SPRUNG: Reports of Prince Phillip’s demise greatly exaggerated by cretin Tara Spring

Twitter is a brilliant source of breaking news but it’s also only as good as those contributing to it.

A Brit “celebrity producer” (an off-camera TV person who claims special expertise in dealing with celebrities) Tara Spring declared solemnly that …

DYING WITHOUT DIGNITY: The Age’s first edition even more erroneous than normal

The Age pretends to be a quality newspaper. Yet its first edition on Monday suggests no-one bothers checking even the front-page headline before it is distributed to its long-suffering and dwindling cadre of readers.

ABSOLUTELY MAD: John Howard didn’t repeal racial vilification laws for the same reason Tony Abbott ought not

The odious nature of the judgment against Andrew Bolt is no reason to throw out a ban on racial vilification. Tony Abbott’s plan could tear at Australia’s social fabric and leave many thousands of Australians vulnerable to the racial attacks of hateful bigots.