GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 540 7 May 2021 * * * * Stop Press – Q&A ends with Hamish Macdonald interrupting a Liberal MP Can You Bear It? – Geoffrey Robertson QC compares his time in hotel quarantine with the plight of political prisoners; Niki Savva asks whether Josh Frydenberg would [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 539 30 April 2021 * * * * Stop Press – Hamish Macdonald lacks courtesy when interrupting Senator Bridget McKenzie on Q+A Can You Bear It? – Dr Peter Collignon struggles to get a word in with Fran Kelly; Dr Norman Swan has a whine about his [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 538 23 April 2021 * * * * Stop Press – A Turnbull-led tag team on Q+A Editorial – It took the ABC three months to issue an obvious correction re the JobKeeper scheme Can You Bear It? – Fitz flubs a John Howard quote and comes out [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 537 16 April 2021 * * * * Stop Press – A leftist Melbourne stack on Q&A – with Norman Swan cast as the hero; Malcolm Turnbull to return to Q&A with or without leather jacket Can You Bear It? – Mike Carlton misplaces the start of [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 536 9 April 2021 * * * * · Stop Press – Record low ratings for Q&A and a proposal for the ABC; 7:30’s Justin Stevens now plugging failure · Can You Bear It? – Fitz on “le tout Sydney” gathering to see Hamilton; Jon Faine (fresh off 25 years at the same prestigious job) [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 535 26 March 2021 * * * * Stop Press – 7:30 wheels out the empty chair for Scott Morrison Can You Bear It? – Samantha Maiden claims the circa 2018 parliamentary desk incident could have been prevented if The Liberal Party had run more women at [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 534 19 March 2021 * * * * Stop Press – David Speers chuckles while discussing the sexist abuse of Nicolle Flint Can You Bear It? – Shane Wright on the WA Liberal Party’s shock-horror refusal to surrender a seat to the Labor Party; The Guardian’s Mike Bowers & [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 533 12 March 2021 * * * * Stop Press: Q&A’s Sandalista Audience Returns to Barrack Against Conservatives MWD Exclusive: ABC Chair Ita Buttrose Joins the ACTU’s Michele O’Neil & ACOSS’s Cassandra Goldie in Writing an Open Letter to PM Morrison Can You Bear It? Jane Caro [...]
As avid readers are aware, due to technical problems, Issue 532 of Media Watch Dog did not come out on Friday. Here it is today. The next issue will go out as normal next Friday. * * * * GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 532 8 March 2021 * * * * [...]
Please note - Issue 532 has been delayed until Monday 8 March (around Gin & Tonic Time) GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 531 26 February 2021 * * * * Stop Press – 7:30 forgets which Prime Minister led Australia out of the Great Depression Can You Bear It? – Michelle Grattan & [...]