The Wellington Times, 1895 As the ABC tirelessly reports, the science of climate change is “settled”, which must be why the national broadcaster felt confident in a boots ‘n’ all promotion of the latest warmist publicity stunt: 11,000 ‘scientists’ warning that the end is nigh (especially if those lovely grants are in any way jeopardised). […]

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Not quite Charge of the Scots Greys but an improvement all the same. Melbourne commuters once again have been kept from their business by climate protesters, who this morning blocked Clarendon Street, on the southern edge of the CBD, in an attempt to stop the International Mining and Resources Conference taking place at Jeff’s Shed. […]

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It has long been the case that reporters craft their contributions to the sum of human knowledge with a “style book” by the keyboard, or at least in the top drawer. All news organisations have them, each different in their own ways and some extraordinarily picayune. In the US, for example, Associated Press only recently […]

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It was June  17, 2017, and the cream of Canberra journalism was clotted at the National Press Club to have preconceptions and prejudices about the Trump administration burnished by James Clapper (above), who was in town to pick up some quick pocket change for a FIFO gig at ANU. With the Russiagate hoax in full […]

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Douglas Murray, keen to highlight the leftoid prejudice that shapes Google’s search results, urges the curious to search for “gay couples” in Google Images. This is what the results present. As a second experiment, he also recommends searching on “straight couples”. This is what turns up. In the clip below he explains what’s afoot. Even […]

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Marc Hendrickx, who has led a passionate crusade to keep Ayers Rock/Uluru open to climbers, tried to have the ad reproduced above inserted in the pages of the Age and SMH, which both rejected it.  While things must be looking up at the former Fairfax rags, which can apparently afford to knock back ad dollars, […]

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Last night, 4Corners turned in one of those investigations that make you think the ABC — a tiny part of it at any rate — might actually be worth a small slice of the billion-plus dollars the all-media behemoth consumes every year. The topic was the Lawyer X scandal which saw Victoria Police make an […]

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Online polls and petitions should generally be regarded with grave suspicion. Promoted on Twitter and other social media platforms, they are open invitations to cast multiple votes and add bogus signatures. Yes, there are safeguards on many, but they are easily circumvented by those keen to rig the results. A petition of a different stripe […]

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Young Greta Thunberg and her posse have received such reverential treatment this encounter must have come as quite a surprise. UPDATE: American Digest has assembled a variety of clips that suggest patience with climate scolds and human traffic bumps is running out. David Thompson, whose blog is always worth reading, has more.

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