To suffer a significant downturn in one opinion poll might be due to chance, a statistical discrepancy or whatever. But to have the Herald/Nielsen, Galaxy and Newspoll surveys all moving in the same adverse direction indicates a clear assessment from the electorate. In short, the message from yesterday's published opinion polls is that the Coalition [...]
On Monday I received an email from a Melbourne reader. She concluded her note with an irreverent comment: “I have been waiting for Cardinal George Pell and the Catholic Church to be blamed for the tragedy in Orlando.” Around the same time the Crikey newsletter carried a piece in its Media briefs by former ABC [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 321 24 June 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. Since November 1997 “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” has been published as part of [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 320 17 June 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. Since November 1997 “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” has been published as part [...]
Earlier this week, the ABC’s influential Religion & Ethics Report sided with Barack Obama against Donald Trump concerning use of the term radical Islam. On Tuesday, the US President condemned the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s reference to radical Islam, describing his usage as inappropriate. The controversy ignited following the terrorist attack on a gay nightclub [...]
Just when you thought society was safe from metaphors of the military kind, the Australian Sex Party has declared war on the Catholic Church. The pronouncement was made by Victorian parliamentarian Fiona Patten, who is also ASP president, in an email to her supporters on Tuesday. Last week the Prime Minister and his Treasurer were [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 319 10 June 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. Since November 1997 “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” has been published as part [...]
In the modern era, there has never been a time when the gap between giving offence and taking offence has been so great. These days, for good reason, it is increasingly unfashionable — and sometimes unlawful — to use abusive words to hurt people. However, the diminution of the deliberate insult has gone hand in [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 318 3 June 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. Since November 1997 “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” has been published as part [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 317 27 May 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. Since November 1997 “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” has been published as part [...]
