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Ex-editors and journalists of the national broadsheet decry attack on Sally Neighbour and Louise Milligan. Plus: Des Houghton’s roving days are over

Did the Sky News host cross a line with her latest commentary on Daniel Andrews? Plus: accreditation for agitator with criminal record sparks a review

But new research shows the public did not share the negative view of Andrews portrayed by the media. Isentia has found that when the media discussed Andrews’ handling of Covid-19, 75% of coverage was critical and 29% openly positioned him as incompetent. However, when the Australian public was asked what they thought of Andrews’ leadership, 42% said he’d been a good leader. Victorian premier Daniel Andrews. Photograph: Luis Ascui/AAP Inside the state itself the picture was even r...

Stokes hired Cronin as editor-in-chief of West Australian Newspapers after he bought the paper in 2008. After the interview aired – and Weekly Beast heard it in full – we noticed it had been deleted from the 6PR website. A few days later Cronin returned to the airways to clarify, correct and apologise to Stokes. The original interview was reposted with the offending material edited out. We can’t repeat the potentially defamatory part of Cronin’s interview but we can tell you he said he ...

Clive Palmer and Kerry Stokes paper rapped for spreading Covid vaccine misinformation Amanda Meade © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP The mining magnate Clive Palmer has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on newspaper ads attacking his opponents and making false claims about Australia’s Covid-19 vaccination program. The Australian Press Council, which monitors newspaper standards, has so far been silent about this potentially dangerous spreading of mis...

Chris Kenny might not have landed an interview with either Malcolm Turnbull or Kevin Rudd for his Sky News Australia documentary but he is very clear on how he feels about the two former PMs so a chat may have been redundant. “Instead of any self-examination and accepting failure on their own part, they are both out there trying to blame others and it’s not just News Corp,” Kenny told Mediaweek ahead of Men in the Mirror: Rudd & Turnbull on...

The Crikey homepage on Thursday, containing apologies to Lachlan Murdoch and Christine Holgate. The Crikey homepage on Thursday, containing apologies to Lachlan Murdoch and Christine Holgate. Thu 22 Apr 2021 22.31 EDT Last modified on Thu 22 Apr 2021 22.43 EDT Front-page apologies and corrections are rare. Apologies are usually relegated to page two of a newspaper and relatively hidden on a news website. In 2015, the Age famously apologised to Melbourne’s Abu Bakar Alam on the front page afte...

#SpeakingUpSpeaksVolumes falsely reported as campaign to ban use of ‘mum’ and ‘dad’. Plus: Alan Jones’ birthday coincides with new low in ratings

AFR hit job on Samantha Maiden backfires spectacularly Amanda Meade When the Australian Financial Review and senior reporter Aaron Patrick set their sights on Samantha Maiden for what is known in journalism as a “hit job”, one could have been excused for expecting it would do the seasoned reporter some damage. Dig up her work history, delve into her childhood, fling around words like “challenging”, “spiky” and “difficult” and the reporter who revealed allegations...

Sky News Australia goes viral overseas. Plus: Nine greenlights Melissa Caddick drama two days after her remains found