Let’s all forget about 2007
Monday, 1 February 2010 Media analysis 11 comments
Hartcher is doing the same thing that Antony Green did in his piece in The Drum undermining current polling – belittling the significance of the 2007 election
Best of Australian politics 2009
Tuesday, 29 December 2009 Key posts, Media analysis, State of the parties 21 comments
That’s it for 2009.
No more Copenhagen to hide behind – an update
Wednesday, 23 December 2009 Media analysis, State of the parties 1 comment
The media are caught up in it, so it is no surprise they see a sunrise where there is a sunset.
Rogue poll, rogue media
Wednesday, 11 November 2009 Media analysis 6 comments
How cruel, and how naughty, of Newspoll to do a rogue poll!
The New Opposition – an update
Friday, 6 November 2009 Media analysis, Tactics 8 comments
There is one final striking thing about the Rudd media tour, he is the only one doing it because at the end of the day, he is the only in the government who knows how it is done.
The New Opposition
Monday, 2 November 2009 Media analysis, Tactics 3 comments
If the Coalition’s role is not to provide alternative policy, but merely hold the government to account, can’t the media do that?
Still searching for 2001
Friday, 30 October 2009 Media analysis 8 comments
The media dived into this issue two weeks ago expecting a rerun of 2001. When none occurred, it conducted it on its own, starring in a morality play of one.
It’s the Coalition that’s on a suicide mission, not Turnbull
Tuesday, 6 October 2009 Media analysis 8 comments
Unless Turnbull actually wants to lead the Liberals for the sake of it, which is unlikely, his threat over the Liberals adopting a negotiating position on the ETS is not a death wish but simply a matter of fact if the Coalition is to have any hope of getting a reasonable result at the next election.
New myths for old
Friday, 24 July 2009 Media analysis 3 comments
It might be that it doesn’t matter and we are not in a lull between the global banking crisis becoming a global fiscal crisis and that indeed the worst is now over and growth will resume. If so, why are some of our brightest talking austerity?
Rats get a kicking too
Tuesday, 7 July 2009 Key posts, Media analysis 13 comments
Politicians avoid Rove not because it’s ‘easy’ and they yearn the tough questions of a Kerry O’Brien but because it is anti-political.
