The ABC plunges to a new low

30 Dec 2016 | Alan Austin's story on the ABC employing rightwing commentator and ABC critic Andrew Bolt was his ...  

Media Sauce: What's wrong with journalism today?

16 Dec 2016 | Doc Martin delves deeper into the psychological, philosophical and intellectual roots of the ...  

In a post-truth world, opinion is as good as fact

15 Dec 2016 | Sadly, this brave new post-truth world will not belong to the brightest but to the most popular ...  

Murdoch conceals Coalition's disastrous economic woes with #fakenews

10 Dec 2016 | Murdoch and its unthinking "echo chamber" in MSM attempt to conceal the Coalition's disastrous ...  

Media Sauce: Post-truth news from #Pizzagate to the Pontiff's poo missive

9 Dec 2016 | Trumpsters gave birth to a conspiracy theory that became a deadly shootout in a Washington pizza ...  

Reply to News Corpse: ‘Michael Danby staffer exposed as pro-Shorten blogger’

4 Dec 2016 | Dave Donovan explains in detail just exactly how far The Australian went to smear IA contributor ...  

Norington smears Wixxy: The Australian gets caught lying, but refuses to apologise

4 Dec 2016 | The Australian has happily allowed one of its writers to carry on a vicious personal vendetta ...  

Media Sauce: Parallels between Orwell's 1984 and Murdoch 'hate media'

2 Dec 2016 | Interesting parallels between 1984 and Andrew Bolt’s TV program, Murdoch columnists and the ...  

IA Podcast #13: Alan Austin on Trump, Turnbull, Australia's economy and s18C

29 Nov 2016 | Managing editor David Donovan talks to French correspondent Alan Austin about politics, economics ...  

ABC triple j announces new breakfast hosts and abandons diversity

27 Nov 2016 | The selection of the two new breakfast hosts of triple j suggests the ABC's youth radio station ...  

Media Sauce: Putting criticism of the ABC into perspective

25 Nov 2016 | Don't rush to criticise the ABC as appeasing Aunty's critics will only hasten her demise.  

The era of post-truth: Look no further than Manus and Nauru

24 Nov 2016 | Objective facts are no longer able to influence public opinion. Look no further than Australia’s ...  

Is Michelle Guthrie remaking the ABC in Murdoch’s image?

23 Nov 2016 | What Michelle Guthrie and her band of redundancy-happy managers are doing to the ABC is a crime ...  

A Bolt of Dutton: Fake news and Section 18C

20 Nov 2016 | The Coalition wants to amend s18C of the RDA so they can tell malicious racist lies.  

Dr Martin Hirst's bid for Press Gallery membership — and how you can help

19 Nov 2016 | Some promising news about Independent Australia's continuing quest for Canberra Press Gallery ...  

ABC staff union and friends say honeymoon over for Michelle Guthrie

18 Nov 2016 | Dr Martin Hirst reports that Friends of the ABC is just one group concerned about the direction ...  

Media Sauce: Fake news, electing Trump and more ABC-bashing

17 Nov 2016 | Political editor Dr Martin Hirst discusses how fake news helped put billionaire reality TV ...  

Neutralising Pauline Hanson

15 Nov 2016 | Echoing Trump’s media "shock value", Hanson’s ratings are also rising with both major par ...