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It makes me want to weep

March 23, 2009 9:43

This speech tells me that JB Fairfax has given up. I think he probably gave up a long, long time ago. It is a dead speech. It has some erudition, but it booms like hollow log. There is nothing at the core.

Margaret Simons on Fairfax’s Quills speech

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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.

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