October 20, 2009 – 11:39 am
Gerard Henderson is at his sad, pedantic criticism of the ABC again, this time weaving an entire column from a single thread:
Last week the ABC 702 radio presenter Deborah Cameron referred to the “so-called terror trial in Parramatta”.
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What was a “so-called terror trial” to an ABC presenter in Ultimo was the real thing to the [...]
October 9, 2009 – 3:14 pm
Gerard Henderson’s latest bitter, tedious and pedantic rant about the things that give him the shits (a/k/a Media Watch Dog) has been published for another week, which means I have to decide what I might say about it.
I could point out that he complains about Deborah Cameron discussing dogs in the latte belt (yawn) while [...]
September 29, 2009 – 9:08 am
Today’s column from Gerard Henderson:
Rudd not so special.
Media compliant.
“[M]ost journalists prefer Labor or the Greens to the Coalition.”
ABC bias.
In the interests of responsible consumption of alcohol, please don’t attempt to play a Gerard Henderson drinking game.
But to be fair to the embittered columnist, we should note that:
He does not confuse the reader with equations and [...]
September 25, 2009 – 1:28 pm
In Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch Dog post on September 4th he took aim at a recently released study conducted by Joshua Gans and Andrew Leigh examining political slant in the Australian media. Toby briefly mentioned Henderson’s criticism at the time
The Gans and Leigh “Media slant” study is useless because it has mathematical equations in it; [...]
September 24, 2009 – 12:10 pm
I’ve been busy with work so this is a couple of days later than I had hoped, but Gerard Henderson’s ongoing descent into irrelevance should be remarked upon.
His Tuesday column this week was simply appalling. In his effort to attack the Rudd government at all costs, Gerard engaged in logical contortions such as:
Suggesting that Kevin [...]
September 11, 2009 – 4:20 pm
Australia’s most pointless non-conversation, the weekly newsletter known as Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch Dog, has a new edition out (Issue 27). I could go through every “issue” Gerard wrote about and point out how it’s (i) a non-issue, (ii) partisan axe-grinding, and/or (iii) just completely stupid, but I’d rather start my weekend.
But there is one [...]
September 4, 2009 – 3:48 pm
Gerard Henderson doesn’t like media critiques where a single partisan “is prosecutor, judge and jury on matters media – and no discussion whatsoever is allowed”. That’s why, at the end of every week, he publishes his own commentary on matters media on a Wordpress site where comments are disabled. Here are my study notes from [...]
August 28, 2009 – 4:50 pm
You could accuse Gerard Henderson of many things – for instance, of being Australia’s most engaging and scintillating public speaker, or of providing the most even-handed and non-partisan analysis of the Howard legacy – but you can’t accuse him of shying away from irony or hypocrisy. In the latest edition of his Media Watch Dog report (proudly [...]
August 21, 2009 – 2:09 pm
The release of Balibo seems to have sparked a round of op-eds discussing its historical perspective. I always find this interesting; some columnists seem intent on critiquing any dramatisation of historical events and identifying any faults or omissions. (Disclaimer: I have not seen the film and don’t intend to discuss its merits or weaknesses, but [...]
August 12, 2009 – 7:33 am
Andrew Bolt, via Gerard Henderson, continues prosecuting the all-journalists-are-lefties meme and blames Macolm Turnbull’s cringeworthy 7.30 Report performance on Monday, complete with total brainsnap, on the Leftist media and Kerry O’Brien.
But here is Kerry O’Brien giving ALP Senator Penny Wong an easy ride last night.
KERRY O’BRIEN: … Penny Wong, there is a sense, is there [...]
