by Jim Ball | Mar 20, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus, Media, Media Bias, Random Notes |
There has always been different takes on the news of the day and something I’ve never forgotten was the observation by a guest speaker in the 1980’s at a marketing seminar, a variation of a CS Lewis quote: ‘What you see depends on where you stand’ Take...
by Jim Ball | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog, Media, Media Bias
An illuminating read and a case study of selective bias that works on the principle that although all the facts are presented, they are not presented together in an “on the one hand but on the other hand” fair and balancedkind of way. Crucial facts that...
by Jim Ball | Mar 31, 2018 | Blog, Crickert ball tampering, Media, Random Notes |
It’s funny how quickly we forget. It was only five weeks ago that Barnaby Joyce resigned after being brought down in another hysterical, media pile on and another round of totally out of proportion, confected outrage and a beat up not dissimilar to that that we’ve...
by Jim Ball | Feb 3, 2018 | Blog, Fake News, Media |
“….For far too long, I was convinced that the media were, on the whole, reliable purveyors of the news. For nearly three years I freelanced happily at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Music and Public Affairs, never suspecting that the Mothercorp was a...
by Jim Ball | Jan 14, 2018 | Blog, Media, Trump
by Jim Ball | Sep 27, 2017 | Blog, Media, Media Bias, The Left |
Seriously worth a watch. Bill O’Reilly back on Fox for a one off interview with Sean Hannity.Together they traverse much the same ground and range of issues that are going on here in Australia, particularly identity politics along with the grievance mongering and...
