Peter Bale - curated media bulletin - journalists: human, powerful, dead.
Why it’s time to retire that old journalist-as-confidence-man line.
A rather American view but I suspect the cynical view of reporters expressed in this applies equally to those in the tabloid media, especially in the UK, which thrives on a mix of cynicism and patronising the audience. I hope she's right that we're a bit more human than that caricature.
I know John quite well and his insistence that we need to be a tad more introspective -- I'd say fair -- is well put.
Despite all that Australians seem to trust some of the media, despite or maybe because of the weird collusion between the Liberal government and the mostly Murdoch press.
A predictable but nonetheless concerning discovery that Mr Bone Saw's men had been trained in part by his US allies. (Probably not in how to cook a journalist's meaty parts in a tandoori oven, masked with animal meat).
Michael is a friend and I adore his florid, fast-paced work. It is the closest thing we have today to Tom Wolffe and the New Journalism. It's a sweep of storytelling rather than a totally fact-checked documentary.