GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 589 27 May 2022 * * * * 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 [...]
Most Australian elections at the federal level are close-run affairs and it is likely this will be the case again on Saturday. But this election could have significant outcomes beyond whether Scott Morrison or Anthony Albanese lead their respective party to victory. First up, the Liberal Party is facing challenges in what used to be [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 588 20 May 2022 * * * * Stop Press – Laura “ideological bastardry” Tingle bags other journos for a lack of professionalism; Q+A drops the pretence of a politically balanced audience; Peter Hartcher makes a legal error Can You Bear It? – The Sydney Writers’ Festival’s Michael [...]
Dr Rachael Kohn AO is a familiar voice for thousands of ABC listeners as the former long time presenter of The Spirit of Things - programs about religion on the ABC, Australia’s national broadcaster. A collection of her essays on many of the topics her program discussed has now been published in her new book [...]
Many journalists identify as commentators without an agenda. But this can be a manifestation of self-delusion. Take influential ABC presenter Virginia Trioli, for example. On April 26 during her Melbourne Radio 774 program she interviewed Stephen Charles QC, the co-author of Keeping Them Honest: The Case for a Genuine National Integrity Commission and Other Vital [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 587 13 May 2022 * * * * Stop Press – PK seems to think the Liberal Party somehow controls the SMH front page; Michael Rowland questions why the AFP stopped an angry man from approaching the PM; La Trioli predicts (again) political annihilation for the [...]
On Tuesday 10 May 2022, Aaron Patrick, Special Correspondent for The Australian financial Review, and Gemma Tognini, Executive Director, GT Communications and a contributor to The Australian spoke for The Sydney Institute in a discussion on the federal election campaign 2022 and how it seemed to be going for the political parties. The two speakers reflected [...]
On Tuesday 10 May 2022, Aaron Patrick, Special Correspondent for The Australian financial Review, and Gemma Tognini, Executive Director, GT Communications and a contributor to The Australian spoke for The Sydney Institute in a discussion on the federal election campaign 2022 and how it seemed to be going for the political parties. The two speakers reflected [...]
