Christopher Warren
@mediumandmessage.bsky.social
Journalist, writer, activist. Mainly Sydney.
UK and US came to the mess from historically very different traditions (tl;dr BBC: through Reith, impartial; NYT etc: through Lippman, objectivity). Trouble is the "both sides" practice proved a too-easy way for both to operationalise what are tricky concepts at scale.
The thing about the BBC stuff is that its problems are similar to those of eg the NYT in that it elides imoartiality and objectivity, when they're very different things.
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
UK and US came to the mess from historically very different traditions (tl;dr BBC: through Reith, impartial; NYT etc: through Lippman, objectivity). Trouble is the "both sides" practice proved a too-easy way for both to operationalise what are tricky concepts at scale.
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I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.
June 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.
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Labor's decision to take the budget into deficit has been entirely vindicated -- the government is the only thing standing between us and an RBA-induced recession
www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/05/l...
www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/05/l...
Labor has been vindicated on its spending. Will the Reserve Bank finally do its job and cut rates?
Labor's spending has generated plenty of criticism — but it's now the only thing standing between us and a recession engineered by the RBA.
www.crikey.com.au
December 6, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Labor's decision to take the budget into deficit has been entirely vindicated -- the government is the only thing standing between us and an RBA-induced recession
www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/05/l...
www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/05/l...