The Buzz

In this week's Buzz, Robert Manne's latest Quarterly Essay provokes a detailed response from The Australian, the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism holds an investigative journalism conference and Johann Hari apologises for plagiarism.

The UK riots dominate this week's Buzz. We've found some of the best reporting and explainers on the violence from around the world. We also have a nice visualisation of how journalism flourished in the US over three centuries and a light-hearted piece on fake news stories that were picked up and wrongheadedly reported as fact.

This week's buzz takes a look at the US public sentiment surrounding the US debt crisis, the tragic death of a BBC journalist in Afghanistan and Mia Freedman's week from hell.

This week, we chart the rise and fall of Rebekah Brooks and see how the story of the News of the World hacking scandal has played out on Twitter. Rupert Murdoch defends his handling of the crisis, while his biographer is asked to appear on the BBC to discuss... baseball.