gatewatching

1. It’s very difficult to stop people watching a television programme that’s been broadcast in another State, even if you’ve banned it, and even if it might prejudice court proceedings. (Bloody Internet.)
2. It’s very difficult to keep a Prince’s wherabouts under wraps when the media are globally networked, even if his life depends on it. [...]

Goodness me. There’s a bit of a stoush on the Oz’s website! Janet Albrechtsen wrote a column earlier this week that gave out some advice to Kevin Rudd, and claimed victory in the “Culture Wars”, or argued that they were still going on, or something like that (It’s honestly a little bit hard to tell). [...]

As Posted on the ABC’s Opinion Website last Friday - we’d welcome further comments.
Many of the dust-ups so far between bloggers and the mainstream media (MSM) in Australia have concerned comment, not news.
The kinds of spats we’ve written about previously have been over who exactly has the mortgage on punditry about established stories, social [...]