Tag Archives: Bad Journalism

Yet Another ‘Worst Ever’ Hurricane

Posted on September 7, 2017 by marcus

It’s official: every cyclone or hurricane these days is the worst, strongest, most powerful [insert hyperbolic untruth of your choice] EVER! Hurricane Irma has been no different. In the case of the Guardian – Irma has bizarrely been regarded as … Continue reading →

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Turnbull’s Energy Economics

Posted on August 30, 2017 by marcus

In The Australian yesterday came this story of Malcolm Turnbull giving Einstein (or whoever really came up with his insanity quote) the middle digit: Power firms told to cut prices The nation’s electricity industry chiefs will be hauled in by … Continue reading →

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The Swamp Runs Deep

Posted on August 12, 2017 by marcus

If I presented the following conversation to you, who would you say is the crazy one? Person A (to person B) – I’ve been starving my people for years and committing various other human rights atrocities so that I could … Continue reading →

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All I Want for Christmas is a Climate Refugee

Posted on June 13, 2017 by marcus

If all you did was read sites like news.com.au, you would really think that the world is about to be overcome with ‘climate refugees’: RISING sea levels are already forcing one American town to relocate, with warnings that many others … Continue reading →

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Accounting at the ABC

Posted on May 25, 2017 by marcus

Did you ever wonder why the ABC’s budget figures never seem to quite add up? This is the government budgeting to have a $29.4 billion deficit for 2017-18 (page 11-7): In short: $433.5 billion in receipts; minus $459.7 billion in … Continue reading →

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More Self-loathing Incompetence From SMH

Posted on May 18, 2017 by marcus

Michael Smith has brought my attention to this article written by SMH’s Latika Bourke on 13 April 2017. Predictably, it’s the usual self-loathing plop that we’ve become accustomed to no longer paying money for: Australia should follow the British Conservative … Continue reading →

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Beer Politics

Posted on April 10, 2017 by marcus

This is Bill Shorten attempting to skol a beer the other day. I say ‘attempting’, because in my books it can’t possibly count as a skol if you take more than 10 seconds and if Bob Hawke can do three in … Continue reading →

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How’s That Landslide Going?

Posted on March 31, 2017 by marcus

While everyone in the mainstream media was falling over themselves to congratulate WA Labor on its landslide election victory, TMR noticed that things weren’t quite going to plan in the upper house: The media’s ‘analysis’ of WA Labor’s victory in … Continue reading →

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