The ABC, balance and right wing propaganda
I don’t know if anyone saw The Drum this afternoon? (And I don’t know if there are any audience/ratings figures for ABC News 24, but I’d be very interested if anyone does…) We had a panel composed of two ABC [...]
Both atheist ‘rationalism’ and Catholic triumphalism betray Mary MacKillop’s legacy
I had mixed feelings last night about whether to watch the canonisation ceremony for Blessed Mary MacKillop on ABC News 24. In part, but not exclusively, those feelings related to the way the ceremonies would be covered, and I’m afraid [...]
The battle for Rooty Hill
Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott are both fronting up at Western Sydney’s iconic (ahem) Rooty Hill RSL for an event tonight which is not quite a debate – at the Opposition Leader’s insistence, it will be two separate town hall [...]
Has Twitter made a difference to press focus on the trail?
I remarked earlier today that Labor has obviously adopted a communications strategy designed, in part, to short circuit the media focus on “distractions” and polls, and to bypass the circus taking place somewhere in Sideshow Alley, where Mark Latham lurks. [...]
Gillard taking questions from educators, citizens, children
We’re seeing an interesting tactic from the Prime Minister – opening herself up to questioning on policy from those actually working in the area, and tonight, on Q&A, to anyone. (And I hope that the Q&A audience is more representative [...]
Putting the tragic back in political tragic
Originally published at the ABC’s Drumroll campaign blog. I’ve been largely tuned out of the election campaign today, enjoying a friend’s visit and popping into town to buy a couple of books to read. So I’ve only seen two snippets [...]
Rudd’s words won’t hurt Labor, but it’s about more than hurt feelings
From today’s Crikey email: Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd last night gave an interview to Phillip Adams on Late Night Live. This morning, Brisbane’s sole metropolitan newspaper characterised his successor Julia Gillard’s response as an apology to Queenslanders for hurting [...]
LP on TV
I’ll be appearing tonight on the tv version of The Drum at 6.30pm on ABC News 24. Update: I’ll also be interviewed on ABC News Radio drive time at around 5.45pm.
The view from Channel Nine V: The disappearing campaign
Continuing an irregular series commenting on how the election looks to commercial tv viewers: commercial free to air is the biggest single source of information for voters. On Channel Nine in Brisbane tonight, the sole election story was the seventh [...]
The political-media death spiral [Roundtable]
By Mark Bahnisch on July 31, 2010
The title borrowed for this post is that of Tim Dunlop’s excellent article on the deathly grip the media and politicians have each other in. Read the whole thing here. A couple of other excellent pieces on the performance of [...]
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