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

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.

Another Howard bubble finally bursts

Monday, 26 October 2009   Tactics   5 comments 

Rudd was calling the bluff that Turnbull and the Liberals had been playing, namely that Howard had a real policy that they could return to rather than a political game whose time had passed.

The only difference over what happened on Ashmore Reef was how a weak political class reacted to a media campaign.

It has been fascinating to watch the coalition go through its motions over the last week as it was worked on by the media.

While not being too fussed if Marr is slandering the coalition, it would be nice if he didn’t include the rest of us as well.

The media has missed that it is not the illegal refugees that is the issue as much as the international context in which it is happening.

Pragmatic and out of touch

Friday, 27 April 2007   International relations  Comments Off 

Now that the War on Terror is being superseded by the Global Warming agenda, Howard has similar problems to those faced by Beazley six years ago.