Charlie Lewis
Tips and Murmurs Editor at Crikey
Writer for Crikey. Spin Cycle on @3RRRFM. Music writing at https://t.co/fsc9nOFad6 Pop Music at the end of the World in Meanjin 83.3, out now.
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1 week ago |
crikey.com.au | Charlie Lewis
Well here we are! It’s election day, and we here at Crikey campaign headquarters are proud to say we have been entirely consistent in our message — and that message is: please don’t vote for us. Well, if only 4% of you voted for us, that would be ideal, actually. Then we’d get our money back.
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1 week ago |
crikey.com.au | Charlie Lewis
We went back and forth in the bunker about what lie to tell in our political campaign ad. “Clive Palmer hunted down the last Tasmanian tiger”, “Clive Palmer is a secret member of the Greens”, “Clive Palmer spent all his money on renewable energy”, or perhaps “Clive Palmer wants to introduce a death tax“. Each of these is demonstrably untrue, but, hell, who’s gonna do anything about that?
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2 weeks ago |
crikey.com.au | Charlie Lewis
Targeted ads are one of the go-to examples for people who believe their phone is listening to them. How did Facebook know I was just talking about Aretha Franklin and serve me ads for the special 50th anniversary edition of Young, Gifted and Black? The truth is (or at least was until recently) that the phone was not listening. Not out of any deference to your privacy rights, mind you, but because it didn’t need to.
Crikey for PM sends spam texts to Clive Palmer, Monique Ryan, the Liberals and Labor (they loved it)
2 weeks ago |
crikey.com.au | Charlie Lewis
On Saturday, for the second time that week, Crikey for PM’s campaign phone texted Kooyong independent Monique Ryan the following:Having not replied the first time, Ryan texted us “no spam”. Which was fair enough. We texted the same message again the next day. “NO SPAM,” she replied, firmer. We didn’t reply, though we could have, explaining that at least we’d offered people the option (albeit a fake one) of opting out.
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3 weeks ago |
crikey.com.au | Charlie Lewis
After the corflute disaster, things are really starting to look up: we’ve gotten a political donation. From who? We’re not telling you. Let’s just call him the shareholder activist… no that’s too obvious… Crikey founder… uh… Spaceman Africa is already taken. Let’s go with: Starsailor Bermuda. How much? Well, the earliest you’re going to know is next February.
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