{"id":16387,"date":"2014-03-28T21:22:28","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T10:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=16387"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:58:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:58:11","slug":"faces-crowd-melbourne-marchinmarch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/faces-crowd-melbourne-marchinmarch\/","title":{"rendered":"Faces in the crowd: Melbourne #MarchInMarch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Careful<\/p>\n

A cross-post with the\u00a0Australian Independent Media Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Marches in March<\/a> continue to glow with controversy. Never did so few gather so many, without engaging the usual suspects of the old media, the political parties, NGOs, the unions and the activist groups. There had to be a dark side to these events. The people can\u2019t have minds of their own! Or if they do they must be warped!<\/p>\n

Tim Dunlop has joined the fray with a post at The Drum<\/em>: Rage against the mainstream<\/a><\/p>\n

The fact is, the media’s lame response to an estimated 100,000 citizens showing up on the streets around the country is indicative of a deeper malaise: the rules of news have changed, and increasingly legacy media companies have neither the capacity nor the wit to operate in the new environment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

His target was The Sydney Morning Herald\u2019s<\/em> Jacqueline Maley.<\/p>\n

Tim\u2019s piece follows Lyndon Morley spirited offence at Independent Australia<\/a> in support of his sign RESIGN DICKHEAD!<\/b> He was replying to Andrew Bolt\u2019s slanted reporting at The Herald Sun<\/em>. Bolt was comparing the remarks about Abbott with those of Alan Jones about Julia Gillard. As usual he saw red: “But who will apologise for the parade of hatred in today\u2019s March in March?” He found what he was looking for, of course.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll leave jousting with the black knight of bigotry to Lyndon.<\/p>\n

Matthew Donovan tackled The Daily Telegraph\u2019s<\/em> Tim Blair over what he called \u201cdelusions and blind or wilful ignorance\u201d on The Australian Independent Media Network (AIMN) on Wednesday. His message: \u201cI will not let you smear the good people who marched\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll just stick to what I saw and heard in my hometown. To flip the record, I\u2019ve compiled some offcuts that didn\u2019t make my original video piece<\/a> on the Melbourne #MarchInMarch, not for the signs of the times but for the faces of the people:<\/p>\n