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Mogul news
From Crikey: Of all the embarrassing stories that have come out about Rupert Murdoch over the years, it is hard to go past today’s revelations in The AFR that he short-changed his own mother and then left her with a huge tax bill.
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Who is the anonymous Andrew Gilligan commenter?
My Andrew Gilligan post attracted a couple of anonymous comments, apparently by the same author. Who could the anonymous author be? Well online, nothing is really anonymous – now is it? Take a look at this screenshot for a moment while we play Internet detective… [APOLOGIES – THE SCREENSHOT THAT WAS HERE HAS DISAPPEARED –…
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Journalism at the movies
I finally got round to seeing the Bourne Ultimatum at the weekend. (Spoiler ahead) It shoots straight into the top ten for cinematic journalist portrayals, though it doesn’t do us any favours. Paddy Considine plays Simon Ross, fictional security correspondent of the Guardian, a reporter so drippy his photo-byline is a tea stain. Farringdon Road…
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Bored by Burma
The BBC Editors blog has this comment from Anthony, after a post by Steve Herrmann explaining the moral and logistical complexities of online coverage from Burma: Although I’m rather appalled at myself for thinking this – I find the current wave of Burma coverage very dull and uninteresting. In particular – absent the nice juicy…