Articles in Politics and Media
ACMA says ‘OK’ to Hezbollah, but ‘No Way’ to Lezbollah
Hezbollah comes to the Idiot Box
by Anthony Frosh
Many of our readers are by now aware that Al-Manar, Hezbollah’s ‘television wing’ is coming back to Australian screens, at least for those with satellite dishes and …
Major Shake-up at the AJN
By Anthony Frosh
Here is another major story of which The Australian Jewish News is yet to inform the community.
At the close of this week the AJN and its national editor, Ashley Browne, will part ways.
Speculation …
Arab-Jewish Dialogue: a One-Way Street
By Philip Mendes
The following article is adapted from Philip Mendes’ address to the Jewish Community (JCCV) interfaith relations forum, Tuesday 5 May 2009
Six years ago I wrote a report on my experiences in the Australasian …
The facts of (media) life
Gary Mallin, sub-editor at The Age, outlines the newspaper’s editorial process.
The criteria for what makes a story for the newspaper is subjective: what one person believes to be a good story, another might consign to …
One Jimmy Carter is Already Too Many
By Anthony Frosh
Malcolm Fraser’s whitewash of Hamas in The Age (August 11th 2009) is a cheap and desperate attempt to maintain a modest public profile. Not only is his Hamas advocacy piece poorly written, but it …
Not ‘The Dearborn Independent’
Gary Mallin, sub-editor at The Age, gives an inside perspective on reporting about Jews.
A couple of observations: when someone who is a Jew (and to a lesser extent a Moslem, for that matter) makes …
Reporters without Borders (or standards)
by Jewin’ the fat.
Too often, a journalist is attacked for elements of a story which are out of their control – photos provided by the photographer, headlines composed by the sub-editor – it is a …
Say it, don’t spray it
by Jewin’ the fat.
(Read a longer version here.)
In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled – Paul Eldridge
It’s funny how the media works in Australia. Newsworthiness (which sounds like a made up word, but …
Creative Reportage at The Age
By The Hasid
By now, you’ve probably heard that an American tourist died in Melbourne on July 23, after being clipped by a motorbike on Hotham Street. Sad news indeed. And, yes, sadly newsworthy. Though such …
The Absurdity of the Boycott
By Anthony Frosh
By now you have probably read on Galus Australis and/or the Australian Jewish News that filmmaker Ken Loach is threatening a boycott of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), unless MIFF terminates sponsorship …
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