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Rex Patrick, Rick Morton, Jacqui Lambie: Who were readers’ picks for shitstirrer of the year?

Some fan favourites did not make our esteemed list of shitstirrers this year. There will be no recount!

Crikey

What’s your favourite journalist’s favourite piece of journalism?

From Paul Barry to Alan Kohler to Sally Neighbour, we asked 200 of the nation’s most influential media figures about the best pieces of journalism they’ve read lately.

Crikey

Australia’s media movers and shakers on who survives in Australian journalism

From Jordan Baker to Justin Stevens, we asked 200 of the nation’s most influential media figures who will survive in this media climate and what they have to do to tough it out.

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Gas warfare: News Corp tabloids’ week of energy doom ends with an anointed saviour

Front-page campaign, paid for by the gas industry, has been labelled ‘propaganda’. Plus: InDaily layoffs delivered to staff in fancy dress

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ABC inboxes flooded with fan abuse after Kim Williams’ criticism of Joe Rogan

ABC chair’s comments that ‘people like Mr Rogan prey on vulnerabilities’ sparks furious response. Plus: lean times for awards ceremonies

The Guardian - AU

Who is Linton Besser, the new Media Watch host?

Four-time Walkley winner Linton Besser will replace Paul Barry as Media Watch host in a fortnight. Crikey sat down with Besser to find out where the program is headed.

Crikey

Linton Besser, award-winning investigative journalist, named new Media Watch host

Former ABC foreign correspondent and SMH journalist says he will put a ‘blowtorch’ to the industry

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Seven’s Andrew O’Keefe coverage turns ugly as goading cameraman crosses a line

Viewers lash out at ‘harassment’ of former TV star. Plus: AFR parts ways with Rowan Dean

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Kyle & Jackie O Did A Segment Guessing The Sound Of Female Staff’s Piss & Ppl Want Them Axed

Kyle and Jackie O are facing calls to get axed after they held a segment where they guessed female staff's pissing sounds on air.

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Tory Maguire defends Nine CEO’s trip to Greece as reporters seethe over job cuts

Nine staff ask managing director of publishing if Mike Sneesby failed to ‘face the music’ after announcing job cuts. Plus: Andrew Probyn unloads on ABC

The Guardian - AU

Kean’s climate coup

Matt Kean’s appointment as chair of the Climate Change Authority has pissed off his Coalition co-workers, and UNESCO warns Australia to do more to protect the Great Barrier Reef.

Crikey

Everything the new Media Watch host shouldn’t be, according to ABC reporters

Paul Barry’s retirement announcement has sparked rampant debate as to who his successor might be. We asked ABC reporters who they want in the job.

Crikey

News Corp boss grilled over Hitler-Bandt headline as Seven admits failure over Lehrmann’s rent

The Australian was just surfacing ‘differing opinions’ when it made comparison between Greens leader and Hitler, Michael Miller says. Plus: fourth-generation Murdoch logs on

The Guardian - AU

News Corp’s quiet apology after outrage over use of Indigenous children’s images

Apology from Sky News was published at 7pm on Friday – a time when very few would see it, complainants say. Plus: speculation over Paul Barry’s replacement

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Media Watch host Paul Barry to leave ABC show after 11 years

Public broadcaster confirms media commentary show’s longest-serving presenter will leave in December

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Bettina Arndt passed hat around for accommodation, cash and new friends for Bruce Lehrmann

So-called men’s rights activist claims Lehrmann is a victim but says she stopped short of chipping in for his legal defence. Plus: SMH columnists at war

Crikey

Seven’s chequebook journalism is a disgrace for which it should be held accountable

In failing to disclose it paid a number of extraordinary expenses for Bruce Lehrmann, Seven perpetuated an unforgivable fraud on the public. Can we ever trust the broadcaster again?

Crikey

Assange has ‘proof’ of CIA assassination plot

Julian Assange’s lawyers say they have proof there was a CIA plot to assassinate him, Moira Deeming’s defamation war chest swells with donations, and Peter Dutton was (obviously) wrong about Labor’s border force budget.

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Newcastle, PSG and a handball call we can all agree on, right?

In today’s Football Daily: Tears on the Tyne, EFL weirdness and the famous Brendan Rodgers went to Rome to see the Pope

Crikey

No, ABC Media Watch did not expose COVID-19 crisis actors

Facebook users pushing the ‘crisis actors’ conspiracy theory with Media Watch footage edited out parts of the program debunking the claims.

Crikey

ABC stands by Media Watch segment on Julie Szego despite backlash over accuracy

Media Watch executive producer Tim Latham told Crikey the show stands by its story and the importance in airing ‘differing points of view’.

The Guardian - AU

ABC Ombudsman dismisses Nine newspaper complaint about Media Watch Red Alert segment

Host Paul Barry was deemed not to have breached editorial standards because the show was opinion, not news, after SMH and Age series on China

The Guardian - AU

We shall fight them on our pages: Nine newspapers invoke Churchill to defend their Red Alert series

Newspapers’ leadership angrily rejects criticism of China series with insiders saying their efforts were similar to ‘Churchill taking on the Nazis’. Plus: the end of the shock jock?

Crikey

SMH staff are frustrated to be in the news, again

SMH editor Bevan Shields hit back at critics in a note to subscribers less than a year after being forced to issue an apology for outing a celebrity.

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ABC news staff hit back at Media Watch over coverage of trans issues

Presenter Paul Barry claims ABC partnership with LGBTQ+ group could lead to bias, but staff have defended relationship. Plus: Binge follows Netflix into ads

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