The US president often provides meandering non-answers and strange speeches, but news reports omit the weirdness. Does it matter?
- Associate Professor, School of Communication, Queensland University of Technology
Hundreds of millions of dollars are being made on well-timed oil bets occurring just before Trump posts. But can we call it insider trading?
Memes are the currency of the election campaign online. Here’s a report card on the Labor, Liberal and Greens efforts, from the good to the tone-deaf.
Amid picking fights internationally, Donald Trump has been chipping away at the DoJ back home. It’s resulted in firings, resignations and accusations of dirty deals.
Speaking with: satirist Armando Ianucci on The Death of Stalin
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Armando Iannucci, the satirist and director behind the film The Death of Stalin spoke with Associate Professor Stephen Harrington, an expert on political satire.
Democracy rests heavily on the idea that, though we may not like those who govern, they gained that power by fair means. Donald Trump is undermining that idea.
As any political observer could tell you, sometimes you need to laugh to keep from crying. But as another federal election wraps up, Australia’s political satire landscape looks a little grim.
We may believe that Australians are disengaged from the political process, but that may be because we’re not looking in the right places.
If journalism is supposed to be a force for truth, accountability and enlightenment in the political process, then it appears to be failing on the biggest of stages.
Suspended Top Gear co-host Jeremy Clarkson has built his brand on a “no-bullshit” style that wins just as many loyal fans as fierce critics.
Ten Network has delivered a significantly narrowed first-half loss, with revenue up 4.4% to A$315 million, and a net loss after tax of $8 million. This compares with a loss of of $243 million in the corresponding…
At 6.30am this morning, Channel Ten launched the program that will either resurrect the network’s fortunes or push it further into a coma from which it may never recover. Wake Up, joined by newsreader…
Earlier this year, the ABC’s managing director Mark Scott announced Australia’s public broadcaster would begin a search “to find creative ways to deliver news to children and teenagers”. In the announcement…
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