The New York Times reports that Oliver Stone's film about 9/11 "is already drawing rave reviews in some unlikely quarters. L. Brent Bozell III, president of the conservative Media Research Center and founder of the Parents Television Council ... sent an e-mail message to 400,000 people saying, 'Go see this film.' ...

A survey (pdf) by the Cancer Council of New South Wales has found that 81% of all food being advertised on television in Australia was for junk food. The study, which has been published in Health Promotion International journal, recorded 645 hours of television between 7am and 9pm on both weekdays and weekends in four different locations. It found that 31% of all ads were for food, with fast food and takeaway foods being the most common.

Australian drug companies have been directed to disclose details of their funding of 'educational' events for doctors.