Bill Leak may have been the poster boy for "free speech" anti-Section 18C nutters, but his death has not heralded the end of racism and bigotry, writes John Passant.

The ABC has demanded an explanation from Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party after its reporters were blocked from attending election celebrations on Saturday, describing the move as an attack on independent media.

There is a battle between Christian factions which seems to indicate their fear of becoming irrelevant. 

The Federal Government must "take its medicine" and learn from the West Australian Liberal Party's landslide defeat at the polls on the weekend, Treasurer Scott Morrison says.

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As we survey the 2017 Oscars from the eminent sociological source of Mad Magazine December 1975, in regard to the value of entertainment versus reality, reality TV President, fake news, Wikileaks dump of strategical CIA cyber nosing, we can only wonder about our worth, measured in peanuts, gold and afterlife demerit points.

This is where we need to do a detour via Bruno Latour:

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The Western media is starting to get pissed off at the Russian media, especially RT... It is a race as who can promote the best fake news about the other and about the state of the world... At this stage, The New York Times is winning. 

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The ABC has announced a significant restructure, cutting up to 200 jobs to create a $50 million Content Fund and new positions in regional areas.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has bluntly rejected Pauline Hanson's belief that Australians are calling out for a leader like Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The present attack on Trump by the Democrats clearly shows they are vindictive bastards...

Okay, the guy won the US presidential elections and we don't like him... So what. The Russians had nothing to do with your demise. If they had, this would show you're more stupid than you look. Just let off, attack the guy in the Congress with political tools showing you're honest and believe in the constitution. At the moment the Democrats are only showing they're kids who have lost their lollies by being cocky and blame the school bully even if he was not there...