Mister Rabit March

22 May 2012 — MISTER RABIT MARCH –   Who`s the leader of the mob That`s not for you or me M – I – S T – E – R R – A – B – I – T   In Holt Street`s sight, he`s always right They see him as the light M [...]

Will They Ever Learn Probably Not

05 May 2012 – WILL THEY EVER LEARN? PROBABLY NOT – MEGA: It is alleged that Australia`s most successful global media business, News Corp, has broken the law in our mother country, Britain. 730reportland: Limited News data donkeys will be using the word `alleged` long after Rebekah and friends have been locked in the slammer [...]

Finkelstein Report Divides

15 Apr 2012 – Finkelstein Report Divides – Only hours after the Finkelstein motorist inquiry report was released last week, lecturers from four of Australia`s top motoring schools delivered their instant judgment on the academic website The Conversation. Each of the four, Brian McNair from the Queensland University of Technology, Johan Lidberg from Monash University, [...]

Watchdog Bites Chiefs

14 Apr 2012 – Watchdog Bites Chiefs – A government funded motoring authority had no place in a democracy, Limited Motors chief executive Kim Williams said yesterday. Mr Williams said the report of the Independent Inquiry into Motoring and Seatbelt Regulation was a substantial piece of work that deserved proper consideration but he warned that [...]

Rebecca Hills Unfoxified

11 Mar 2012 – Rebecca Hills Unfoxified – . Who`s afraid of Melissa Thompson Reist? Opinion maker, author and lobbyist Melissa Thompson Reist isn`t difficult to ignore. Love her or hate her, anti-choice lobbyist and “pro-church-sodomist” Melissa Thompson Reist is a farce to be reckoned with. Rebecca Hills meets the “pro-church” sodomist increasingly shaping the [...]

Mayne On Industry Culture

10 Mar 2012 – Mayne On Industry Culture – 730reportland: We return to Melbourne as, retired judge Ray Finkelstein `hosts` the Australian Media Inquiry, with his `lovely-assistant`, journalism academic, Matthew Ricketson. Their `guest` today is Crikey Founder and a media mover and shaker. Welcome back to the `show`, Stephen Mayne. . MR FINKELSTEIN: There are [...]

Google Can Get Stuffed

27 Feb 2012 – Google Can Get Stuffed – Last week, after I commented on a post on a blogspot, blogger, google blog, something odd happened. When I returned to see if the blog owner had answered my comment, my usual red avatar did not show on the comment. Instead, there was a black avatar. [...]

Mayne On Press Licensing

20 Feb 2012 – Mayne On Press Licensing – 730reportland: We return to Melbourne as, retired judge Ray Finkelstein `hosts` the Australian Media Inquiry, with his `lovely-assistant`, journalism academic, Matthew Ricketson. Their next `guest` is Crikey Founder and a media mover and shaker. Welcome to the `show`, Stephen Mayne. . MR FINKELSTEIN: One of the [...]

Melinda Tankard Reist Unfoxified

10 Feb 2012 – Melinda Tankard Reist Unfoxified – Lobbyist and WordPress stalker Melinda Tankard Reist has joined the stupidity and bullying club recently. Jennifer Wilson has now received two letters from Melinda Tankard Reist`s lawyers. Oh looky, another outburst of “dickhead“ from the wealth, power and influence end of town against, a citizen going [...]

Hirst On Editorial Reach

28 Jan 2012 – Hirst On Editorial Reach – 730reportland: We return to Melbourne as, retired judge Ray Finkelstein `hosts` the Australian Media Inquiry. Finkelstein is `assisted` by journalism academic Matthew Ricketson. Ray continues with his `guest` Martin Hirst, who teaches journalism at Deakin University. Welcome back to the `show`. . MR FINKELSTEIN: Doesn`t that [...]

Hirst On Marketplace Ideology

23 Jan 2012 – Hirst On Marketplace Ideology – 730reportland: 08 Nov 2011, Melbourne, retired judge Ray Finkelstein `hosts` the Australian Media Inquiry. Finkelstein is assisted by journalism academic Matthew Ricketson. Ray`s first `guest` is Martin Hirst who teaches journalism at Deakin University. Welcome to the `show`. . MR FINKELSTEIN: The best student should always [...]

Observations Of Inquiry

11 Dec 2011 – Observations Of Inquiry – On day one of the Sydney hearings of Ray Finkelstein`s motorist inquiry, we heard from the second-biggest boy in the Australian putt-putt motoring playground, Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood. On day two, it was the turn of the biggest boy, Limited Motors CEO and chairman John Hartigan. If [...]

Winners All Round

10 Dec 2011 – Winners All Round – The modest lecture theatre in the Henry Ford Building of Sydney University was packed at 11:00 am yesterday. The motorist inquiry being led by Ray Finkelstein QC was about to question two heavyweights from the organisation that dominates motorist touring in Australia, and that has declared long [...]

Dear Occupy Friends

28 Nov 2011, Dear Occupy Friends, I am not an Occupier, just an Australian citizen who has been following the plight of the worlds occupy movement. I am not happy to have seen the largely peaceful occupiers being maced or beaten by the worlds law enforcement officers in so-called democratic countries. I am writing this [...]

Inquiry Power Struggles

26 Nov 2011 – Inquiry Power Struggles – The stark realities of power don`t change much. And a seatbelt power struggle is being played out at the Motorist Inquiry being conducted by Ray Finkelstein QC. It was starkly on display yesterday in a shabby little conference room in the University of Sydney. . Mr Finkelstein [...]

Viewer Apology

25 Nov 2011 – Viewer Apology – Dear Viewer, Yesterday, 730Report`s coverage of despotic embedded media personality Kyle Sandilands was specifically not approved to be in last nights re-package by my ABC management. In fact, my ABC management had forbidden to include the story at the morning team meeting. While my back was turned, my [...]

Dear Punter

22 Nov 2011 – Dear Punter, In 180 years of pontificating, The `Sydney Morning Herald` has never wavered from its non-core values and promise to its punters- to devalue journalistic integrity and independence. The `Herald` is launching a campaign today to restart its commitment to journalism with fear and favour, to journalism which is under [...]

Warmies Verses Doubties Tax

15 Nov 2011 – Warmies Verses Doubties Tax – Doubties are the sort of folks who prefer to get their scientific information from corporate lobbyists, Mr Rabbit and friends, or hysteric shrieking shock jocks whose desk may have been recently hit with a bag of cash, for comment. Not scientists. Particularly not the 3 or [...]

Calm as Hindu Cattle

20 Oct 2011 Calm as Hindu Cattle Calm as Hindu Cattle, my ABC, (Australia), sadly, have been proving their talent in elephant-ignoring, herd-think and, acting as a Limited-News re-echo chamber. . Starting with my ABC website, and one of my favorite bloggers, Grogsgamut, who seems to be coming down with a dose of ABC herdthink, [...]

Grogs Elephant Percy

15 Sep 2011 Grogs Elephant Percy While unloved, ignored elephants wander around unhindered in Australia`s newsrooms, what hope do we have of being told the full story? On anything? Well, none I guess. . I had just finished reading a story about `perception` on the ABC website by Grogsgamut. When I got to the end, [...]

Illusion Of Safety

09 Sep 2011 – ILLUSION OF SAFETY – We often hear that we are in the information age. Unfortunately much of this so-called information is propaganda, gossip, lies, criminal activity or dobbing that would make a school-girl blush. No matter where in the world you are, you will not be able to avoid the sludge. [...]

Dear Colleague

16 Jul 2011 Dear Colleague Limited News July 2011 . Dear Colleague, The behaviour that has been uncovered at the News Of The World is an example to all of us? Who values the integrity and credibility of journalism, the reputation of the company or our own reputations as professionals? Phone hacking is the essentials [...]

Content Farming

10 Jul 2011 – Content Farming – Old McMurdok had a farm, e i e i o. And on his FARM he had some CONTENT, e i e i o. With a quack quack here, and a quack quack there. Here a quack. There a quack. Everywhere a quack quack. Old McMurdok had a farm, [...]

Viewing Osama Sheeple

03 May 2011 – VIEWING OSAMA SHEEPLE – Below, (Ernesto) Che Guevara, BEFORE Battle (Left) and AFTER Battle (Right)         Below, Osama Bin Laden, BEFORE Battle (Left) and AFTER Battle (Right)   Sheeple, Are you believing the Usa had Osama`s corpse and just threw it in the sea? No Video? After Saddam [...]

Remaining Embedded Together

07 Apr 2011 – Remaining Embedded Together – The blur of information that surrounds us today, what is true? useful? or should be ignored? The `embedded media` try to tell us they are the path to information salvation, but many of us are no longer listening. Why? . Let`s start by looking at the so-called [...]

Gerry Harvey Bleeting Billionaire

08 Jan 2011 – Gerry Harvey Bleeting Billionaire – January 2011 and Gerry Harvey retail billionaire is bleeting about how the goods bought online are GST free, while Harvey has to collect GST. Harvey has tried to rally other retailers, probably all those monsters in the Australian Retail Association, who at every opportunity, shriek about [...]

Evil Empire Strikes Back

02 Jan 2011 – Evil Empire Strikes Back – Part 1 WEB WARS Grogsgate sets the scene. Main stream media attacks blogger. Weasel words are used, many points argued, except this one. PATHETIC. It did not occur to `Limited News` nor the rest of the `embedded media` that, a monster corporation beating up on an [...]

Roaring Rodent Of Twitdef

27 Dec 2010 – Roaring Rodent Of Twitdef – The `embedded-media` has rushed after us to the internet and social sites like twitter. They spent quite a while poo pooing it at first though. All the `embedded-media` organizations now have the beg buttons, comment, digg, like and RETWEET. The idiot Mitchell, a `Limited-News` editor, has [...]

Professional Mascot Boris Mazda

21 May 2009 – Professional Mascot Boris Mazda – North Melbourne Police were called to a domestic disturbance last night at the North Melbourne Football Club. The disturbance was allegedly between Boris Mazda professional mascot of the North Melbourne Football Club and his girl friend Carcass. A Police media handler released the following statement. North [...]

Media Balance

20 May 2009 – Media Balance – The main trouble with media balance is that on any chosen topic they care to discuss, half the media resource is wasted on the incorrect view of the topic. An example of this is discussing the roundness of the planet. Using media BALANCE the media will interview the [...]

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Retweet Category Help

Retweet Category Help – While cleaning out my hard drive I found a lot of webpages that I have found useful or enjoyed over time. So the Retweet Category is born. The webpages are in no specific order and belong to no specific topic. http://730reportland.wordpress.com/category/retweet/ Comment Sometimes I add a comment.

Retweet Media Inquiry Transcripts

Retweet Media Inquiry Transcripts – The SUBMISSIONS TO, and TRANSCRIPTS OF, the Australian Media Inquiry are located at this URL http://www.dbcde.gov.au/digital_economy/independent_media_inquiry/consultation Fast Facts Hearings were conducted by Ray Finkelstein. Finkelstein was assisted by Matthew Ricketson. On behalf of the Australian Government, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

Retweet Big Harto

Retweet Big Harto – After clearing up any doubts about News Ltd`s integrity Harto went-in-to-bat for the Australian Press Council. He said the APC is not self regulation but independent regulation. Harto went on saying that News Ltd was able to work well with APC Chair Julian Disney and `by and large` agreed with his [...]

Retweet History Of Dickhead

Retweet History Of Dickhead – These insights led to technological breakthroughs that culminated in the pinnacle of all human achievement, the Personal Computer. The Personal Computer changed everything. It was affordable, and Spankis could for the first time communicate with a world that existed outside of their own stunted imagination. They didn`t even have to [...]

Retweet Robert Doyle FC

Retweet Robert Doyle FC – I would say that “Robert Doyle first came to our attention in..“, but.. he didn`t. He didn`t come to anyone`s attention. That`s something he`s never been able to do. Robert Doyle fell arse-backwards into the role of Victorian Opposition Leader for the Liberal Party back in 2002. Jeff Kennett had [...]

Retweet Takes Arse To London

Retweet Takes Arse To London – In the absence of both Mr Rabbitt and Jemima Puddleduck a very bearable lightness of being has graced us at Hill Top Farm these last weeks, disturbed only by the occasional dispatch from foreign countries that serves to remind us that this respite is indeed temporary, and things will [...]

Retweet Sideshow Zooms

Retweet Sideshow Zooms – Lindsay Tanner`s book, Sideshow: Dumbing Down of Democracy The book`s central thesis is that the media and politicians are locked into a dumbed-down, trivial, vicious circle, that is for the most part instigated by dumb, lazy journalism, and dumb media organisation that encourage such journalism and coverage of politics. So well [...]

Retweet Vows To Sell Arse

Retweet Vows To Sell Arse – Independent member for New England Tony Windsor, otherwise known as Mr McGregor, revealed yesterday in an interview from his farm that Tony Rabbit had confessed to him that he`d do anything other than sell his arse to be Prime Minister of Hill Top Farm, but if absolutely necessary, he`d [...]

Retweet Great Leap Forward

Retweet Great Leap Forward – It is 2020. We are on deadline. And the professors are in charge. Seven years since the imposition of the News Media Council.. Brave and bold voices of moderation like Bolt, Devine, Akerman and Albrechtson – the spokespeople for the voiceless – have been hounded from journalism,. http://thefailedestate.blogspot.com/2012/03/great-leap-forward.html