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I can't speak highly enough of Crikey, totally worth the subscription. Journalism as it was meant to be. TL;DR of the above: "2203 stories. 10 newspapers. A

I can't speak highly enough of Crikey, totally worth the subscription. Journalism as it was meant to be. TL;DR of the above: "2203 stories. 10 newspapers. A five day snapshot. Six months’ worth of research" "Crikey reveals the results of a six-month investigation into the role PR plays in the Australian media, finding that 55% of newspaper stories analysed were driven by PR."

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ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
I have a feeling that the story may be past its "sell-by" date: https://www.crikey.com.au/spinning-the-media/ https://www.crikey.com.au/spinning-the-media/ I would not get a subscription to view that story (it is probably the only one that is relevant to me, in the US), as I'll bet I would get the sub, and the story would still be dead. Which makes me very sad. I believe in supporting these types of orgs, but they need to deliver (Crikey is not cheap - https://www.crikey.com.au/subscribe/ https://www.crikey.com.au/subscribe/ ).
- BLKNSLVR 6y ago
  Crikey is a small news company based in, and only really concerned with, Australia. Yeah, it definitely wouldn't be a worthwhile subscription for anyone not specifically interested in Australian news, I probably should have disclaimered that. I logged in with my account and, yes, that story is dead, there's no content. That's disappointing. I'll send them a notification and see if they'll put it up without a paywall since it's relatively old content (but still pertinent). Edit: notification sent.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
    Cool. It would be great to see the original (I never read the whole thing). Most newspapers and magazines in the US have some kind of "fee-per-article" archival service. Some will allow unfettered access to their archives with a regular subscription, but others may ask a fee, even for subscribers. NYT has its "TimesMachine": https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser/ I'm not sure if it's available to non-subscribers. I am a subscriber, but I need to purchase page reprints.
    - BLKNSLVR 6y ago
      Crikey support got back to me and offered me this link: https://www.crikey.com.au/topic/spinning-the-media/ https://www.crikey.com.au/topic/spinning-the-media/ There are a lot of articles listed, but if you scroll down there will be a clump that are actually entitled "spinning the media" all of which are dated in March 2010, which are all the parts to their 'special investigation'. This article is almost directly relatable to the topic of this thread: https://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/25/spinning-the-media-pre-packaged-journalism-just-download/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/25/spinning-the-media-pre-... (and it's from 2010 - we've had a decade of normalization between that article and the one that initiated this thread!) P.S. No paywall!
      - ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
        Awesome! Thanks! That is quite a collection!

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ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago

I have a feeling that the story may be past its "sell-by" date: https://www.crikey.com.au/spinning-the-media/ https://www.crikey.com.au/spinning-the-media/ I would not get a subscription to view that story (it is probably the only one that is relevant to me, in the US), as I'll bet I would get the sub, and the story would still be dead. Which makes me very sad. I believe in supporting these types of orgs, but they need to deliver (Crikey is not cheap - https://www.crikey.com.au/subscribe/ https://www.crikey.com.au/subscribe/ ).

BLKNSLVR 6y ago
Crikey is a small news company based in, and only really concerned with, Australia. Yeah, it definitely wouldn't be a worthwhile subscription for anyone not specifically interested in Australian news, I probably should have disclaimered that. I logged in with my account and, yes, that story is dead, there's no content. That's disappointing. I'll send them a notification and see if they'll put it up without a paywall since it's relatively old content (but still pertinent). Edit: notification sent.
- ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
  Cool. It would be great to see the original (I never read the whole thing). Most newspapers and magazines in the US have some kind of "fee-per-article" archival service. Some will allow unfettered access to their archives with a regular subscription, but others may ask a fee, even for subscribers. NYT has its "TimesMachine": https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser/ I'm not sure if it's available to non-subscribers. I am a subscriber, but I need to purchase page reprints.
  - BLKNSLVR 6y ago
    Crikey support got back to me and offered me this link: https://www.crikey.com.au/topic/spinning-the-media/ https://www.crikey.com.au/topic/spinning-the-media/ There are a lot of articles listed, but if you scroll down there will be a clump that are actually entitled "spinning the media" all of which are dated in March 2010, which are all the parts to their 'special investigation'. This article is almost directly relatable to the topic of this thread: https://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/25/spinning-the-media-pre-packaged-journalism-just-download/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/25/spinning-the-media-pre-... (and it's from 2010 - we've had a decade of normalization between that article and the one that initiated this thread!) P.S. No paywall!
    - ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
      Awesome! Thanks! That is quite a collection!