Commenting on the story: Anger as The Advertiser dumps Fringe reviews

Are sport, crime and motor vehicle accidents more newsworthy than the biggest arts festival in the southern hemisphere? All the recent articles about making South Australia a more vibrant state of which we can be proud and improve employment, and then this stunning silence about an established event of such demonstrable significance.

If news is made on the basis of The Advertiser’s judgement of what is interest to readers, why do they ignore an event which is on track to selling a million tickets? What next – no mention of WOMAD or the Festival of Arts? If The Advertiser means all the words it prints of being here for South Australia, time to put meaning into those fine words and start supporting the Fringe, what it means to our community, and all the artists who have travelled so far to be a part of this. – Richard Oborn

If the Fringe organisers need Advertiser editorial to sell the merits or otherwise of its performances, then it needs to review its stable of performances and its own communication and engagement strategies.

The capacity of social media to infiltrate and influence our daily thinking is widely understood by all. The power of reach and influence sits with organisers, like never before. The Fringe is merely looking to editorial from the SA daily in the hope that it will give social media spin a measure of credibility. The Fringe organisers know it. And so does the public. The end.

I’m sorry but I have to say this smacks of the Fringe expecting a nice comfy “I’ll scratch your back and you scratch mine” arrangement. Its behaviour is churlish. Don’t even get me started on the lettuce leaf excuse for their price gouging of punters for an entrance fee in the GoUD during peak trade. – Kevin Whitford

The Advertiser’s decision not to review Fringe performances is in my view the latest example of this paper’s increasing lack of relevance or understanding of its audience.

Having removed printed comics in 2022 – one of the few sections of the paper worth going through in recent years – this latest view of what “resonates” with its readers strongly suggests it has no idea about its readers.

The Advertiser seems all too willing to publish opinion – usually in place of plain, unbiased ‘reporting’ – but thinks its readership doesn’t want opinion (and that’s what a review is) when it comes to performances making up the biggest arts festival in the country. Very disappointing. – Tony Dawkins

Commenting on the story: Adelaide Fringe on track for record-breaking year

It is interesting that Fringe tickets sales are progressing well despite no publicity and support from the daily paper. – William Hecker 

Commenting on the story: It’s the cost of living, stupid

The government’s suggested actions with respect to the rental crisis is no more than smoke and mirrors stuff. Surely they realise that the shortage of rental accommodation is due to a reluctance on the part of investors to invest in that area?

The more obstacles and taxes they put on landlords, the less investment there will be in that area. Who in their right mind would want to invest in real residential real estate with the current low returns?

They should look at the statistics to see how many landlords have sold and cashed in, that way they will get an idea as to why all of a sudden we have such a shortage of rental accommodation.

They need to do something to incentivise investors to invest in this area, and stop labelling all landlords as greedy, uncaring and insensitive ogres. – Theodore Iuliano