Comments on: Newspoll: 59-41

By: William Bowe

William Bowe — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:45:53 +0000

New thread up on the Morgan poll.

By: Gary Bruce

Gary Bruce — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:24:30 +0000

488 David – Sounds like a good read David and not because of the favourable treatment given to Rudd. If there is a similar type of paper here I haven’t found it yet.
I’m not critical of papers or journalists for criticising the government, governments should be scrutanised but I’m getting the feeling at the moment that Rudd is being unfairly dealt with by some because they don’t like him personally, not for what he is doing or saying. Some criticisms have just been downright purile. A paper like Mx is probably the way to go at the moment.
Our transport system is not much better than yours. The government is trying to do something about it. If only we had a strong opposition that would try to provide solutions rather than just criticisng everything the government tries to put up. We need answers. If anyone has the magic solution please provide it. The trouble is noone has.

By: fred

fred — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:21:12 +0000

According to Antonio some time ago its just the work of a search engine and nothing at all sinister.
Its just pure coincidence, random and unbiased, that nearly all the headlines have an anti-ALP slant.
Its all in your mind BB!

By: Darryl

Darryl — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:20:34 +0000

New morgan poll 63.5 to 36.5, a massive 27% lead.

http://www.roymorgan.com/news/polls/2008/4286/

By: Bushfire Bill

Bushfire Bill — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:15:48 +0000

Eh?

Next to the story on Therese Rein’s defunct company, the ABC web site has the following box full of goodies:

Also Of Interest
Labor ’sidelining’ Gillard on IR consultation
16 Aug 2007 – 34 weeks ago

Labor adviser defends Rudd’s business cred
16 May 2007 – 47 weeks ago

Voters reject Govt’s attack on Rudd: Gillard
6 Mar 2007 – 57 weeks ago

Gillard denies Labor shift on IR laws
2 Feb 2007 – 62 weeks ago

AWAs details wil be released before election: Rudd
16 Aug 2007 – 34 weeks ago

What the…..?

How in the world are early-2007 pre-election “scandals” that came to nothing at all except increased poll numbers for Labor in any way relevant to today’s story?

“34 weeks ago”, “47, 57, 62 weeks ago”?

Either someone has seriously screwed up at ABC On Line, or they’re so far gone in the head with disgust that Labor won the election they can’t seem to forget that it’s.all.over.now.and.Labor.won.

I wrote earlier this week that the aim of the Howard Hugging Journalists was to publish every tiny scrap of “news” that had even miniscule potential to be called “scandal” about Rudd, in the hope that one day they could all be published side-by-side to establish “form” on Rudd’s behalf; a sort-of we told you he was no godd” litany of non-events that together they hope might equal more than the sum of the parts.

This is a perfect example of it: one story about Therese Rein’s defunct, non-trading company, and we get all the trimin’s, icing on the cake, hundreds-and-thousands plus a dollop of Burkegate Ice Cream with chocolate sauce next to it, supplied in the name of “balance”, ABC-style.

Seriously weird and seriously outrageous.

By: Gary Bruce

Gary Bruce — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:09:14 +0000

Rudd has done very well indeed and I think the proof of the pudding has been the sideshow “issues” by the press and Nelson’s silence.

By: David Charles

David Charles — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:52:24 +0000

GB (486) Greetings Gary I hope you are enjoying life in a ‘Howard-less’ Australia. My favourite newspaper is the Mx which I pick up at Wynyard station here in Sydney just before my afternoon commute on Morrie’s (poorly administered) public transport transport system. If I want to read about politics I go to the internet including but not limited to, this splendid site.

The Mx (no doubt there is an equivalent in Melbourne) has excellent coverage of just about anything except politics (gossip, travel, sport and the occasional ‘pornographic’ news stories). During last year’s election campaign, the Mx very helpfully ‘warned’ its readers on the front page whether there were any ‘election stories’. Usually there were only one or two (sometimes none at all) and surprise surprise those election stories were mostly favourable to (then) Opposition Leader, Kevin Michael Rudd. This is a newspaper which many ‘low involvement’ voters read so any favourable stories for the ALP during an election campaign came to the attention of a key segment of voters at just the right time.

By: Trent C

Trent C — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:24:34 +0000

Read all of this article and tell me it doesnt make you proud of KRudd and proud to be an Aussie.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7337940.stm

I dont think Howard would have the “smarts” to walk such a diplomatic tight rope – just look at his comments on the US Democrats last year.

By: Gary Bruce

Gary Bruce — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:10:10 +0000

That’s true David. I don’t have any problem with the SMH.

By: Gary Bruce

Gary Bruce — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:08:12 +0000

484 David – I agree David. I don’t have any problems with the SMH, it’s that Daily Pornograph, it’s a rag.