Tag Archives: Rural Press
Rural Press V’s The Agmates Community
Thanks to Agmates member Sue for bringing this to our attention. It is a curious Rural Press article and I love the way they describe OUR Agmates Community as a… Read more
Petitioning Rural Press – How Bad Have Things Got?
Things are bad when you have to almost raise a petition to get a rural press reporter to cover an issue. Just received this amazing email from Agmate Peter Cannon:… Read more
Freedom Of Speech Does Not Exist in Rural Australia.
In last weeks Queensland Country Life we witnessed one of the most amazing acts of media manipulation and bullying I have personally ever seen. I’m referring to the editors unbridled… Read more
Leading Journalist Blasts Rural Press / Queensland Country Life For Churnalism
Margaret Simons is an award-winning freelance journalist/ author of seven books. Margaret [pictured] writes on the online media The Content Makers: ***** Fairfax/Rural Press – Caught Out Again Rural Press… Read more
Spin In The Queensland Country Life & The Real News.
On October the 6th 2008 the Rural Press Newspaper The Queensland Country Life coped an absolute serve off the ABC’s Media Watch program for churning out press releases as if… Read more
Stephen Mayne – Questions Fairfax & Murdock Corporate Debt
Fairfax Media through Rural Press owns over 200 publications. Fairfax owns the five major Australian rural publications, The Queensland Country Life, The Land (NSW), The Stock & Land (Vic), The… Read more
Unreserved Apology to Rural Press / Queensland Country Life Journalist Jon Condon
On Tuesday the 7th of October Agmates ran this artricle: Media Watch should Leave the Country Life Alone. Whilst the article was about the savaging of the Queensland Country Life… Read more
Media Watch Should Leave The Queensland Country Life Alone
It was disappointing to see ABC TV Media Watch program tear into Rural Press’s QLD Country Life last night over appalling examples of “churnalism”. Of course the QCL deserves it,… Read more
Water Minister Penny Wong to be Congratulated for Toorale Purchase.
Federal Water Minister Penny Wong [pictured] is to be congratulated for instigating the purchase of the giant outback irrigation property Toorale. Wong is the recipient of today’s Agmates “Onya” award…. Read more
Rural Press must sack QCL Editor to regain Credibility
Agmates editor Steve Truman writes: Received this comment on Boswell Shafts Barnaby Joyce from Ian Sullivan, it so good I’ll reprint it here followed by an article about how the… Read more
