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 [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 549 9 July 2021 * * * * Stop Press – SMH’s David Crowe on Scott Morrison’s alleged problem with female voters; Dr Katie Allen offers up some sensible advice on Q&A Can You Bear It? – Jane Caro looks at the bright side of the pandemic; The Guardian’s Amy Remeikis runs [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 548 2 July 2021 * * * * Stop Press – 7:30 executive producer Justin Stevens on his inability to book guests; Liberal MP Jason Falinski goes in for a Q+A pile-on before his jab Can You Bear It? – SMH’s Jenna Price on the benefits of [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 547 25 June 2021 * * * * Stop Press – Hamish Macdonald unsure why Coalition ministers don’t turn up to Q+A for a pile-on Editorial – The ABC’s double standard on declarations of interest Can You Bear It? – La Trioli digs deep to find examples [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 544 4 June 2021 * * * * Stop Press – Conspiracy afoot at Four Corners; La Tingle & Speersy remember to forget Can You Bear It? – Bonge can’t criticise BBC journo Martin Bashir without taking a swipe at Rupert Murdoch; All in agreement on Insiders; Samantha Maiden [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 543 28 May 2021 * * * * Stop Press – Dave Sharma vs the field re Israel; A repeated myth on Q+A Editorial – ABC management draws a line on staff tweets about the PM somewhere between fascist and ideological bastardry Can You Bear It? – Amy [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 542 21 May 2021 * * * * Stop Press – Luke McGregor dazzles the other panellists & host, cranking out speedy lines on Q+A; David Speers ignores the contributions of the Howard and Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison governments to renewable energy Editorial – New ABC Board appointments will not alter ABC’s [...]
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 [...]