Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is pushing the federal government’s legislative efforts to introduce mandatory, nationwide internet censorship. This would require Internet Service Providers to block a blacklist of websites for all Australians. With a particular emphasis on filtering...

The United States is facing a surge in anti-government extremist groups and armed militias driven by deepening hostility on the right to President Barack Obama, anger over the economy and the increasing propagation of conspiracy theories by parts of the mass media such as Fox News. The number of extremist...

Are most people wishing to be informed or entertained by today’s news sources and are they losing the attention span to read newspapers and books? Average Age of Newspaper Readers is 55 According to a Carnegie Corporation study in 2007, the average age of newspaper readers is 55 and that newspaper...

In Australia we are lucky to have an independent and impartial news provider, even though it be funded by the public purse and thus a cost to every tax payer. There are grave concerns for the media in the United States with many newspapers now on tough times. There is also a protest against partisan...

Since the President Bush era there has been considerable polarisation of political opinion in the United States. Two media personalities which represent the opposing viewpoints are Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly. Bill O’Reilly ...