GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 583 8 April 2022 * * * * Stop Press – La Trioli pulls double duty as presenter and panellist on Q+A Can You Bear It? – The Sydney Writers’ Festival justifies being a leftist stack on the grounds that Jordan Peterson is unwell; The Sydney Morning Herald breathlessly reports [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 578 4 March 2022 * * * * Stop Press – Phillip Adams reveals an airport punch-up with former PM Hawke; Peter Hartcher says Scott Morrison hasn’t been active enough in fighting the floods Can You Bear It? – An amazing lack of cultural diversity on [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 577 28 February 2022 * * * * Stop Press – Norman Swan weighs in on Ukraine; No mention of President Trump’s support for Ukraine on Insiders Can You Bear It? – Peter Hartcher on Putin the “Fascist” (not communist); A reference to the sex lives of residents [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 576 18 February 2022 * * * * Stop Press – Laura Tingle peddles a long-discredited conspiracy theory on 7:30 An ABC Update – Allegra Spender dodges the question on Q+A; Four Corners scales back the role of undecided voters in favor of more pundits Can You Bear It? – [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 575 11 February 2022 * * * * Stop Press – PK insists on having the last word when interviewing Peter Dutton Can You Bear It? – John Hewson bores on; Four Corners sets up Niki Savva & Katharine Murphy against a lone Grahame Morris; Crikey’s letters [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 574 4 February 2022 * * * * Stop Press – Peter Dutton on the ABC/Guardian/Turnbull Axis; PVO praised and criticised anonymously; ABC stars whine about ABC funding Can You Bear It? – Niki Savva on Scott Morrison’s “Hindenburg exploding” speech to the National Press Club; John [...]