Australian blogger Tim Blair likes being a friend of the powerful. He’s fond of praising George W. Bush, serenading John Howard and saluting Tony Blair. Good on him. It’s a free world. Far be it from me to suggest that a journalist’s role is to question, challenge and monitor those in authority Increasing abuse of language among some Bloggers
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As you know, creative people often run into problems due to copyright. We casually refer to "illegal art," but the fact is that many of the problems artists encounter have little with do with the actual law. To take a recent example, Warner Brothers recently shut down screenings of Brad Neely's Wizard People, Dear Reader not by suing, but by threatening to cut off ties with the theaters that screened it.
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• · · · The fanfare and hyperbole surrounding David Penberthy's appointment to the editorship of The Daily Telegraph this week has almost been as loud as the screams and adulation Penberthy reckons he received during his university days in Adelaide. Spike has stumbled across a web site for "Australia's premier Spanish-language Mexican punk band", known as Cerveza y Putas. The site showcases the apparent talents of its lead singer, one David Penberthy...The site says "Penberthy, tagged as the band's 'Swarthy immigrant singing sensation' by an early record company press release, combined Wildean bons mots with ESL non-sequiturs in a manner not seen since Joao Gilberto set himself on fire while trying to light his own flatulence onstage in Budapest in 1968". Hidden talents ; Be brash, be bold, and make it sell It's the greatest challenge in Australian newspaper journalism - Selling Daily Terror According to David Penberthy
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