The ABC’s pursuit of Wayne Swan on “leaks”
Mark commented last night that a lot of time that could have been better spent on the 7.30 Report joint interview with Wayne Swan and Joe Hockey was wasted on a discussion of “Treasury leaks”. I won’t call it a [...]
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 [...]
Guest post by Pavlov’s Cat: Sorry Annabel, not good enough
Originally published at Still Life With Cat: The ABC’s Annabel Crabb published a long, informative, entertaining piece at The Drum the other day, characteristically witty and meaty, in defence of journalists and their current behaviour and reportage on the campaign [...]
Rudd v. Gillard: Gillard's communication problem
Those whose opinion needs to be taken into account when planning a leadership challenge are broader than Labor MPs, political journalists and tragics and the Twitterverse. It’s not an insignificant thing to tear down a Prime Minister in his first [...]
Quick links: What's wrong with the media this election year?
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 [...]
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 [...]
Media narrative demands Rudd's head on a platter according to Newspoll timetable
By way of ‘progressing the story’ from Saturday’s round of demands for Kevin Rudd’s political execution from has been Labor figures and mining company director Keith De Lacy, The Australian‘s caravan has moved on. Over the weekend, the paper made [...]
No one watches daytime tv; and other Health Debate myths
As anticipated, commentariat memes very quickly emerged after the Great Health Debate – “Abbott was disadvantaged because he didn’t have a policy”, “Abbott came out swinging”, “He was authentic”, “Rudd played to The Worm”, “It’s not important anyway”, “No one [...]
Kevin Rudd's political contrition
Kevin Rudd has flicked the switch to contrite over the insulation kerfuffle, and his failure to deliver the health overhaul on time. For his pains, he’s received a kicking from just about the entire Canberra press gallery. Take your pick: [...]
Balance?
I’m not sure how this one slipped through: What the longevity of almost all state and territory governments suggests is that it is difficult for an opposition to come to power except through the electorate’s view that it is time [...]
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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