The next election campaign – the short version
A Nonymous Lefty isn’t impressed that Labor has started letterboxing anti-Abbott leaflets that obscure their ALP origins. Yes, it’s dodgy, but I’m not sure I can find the energy to get too outraged about it. Regardless, it’s interesting to see [...]
Anna Bligh and Steven Fielding need to go to an Angels concert
And take instruction from the crowd.
An August election?
Rumours persist that an early August election will be called early in July. Parliament is only sitting for two weeks, and then won’t return until September. The delivery of valedictory speeches in the budget sitting shows that this term is [...]
So how about that media narrative now?
Over the long weekend, I noted the frenzy The Australian was stirring up about the purported deadline on Rudd’s leadership, built on a foundation of a self-serving article from mining company director Keith De Lacy and quotes from NSW Right [...]
State of Origin 2010, Game Two
No triumphant pictures to annoy anyone this time, but plenty to talk about. On team selection, there is no doubt in my mind that the NSW team has been strengthened. Mitchell Pearce and Trent Barrett should go well in the [...]
Essential Research: A pox on both your houses (and on the media)
In comments on Mr Denmore’s guest post on the interpretation of polls (particularly Newspoll) through the self-referential lens of the ‘media narrative’, I wrote: All quantitative polling tells you only so much, without asking questions about strength of voting intention, [...]
Possum on how exactly super profitable mining companies are
There’s been some discussion on another post about Possum’s piece on the super profitability of the mining industry, so I think it’s appropriate to have a dedicated thread for the topic. Possum’s post is here. Peter Martin has picked out [...]
Rudd government to introduce an ETS based on consumption not production?
Writing in today’s Fin, Laura Tingle, who’s normally very well informed, reports on work being done in the Department of Climate Change on a new version of the ETS, this time based on consumption not production. The idea is that [...]
Guest post by Mr Denmore: The Failed Estate IV – For Whom The Poll Tolls
Regular LP commenter, Mr Denmore, is contributing a series of posts about shifts in the media and journospheres in the context of this year’s federal election. Mr Denmore has extensive professional experience in the media, and we trust you will [...]
Quick links: What's wrong with the media this election year?
By Mark Bahnisch on June 17, 2010
A couple of very interesting articles popped up in my rss reader today: Media Watch host Jonathan Holmes on the distortions of ‘he said, she said’ journalism (with particular reference to the RSPT) and University of Sydney Emeritus Professor Rodney [...]
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