GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 347 3 February 2017 The inaugural issue of “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” was published in April 1988 – over a year before the first edition of the ABC TV Media Watch program went to air. Between November 1997 and October 2015 “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” was published as [...]
Not so long ago, when Western democracies were Judeo-Christian in disposition, sermons were delivered on Sundays for the predominant Christian congregations and a day earlier for the smaller Jewish gatherings. The decline of Christianity in the West has been accompanied by the rise of other religions. However, the tendency to sermonise has been embraced by [...]
The malleability of language is evident in the rapidly changing meaning of fake news. In its early manifestation, the term was used, primarily by the Left, to describe the process by which “news” was invented or fabricated to facilitate online clicks and the revenue they engender. For example, the (false) story, in the lead-up to [...]
Victoria Police’s honour roll in Melbourne is just a short walk from Federation Square and down St Kilda Road. It contains the list of all members who died on duty. Included are Michael Kennedy, Thomas Lonigan and Michael Scanlan, who were murdered at Stringybark Creek on October 18, 1878 by the Kelly Gang. Kennedy, 36, [...]
The year 2017, like its predecessor, seems destined to be one of memorable anniversaries. There are centenaries such as the Third Battle of Ypres on the Western Front, along with the Russian Revolution of November 1917 in which Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks came to power. But first there is the 50th anniversary of the [...]
As any useful prophet would have predicted for the Year of the Monkey, 2016 saw much exaggeration, false memories, self-regard and flawed soothsaying. January. Fairfax Media’s Adam Gartrell kicks off the year prophesising “a comfortable victory” for Malcolm Turnbull in a September election. The poll was held in July and the Coalition won narrowly. Gartrell [...]
This week’s terrorist attack on Berlin reminds us that no Western city is immune from the assault of radical Islamists. In recent times, there have been terrorist murders in Paris, Brussels, Orlando, Nice and now Berlin. And Melbourne narrowly escaped a similar fate around April-May last year. On December 7, Justice Lex Lasry handed down [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 346 16 December 2016 The inaugural issue of “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” was published in April 1988 – over a year before the first edition of the ABC TV Media Watch program went to air. Between November 1997 and October 2015 “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” was published [...]
I am a financial member of the Australian Republican Movement. Due to a prior commitment, I will not be present tonight when the Prime Minister addresses the ARM’s 25th anniversary dinner at the University of Sydney. Malcolm Turnbull’s decision to break bread with the ARM has attracted some, but not much, criticism from within conservative [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 345 9 December 2016 The inaugural issue of “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” was published in April 1988 – over a year before the first edition of the ABC TV Media Watch program went to air. Between November 1997 and October 2015 “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” was published [...]
