Journalist goes bedside to get the exclusive
“Queensland Health director Michael Reid argues The Courier-Mail breached ‘moral standards’ by interviewing Mr Comollatti while he was recovering from gunshot wounds.” — Brisbane Times
Michael Wolff: Conrad Black is my hero
“If I were a novel-writing sort, I would consider Black as a worthy character—not because of his fall, but because, even at 65 (in a sense, because he is only 65), he is bound to start again.” — Newser
Jailbreak your iPhone — it’s not illegal
“Federal regulators lifted a cloud of uncertainty when they announced it was lawful to hack or “jailbreak” an iPhone, declaring Monday there was ‘no basis for copyright law to assist Apple in protecting its restrictive business model’.” — Wired
Is Facebook blocking the word ‘Palestinian’?
“The Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet tried to create a Facebook page for itself this weekend. Only, it wasn’t able to do so—because Facebook won’t let users create pages with the word ‘Palestinian’ in the title.” — ValleyWag
Coles cooks up renewed sponsor agreement
“Coles will dine on the success of MasterChef for the next two years after signing a deal with the show believed to be worth nearly $5 million.” — The Australian
For a different View, Obama goes day-time
“President Obama will be joining the hosts of The View this week, in an appearance that ABC said would be ‘the first time in history a sitting United States president has visited a daytime talk show’.” — New York Times
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