Mediawatch In the wake of the Bondi massacre, the boundary between hate speech and civil discourse has come to the fore, inevitably, because the issue of incitement is at the heart of what motivated the killers. But it also raises… Continue Reading
Australia has had a problem with the one-sided non-reporting of the lives of people identifying as transgender by many media outlets. In the wake of the BBC crisis over its reporting of Trump’s January 6 speech, Mediawatch examined three reporting… Continue Reading
The Other Cheek Mediawatch The long-running case, known as Tickle v Giggle in the Federal Court of Australia, involves a discrimination case brought by NSW trans woman Roxanne Tickle against Sally Grover, the creator of a women-only app. Tickle claims… Continue Reading
Terry Mattingly via Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) On March 15, 2022, Babylon Bee editors ran a blunt joke about a powerful American leader — proclaiming an assistant secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services as the website’s “Man of… Continue Reading
The Not the Bee website – the serious partner to the satirical “Babylon Bee” – conveys the news Joe Rogan’s 14m listeners have been given a serious Christian apologetic from Wes Huff, a speaker from Apologetics Canada and a PhD student at the evangelical… Continue Reading
You’ll know what I mean when I tell you about it: pick a social issue from mental health to agriculture. the ABC will have tackled the issue by finding an individual case study and telling the story through their voice.… Continue Reading
Christians often “bag” the media when they sideline faith, so here’s a shoutout to ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky who prayed for the injured US footballer Damar Hamlin live on the major sports network. “This is a little bit different. I’ve heard… Continue Reading
When a Bible verse sets off a tweetstorm is the best response to hide till it blows over? What if it becomes the front page of your local daily? Hope someone else fronts up? Hobart’s Anglican Dean Richard Humphrey doesn’t… Continue Reading