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In 2007, [[Media Watch (TV series)|Media Watch]] accused ''The Daily Telegraph'', other newspapers and Blair of failing to censor comments on their websites.<ref> |
In 2007, [[Media Watch (TV series)|Media Watch]] accused ''The Daily Telegraph'', other newspapers and Blair of failing to censor comments on their websites.<ref> |
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[http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s1954733.htm "Have Your Spray"], [[Media Watch (TV series)|Media Watch]], [[18 June]] [[2007]]</ref> |
[http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s1954733.htm "Have Your Spray"], [[Media Watch (TV series)|Media Watch]], [[18 June]] [[2007]]</ref> |
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Blair responded in his blog that Media Watch had themselves failed to censor antisemitic comments at their own website,<ref> |
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[http://timblair.net/ee/index.php/weblog/comments/prejudice_expressed/ "Prejudice Expressed"], Tim Blair, ''timblair.net'', [[19 June]] [[2007]]</ref><ref> |
[http://timblair.net/ee/index.php/weblog/comments/prejudice_expressed/ "Prejudice Expressed"], Tim Blair, ''timblair.net'', [[19 June]] [[2007]]</ref><ref> |
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[http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,21959678-10388,00.html "Media Watch fails racism test"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]'', [[25 June]] [[2007]]</ref> |
[http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,21959678-10388,00.html "Media Watch fails racism test"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]'', [[25 June]] [[2007]]</ref> |
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and that their attack relied on "unacknowledged assistance"<ref> |
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[http://timblair.net/ee/index.php/weblog/comments/friends_of_the_abc/ "Friends of the ABC"], Tim Blair, ''timblair.net'', [[25 June]] [[2007]]</ref> |
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from a antisemetic, pro-jihadi website which "is guilty itself of publishing offensive comments".<ref> |
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[http://timblair.net/ee/index.php/weblog/comments/antoinette_helped/ "Antoinette Helped"], Tim Blair, ''timblair.net'', [[27 June]] [[2007]]</ref> |
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The ABC later launched an internal inquiry into Media Watch's dealings with that "quite unsavoury" website.<ref> |
The ABC later launched an internal inquiry into Media Watch's dealings with that "quite unsavoury" website.<ref> |
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[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,22058577-7582,00.html "Media Watch's jihadi sources"], Richard Kerbaj, ''[[The Australian]]'', [[12 July]] [[2007]]</ref> |
[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,22058577-7582,00.html "Media Watch's jihadi sources"], Richard Kerbaj, ''[[The Australian]]'', [[12 July]] [[2007]]</ref> |
Revision as of 10:41, 26 July 2007
Tim Blair is a journalist, commentator and blogger working in Sydney, Australia. His columns and blog are generally written in a humorous style, from a conservative viewpoint. He was born in Werribee, Victoria.
In 2004, the Sydney Morning Herald said that "Blair, 39, is top dog among the new Australian digerati. He is an experienced, conservative political commentator who some days draws more than 20,000 readers to his website. He even earns about $800 a month from advertising."[1] In 2006, timblair.net polled second only to the newspaper blog All Men Are Liars in the 2006 Weblog Awards category of "Best Australian or New Zealand Weblog."[2]
In addition to running his blog, he is the opinion editor for the Sydney Daily Telegraph,[3] and writes a weekly column there. Before that, he was news editor for The Bulletin, for which he also wrote a column.
He has hosted radio shows on 4BC and Radio National, is a former editor of Time, Truth and Sports Illustrated,[citation needed] and has also written for Fox News.[4]
In 2007, Media Watch accused The Daily Telegraph, other newspapers and Blair of failing to censor comments on their websites.[5] Blair responded in his blog that Media Watch had themselves failed to censor antisemitic comments at their own website,[6][7] The ABC later launched an internal inquiry into Media Watch's dealings with that "quite unsavoury" website.[8]
Politics
Blair is particularly critical of "Islamofascism" and climate alarmism (in his words, the "glowball warmening" lobby). He also regularly critiques the work of bloggers such as Margo Kingston and writers Terry Lane, Mark Lawson, Tracee Hutchison of the Age and Robert Fisk. Politician Al Gore and cartoonist Michael Leunig are also regular targets, as are claims that George W. Bush held up a fake turkey during his Thanksgiving 2003 visit to Baghdad.[9] (The turkey was in fact genuine.[10]).
In contrast, Blair frequently quotes writers such as Mark Steyn, James Lileks and Andrew Bolt with approval.
The phenonemon of far right and far left groups allying with extremist Islamists is sometimes called "Blair's Law" ("the ongoing process by which the world's multiple idiocies are becoming one giant, useless force"[11]) by conservative and libertarian bloggers.[12][13][14][15]
References
- ^ "Shooting for top dog in cyber town", Brigid Delaney, The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 October 2004
- ^ The 2006 Weblog Awards — Best Australia or New Zealand Blog
- ^ "Employment News", TimBlair.net, 20 November 2006
- ^ For example: "Sometimes Moore Is Less", Tim Blair, Fox News website, 22 March 2002
- ^ "Have Your Spray", Media Watch, 18 June 2007
- ^ "Prejudice Expressed", Tim Blair, timblair.net, 19 June 2007
- ^ "Media Watch fails racism test", The Daily Telegraph, 25 June 2007
- ^ "Media Watch's jihadi sources", Richard Kerbaj, The Australian, 12 July 2007
- ^ "Turkey Roll", TimBlair.net, 31 August 2006
- ^ Corrections, 11 July 2004, The New York Times
- ^ Post by Tim Blair (at an earlier blog), 23 May 2002
- ^ "Ted Rall, David Duke, Robert Fisk, Lyndon LaRouche, al-Ahram, Hitler, Noam Chomsky, Blair's Law, the Arab News, and Me", Frank Portman, Blogs of War, 15 May 2002
- ^ "Why I am not Celebrating Today's News from Austria", Ben Ze'ev, Six Days blog, 21 February 2006
- ^ "It's Not Just A Good Idea, It's Blair's Law", Ed Driscoll, 4 September 2006
- ^ " Idiots of a Feather...", J. F. Beck, RWDB blog, 12 December 2006