IN THE PAPERS: Filters, the off switch and speaking antidisestablishmentarianistically

Tim Burrowes

December 23, 2008 9:29

The Sydney Morning Herald

It’s not been a good week for digital minister Stephen Conroy. First Mumbrella revealed that he’d had his Twitter identity stolen, now a report prepared for the Rudd government has been leaked that shows dramatic flaws in his “clean feed” plan to filter the Internet.

Meanwhile Peter Fray, who was tipped as one of the two finalists to be editor of the SMH has indeed taken the top job. In something slightly less than a stirring clarion call, he told staff:

“SMH is doing reasonably well and can do better”

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.