October 2007
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Campaign dreams and cognitive partisanship
I keep dreaming about the election. Literally. This can’t be a good thing. At the same time, given that it’s pretty much my job to follow this thing at the moment, and given the difficulty I’m having in keeping up to date with the sheer volume of information out there, I can’t help but wonder how difficult it must be for anyone who isn’t getting paid to do this…...
Howard's generation no more
David Barnett writes in today’s Fin Review that the outcome of the Australian Federal election will be determined by people “who have enrolled to vote since 1996 and who have never lived as adults under an ALP Government.” According to Barnett, it’s because we don’t know how bad things can get under Labor (sound familiar?) that we’re turning away from John...
LonelyGirl15 in conversation
If I didn’t already have plans tonight, I’d so be going to this. As Kripy tells it: “Thousands of YouTube addicts were fooled when they found out that LonelyGirl15 was actually the brainchild of Miles Beckett and Luke Hyams, complete with a production team, scripts and an actress. The creators of the online phenomenon are in town to talk about the direction and trends of online...
Who's afraid of YouTube?
The Libs, apparently. From Monday’s Australian: “Liberal insiders are concerned that voters are being confused by ‘enthusiastic amateurs’ putting their own guerilla campaign advertising and messages on YouTube and other websites.” As opposed to impeccably informed and utterly unbiased candidates. Seriously though, if you’ve looked at election-related satire...
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