Adam and the Ants Get Lost in Time
Have I gone mad, even more so than I have ever been? Harness racing ‘expert’ Adam Hamilton reckons that the Inter Dominion – run in November December – is programmed too early in the harness racing season. Hall of Fame trainer Anthony Butt agrees. This is what he said: In the past, owners and trainers […]
The Teacher’s Pet – The Little Voices Inside Your Head (1)
Boxing is the best writer’s sport in the world. If you can’t write well about boxing, you can’t write. Thomas Hauser The words in the picture are those of Thomas Hauser, one of the great American writers. It’s a shame that the creator of the Teacher’s Pet podcast Hedley Thomas didn’t read them. This case is […]
The Teacher’s Pet – Guns Fired Randomly
“Edwin Pope (whose writing graced the pages of the Miami Herald for decades) felt a responsibility when he sat down to write. “I held the gun,” Pope noted. “I didn’t want to fire it randomly. I always wanted to be fair, even to people who didn’t deserve it.” When I finish writing an article – […]
The Teacher’s Pet – The Little Voices in Your Head (2)
“Those little voices you hear in your head aren’t sources.” Thomas Hauser (Counsel for Chris Dawson): Do you agree, just having a look at that, voice 1 is you saying “this podcast series is brought to you by The Australian”? (Hedley Thomas): Yes. Then voice 2 is someone else? A TV reporter. Voice 3 is […]
The Teachers Pet – Journalistic Sensibilities and Taking Back Seats to Lesser Agendas
We’re living in an age when responsible journalism is under siege. Too often, good writing and journalistic sensibilities take a back seat to lesser agendas. I’d like to offer some thoughts on what it takes to be a responsible journalist and good writer Thomas Hauser Now, the soft soil. Now what was that episode about, […]
Every Punter, Wants to Rule the World
I was chatting to a well-know fella that I share a love of true crime and racing with the other day (both of us on the side of light, or him anyway), and we were discussing the punt. When sharing his tips for the Bendigo meeting two days hence, the man gave me three. One […]
Introducing the Honorary Dr Hedley Thomas – The Great Man Re-Writing the Global Rules of Objective Journalism, All on His Own
You called any suggestion of a confirmed sighting as a cruel hoax, didn’t you? Yes. You just decided that you didn’t accept their evidence, is that the position? No, I decided that their evidence wasn’t sufficient to get to the level of it being a confirmed sighting, in my view. So again, it was any […]
The Teachers Pet Author Gave Evidence at Dawson Murder Trial Under a Certificate of Protection Against Self-Incrimination
In highly unusual circumstances, it has been revealed that the author of The Teachers Pet podcast, award winning journalist Hedley Thomas, this week gave evidence at the murder trial of the accused Chris Dawson under what is known as section 128 certificate, which is legal protection against self-incrimination. Under the terms of the section 128 […]
The Greatest Undisclosed Conflict Since Gough Whitlam Failed to Tell the Nation That He Had Met the Indonesian President and Given the Go Ahead For the Invasion of East Timor – And the Press Council Complaint This Author Has Made About the Matter
Isn’t it strange that David Murray, the journalist reporting on the Teacher’s Pet author Hedley Thomas’s evidence at the trial of Chris Dawson for the alleged murder of his wife Lyn, does not disclose that he is the brother in law of the witness. It is rather dishonest isn’t it? Murray has a clear conflict […]