GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 559 17 September 2021 * * * * Stop Press – Laura Tingle on Scott Morrison’s plan for a “khaki election”; Bonge & Fitz on Australia as North Korea Can You Bear It? – Niki Savva offers up some unsolicited and unhelpful advice for the PM on Insiders; Mike [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 558 10 September 2021 * * * * Stop Press – The BBC’s Nick Bryant lets out a vaccine howler on News Breakfast; What Laura Tingle neglected to say about Norman Swan on last night’s 7:30; Another stack as Q+A channels The Melbourne Writers Festival Can You Bear It? – Karen Middleton on [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 557 3 September 2021 * * * * Stop Press – The miraculous conversion of Dr Swan; Kate Roffey passes along the political fudge on News Breakfast Editorial – ABC denial and the late Neville Wran Can You Bear It? – Michael Rowland gives Lisa Millar a rave [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 556 27 August 2021 * * * * Stop Press – Virginia Trioli on NSW’s hospitals being overrun; The Today Show brings on “Dr” Bill Bowtell Can You Bear It? – La Trioli talks trauma to a five-year-old; John Hewson bores in at The Saturday Paper; Niki Savva scores an anti-Morrison [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 555 20 August 2021 * * * * Stop Press – Julian Burnside on Scomo's support for the Taliban; Lisa W. channels Alan J. on Gladys B. Can You Bear It? – SMH sits down with the beloved Dr Swan; Margaret Simons shocked that members of the same media [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 554 13 August 2021 * * * * Stop Press – Matt Canavan vs the field on Q&A Can You Bear It? – Insiders’ Insiders all in agreement; Niki Savva on the PM’s (alleged) potty-mouth; Fitz bungles his namesake apostle’s denial History Corner – Mistakes and Omissions in Annabel Crabb’s Ms [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 553 6 August 2021 * * * * Can You Bear It? – Niki Savva replaces John Hewson at Nine, same as it ever was; John Hewson joins The Saturday Paper, same as it ever was; Mark Kenny muddles up elections on Insiders; Translating David Speers with a little help [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 552 30 July 2021 * * * * Stop Press – Another leftist stack on a post-Macdonald Q&A Can You Bear It? – Virginia Trioli: Ministerial Mind Reader; Alan Jones & Daisy Cousens on Scomo the authoritarian Stalinist; Bazza Cassidy’s Hunger Games with Uber Documentation – The Grattan [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 551 23 July 2021 * * * * Stop Press – News Breakfast offers up unbalanced coverage of a surprisingly balanced Q&A; The ABC’s flagship current affairs program devotes more airtime to whining they can’t book guests Can You Bear It? – John Hewson’s exit rant at [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 550 16 July 2021 * * * * Stop Press – Guest Presenter La Trioli has a whine about government ministers not appearing on Q&A Can You Bear It? – Fran Kelly wants to shut down the florists; Marian Wilkinson serves up climate fudge; Niki Savva to bookend [...]