A nice article from Possum's Pollytics explaining, in the face of "shock horror", "incredible turnaround" and "Rocky VI" articles about the Labor defeat of the LNP in Queensland, why in fact the statistics and polls didn't lie at any stage about probable outcomes. The real problem was a total failure by journalists to check what sort of figures ( Read more... )

Link (to Philip Adams op-ed piece)

Saw this on Media Watch last night as well. In brief:

• ABC Enterprises sets down $100,000 of funding for Chris Masters (Four Corners reporter) to write an unauthorised biography of Alan Jones.
• After four years of (supposedly "meticulous") work, Masters completes the book.
• Alan Jones' associates get hold of ( Read more... )