Election 2013 media panel
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Two developments this late afternoon of Day 3 - Richo, as his Sky News fans know him (Graham Richardson to the rest of us) tells David Speers on PM Agenda that no commercial media will scrutinise or challenge…
Over the last few days there has been much discussion here and elsewhere about the Murdoch media bias against the government as well as its push to get the Coalition elected. A much bigger problem for…
One of the most interesting issues in these first few days of the campaign is how News Corp reports the lack of detail and depth in Coalition policy. You know they want to back Tony to the hilt, but they…
Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott’s speechifying at the opening of the Australian War memorial’s Afghanistan Gallery has been reported as a kind of momentary cease-fire between the rival leaders. But it was unmistakably…
The team at 891 ABC Adelaide provided a moment on Monday morning that showed one of the challenges radio broadcasters will face explaining this election to their listeners. How do you find adequate language…
The Media Panel’s co-chair, Professor Brian McNair, says the days of Rupert Murdoch’s influence on election results are gone, with the company weakened and today’s citizenry no longer passive consumers…
Mark Twain is reputed to have said that you should never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel. In modern terms that should include never pick a fight with people who can rebroadcast what…
An election “is also a contest between media outlets”, my fellow panellist Professor Sinclair Davidson observed in his blog yesterday. Not quite so in Western Australia, where The West Australian remains…
The uproar in some circles over the Daily Telegraph’s front page, telling voters in no uncertain terms to dump the Rudd government, has focused attention once more on the issue of objectivity in journalism…
It was a long day, Day 1 of this five week marathon, most of it spent in front of my TV, flipping between Sky News and ABC 24. In the evening I wound down with some trash reality TV - Married To Medicine…