It must be one of the biggest hits in the federal parliament since March 1971 when Liberal Party frontbench member Malcolm Fraser launched an all-out attack on his prime minister, John Gorton. Not long after, Gorton lost the Liberal Party leadership to William McMahon and stepped down as prime minister. Gorton never spoke to Fraser [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 582 1 April 2022 * * * * Stop Press – Q&Amob cheers for critics of the Morrison government; Yet another ABC internal hire; A MWD exclusive re the late Jon Stephens – An ABC Pedophile Can You Bear It? – Pro-ABC book takes aim at MWD; PK fails to correct [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 581 25 March 2022 * * * * Can You Bear It? – The Australia Institute’s Ben Oquist plugs his organisation on the ad-free ABC; Anne Summers & Greg Jericho maintain the anti-Howard rage The Silence of the Aunty – All’s silent at the ABC re Die Laughing: [...]
There is little doubt that Scott Morrison, the Liberal Party and the Nationals would have preferred a different outcome to last Saturday’s South Australian election, especially in view of the significant swing to the Labor Party, led by Peter Malinauskas, in many seats. Nevertheless it should not have come as a great surprise that Labor [...]
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GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 580 18 March 2022 * * * * Stop Press – La Trioli leads the baying mob on Q+A Can You Bear It? – Murpharoo lectures caution re the “Mean Girls” controversy; The Silence of the Sisterhood; Fitz still in search of the Australian Zelenskyy; Mike Carlton blames Putin [...]
Since it started in 1989, ABC television’s Media Watch program has had only a series of leftist or left-of-centre (some like to use the term progressive) presenters. In short, it’s yet another manifestation of the taxpayer-funded public broadcaster as a conservative-free zone. Last Monday’s episode began as follows: “Hello, I’m Paul Barry, welcome to Media [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 579 14 March 2022 * * * * Stop Press – Insiders (so far) unrequited love for the PM; Morrison Government critic gets a soft interview on News Breakfast Can You Bear It? – Niki Savva still thinks the PM is hopeless; PK & Speersy think it’s terribly important whether journalists [...]
