parties and factions

The most intense hatreds are not between political parties but within them – Phillip Adams, journalist

Media Circus: Knife/sword edition

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Double standards are so repellently fascinating to watch unfold before one’s jaded gaze, I find. What’s piqued your media interests lately? Please share your bouquets and brickbats for any current sociopolitical reportage on legacy/new media.

The cost of mockery in Australian politics

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Prime Minister Gillard’s looks would be irrelevant except that everything about her, including her appearance, has been represented in the media in such an incredibly hostile manner that you’ll be genuinely taken aback when you meet her. And it’s depressing, as a woman, to see this for yourself – the contrast between the Prime Minister as she appears, in person, and how you think she looks based on her appearance in the media.

Media Circus: Pope resigns edition

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Well, all sorts of things are going to fly under the media’s radar this week, aren’t they? What else has piqued your sociopolitical media interests lately? Please share your bouquets and brickbats.

Media Circus: Election Announcement Edition

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A Federal election in September, violence in Egypt and Syria, Obama proposes immigration reforms and appoints John Kerry his new Secretary of State, deaths and damage are being tallied in Tasmanian/Victorian fires and Queensland floods. What has piqued your sociopolitical media interests lately? Please share your bouquets and brickbats.

Two headlines

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Eva Cox in The Conversation: Tony Abbott: a confused, conservative sexist, but not a misogynist.

Milanda Rout in The Australian (paywalled): Feminist insists Abbott no misogynist.

Quelle surprise.