Apparently no AFR readers send their kids to public schools.

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The perfect NT News front page — crocs AND bikinis:

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And, the perfect NT News story:

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The Oz slams TV fee returns The decision to slash the licence fees paid by the commercial networks to the government, which was made just weeks after a series of meetings between television bosses and the government, including one with Kevin Rudd just before Christmas, yesterday drew fire from critics who questioned the policy of handouts to powerful TV networks in an election year.” — The Australian

Microsoft finally catches up with Tom Cruise “Microsoft Australia today began selling its $21,000 Surface touchscreen coffee table computer, which responds to natural hand gestures and real-world objects and will soon be deployed in stores across the country. The computers, which feature a 30-inch multi-touch touchscreen panel, are controlled by hand gestures like the iPhone and the technology found in the science fiction movie Minority Report.”  — The Age

Big names devoured BBC’s talent spending “The BBC spent £54m on presenters earning £150,000 or more in the 12 months to the end of March 2009, the corporation revealed today. This group, which accounted for 1.55% of total BBC licence fee income during that year, is understood to include big-name stars including Jonathan Ross, Jeremy Paxman, Fiona Bruce and Graham Norton.” — The Guardian

Believe the hype? — New NY pollie scandal “New York was promised a government s-x scandal, dammit, and we better well get one! At least if the New York City tabloids have anything to do with it. Apparently not satisfied with the news that the New York Times has only a sort of mediocre scandal to report in their much-gossiped about upcoming David Paterson profile, the tabloids have taken it upon themselves to stir up as much “chaos” as possible.” — MEDIAite

‘Pedobear’ not an Olympic mascot “From the fact-checking department: When publishing an image of Olympic mascots, check to make sure there’s not a cartoon bear with ties to pedophilia mixed in.” — newser

When billionaires go bust: the future of quality journalism “If you’re a certain sort of still-employed media person, you’re probably wondering how much longer you can hold on to your job. But the larger question might be: Just how unreal — illusory, delusional, unmoored from the realities of the marketplace — has your job been all along?” — Advertising Age