GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 570 3 December 2021 * * * * Stop Press – Rich Capitalists for State Socialism get a run in AFR; Rowan Dean equates JobKeeper with police abuse of protestors; Fran (“I’m a retired activist”) Kelly gets the usual self-indulgent ABC send-off Can You Bear It? – A [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 569 26 November 2021 * * * * Stop Press – ABC faves Craig Reucassel & Red Kerry to host Voices Of events; Fake News on Q+A Can You Bear It? – Malcolm Farr & Jonathan Green go in for some Morrison bashing on Twitter; Murpharoo mocks ‘saint’ [...]
Looking at the state of the Liberal Party and the Nationals in Parliament House right now, it seems that their parliamentarians are undertaking a general rehearsal for the end of the (political) world as they know it, to somewhat rephrase an old saying. As a result, it will be an extraordinary achievement if Scott Morrison [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 568 19 November 2021 * * * * Stop Press – David Marr returns with a secular sermon; George Megalogenis looks back rosily on the Whitlam economy Editorial – Ita Buttrose’s “We Warn the Kaiser” moment about a proposed Senate committee – That’s all folks Can You [...]
Believe it or not, Howard Kurtz’s MediaBuzz program on Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News Channel in the US (it airs on Foxtel in Australia) is fair and balanced – whereas Paul Barry’s weekly ABC TV Media Watch program is devoid of pluralism. Before going to Fox News, Kurtz hosted CNN’s media criticism program Reliable Sources. Prior [...]
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GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 567 12 November 2021 * * * * Stop Press – Some confusion re the timing of “Pig Iron Bob” on Q+A Can You Bear It? – Jon Faine radiates ignorance on Nuclear Submarines, Power & Waste; Justin Smith’s past role as a spruiker for Victoria Police; Imogen [...]
The term fascist used to have real meaning. It applied to Benito Mussolini’s dictatorship that prevailed in Italy from the March on Rome in October 1922 until the man who liked to be called Il Duce was overthrown in July 1943. The word liar used to be applied to someone who said something false with [...]
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