The Rise Of Hot Takes In A Changing Media Landscape
Or ‘how the hot take contest poisons the information marketplace’. By Joshua Dabelstein.More
Author: Joshua Dabelstein
Joshua Dabelstein
Joshua Dabelstein is a writer's writer and an occasional New Matilda contributor since 2015. You can follow his work more closely at his Substack (click the 'house' icon below right).
We Let Scott Morrison Make Our Bed. Now He’s Lying In It, And So Are We
The Prime Minister’s Hawaiian vacation may have been an ‘ill-timed smoko’, but it’s what we…More
On Grandmothers, Great Aunts… And Scott Morrison Burning Himself A Place In The Coalface Of History
The Prime Minister’s ‘ill-timed Hawaiian smoko’ in the face of a national disaster speaks volumes…More
Me-Ism Is Undoing The Left
A feelpinion has no place in a contest of ideas, writes Joshua Dabelstein. Old school lefties…More
Celebrity Rehab: How To Turn A PR Problem Into A Drug Addiction Issue
When ‘rehab’ becomes about reforming image over attaining abstinence, we all suffer writes Joshua Dabelstein.…More
Jews Of Wentworth Don’t Share A Single Brain Stem, Morrison Discovers The Hard Way
It turns out, the good Jewish folk of an inner city seat facing a weekend…More
Barna-be Careful What You Wish For, Australia
Australia has jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire on the Barnaby…More
The Great Australian Debate: Is It Chicken Parmi, Parmy or Parma?
Josh Dabelstein settles, once and for all, the never-ending debate about the correct pronunciation and…More
Head-butt? Marriage Equality Broke My Arm… And My Man-Love For Israel Folau
Tony Abbott claims to have been head-butted for his stance against marriage equality. Josh Dabelstein supports…More
FU RUOK Day
Not everyone wants to be asked if they’re okay. Joshua Dabelstein explains, and a warning…More