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Media Watch ~versus~ Good Game

Posted on November 8, 2009 by @ndy

Besieged by angry nerds, Media Watch‘s Jonathan Holmes has made the following comment on Jeremy Ray’s sacking by the ABC: Author Jonathan Holmes (Presenter) Date/Time 06 Nov 2009 8:21:00pm Subject Re: Junglist demoted from ABC’s Good Game Ok gamers. Think … Continue reading →

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How to Make Trouble… // The Dole Army

Posted on November 6, 2009 by @ndy

Sarah is 29 and homeless. She lives on welfare. When she is not on the streets she is in rooming houses. At the moment she pays $160 a week for a single room in a house in the suburbs of … Continue reading →

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Good Game : If Six Was Nine

Posted on November 4, 2009 by @ndy

From the Department of Different Vocal and Guitar Mix: Good Game is the TV show by Gamers, for Gamers™. You can catch full episodes at 8:30 PM Monday nights on ABC 2 and 11:30 PM Friday Nights on ABC 1. … Continue reading →

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Axed Good Game host sticks to his guns

Posted on November 2, 2009 by @ndy

Ptchoo! Ptchoo ptchoo! Axed Good Game host sticks to his guns Sarah Collerton ABC News Online November 2, 2009 The fired host of Good Game says he wants the war of words with the ABC to end, but he is … Continue reading →

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Junglist, Or; How Not To Fire An Under-Performing Employee

Posted on October 30, 2009 by @ndy

From the Departments of While You’re Reading This Children Are Starving & Sh*t Just Got Real comes: Good Game presenter claims ABC gender bias after axing Asher Moses [Fairfax] October 30, 2009 An evil pixie at the ABC has decided … Continue reading →

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4 Corners : Lethal Force

Posted on October 26, 2009 by @ndy

Lethal Force Reporter: Quentin McDermott Broadcast: 26/10/2009 Reporter Quentin McDermott takes a detailed look at four incidents, in different parts of Australia, where people suffering mental illness or psychological distress died after being shot or tasered by police. Using exclusive … Continue reading →

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Hey Hey It’s Not Racism!

Posted on October 11, 2009 by @ndy

THE men behind the masks at the centre of the Hey Hey It’s Saturday race furore have hired a crisis public relations firm to manage the global fallout from the controversy. The six Sydney doctors, who painted their faces black … Continue reading →

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Hey Hey It’s Saturday (c. October 7, 1979)

Posted on October 9, 2009 by @ndy

Blah blah blah. I dunno. I used to think that Very Important Persons had branes, or could at least afford to employ others armed with the gooey stuff. Sadly, my illusions — carefully nurtured since childhood — have been shattered … Continue reading →

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Workin’ Class Men

Posted on September 21, 2009 by @ndy

“News”: Labor’s Left and Right distinctions erased Mark Davis The Age September 21, 2009 Tanner ‘amused’ at Rudd F-bombs AAP September 20, 2009 Reports that Labor MPs were horrified at Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s use of the F-word are amusing, … Continue reading →

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I’m too sexy for Denmark

Posted on September 18, 2009 by @ndy

Danish tourism Web ad pulled for promiscuity Jan M. Olsen AP September 15, 2009 COPENHAGEN – Denmark’s tourism agency has removed an advertisement from YouTube after complaints that it promoted promiscuity in the liberal Scandinavian country. The video clip, nearly … Continue reading →

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