The Rudd effect

Monday, 1 July 2013   Media analysis, Political figures, Tactics   53 comments 

The lack of a convincing reason on the source of Rudd’s popularity, is not because political commentators are thick, but because the answer is uncomfortable.

The problem of the “political cycle”

Sunday, 8 April 2012   Key posts, Media analysis, State of the parties   31 comments 

Politics is becoming more cyclical, but only because the nature of politics is changing from what it was in the 20th century.

It’s a political crisis, not a problem of media ethics

Monday, 19 March 2012   Key posts, Media analysis, State of the parties   12 comments 

Some journalists might at least make at least some effort to keep the hypocrisy under check.

An (almost) classic Labor power play

Wednesday, 7 March 2012   Media analysis, Tactics   8 comments 

It wasn’t a masterstroke, it was just the way the ALP works.

Book review: Lindsay Tanner’s Sideshow

Friday, 28 October 2011   Media analysis   7 comments 

Far from wishing to undermine it, the Australian media is joined at the hip to the current political system and is getting caught up in its problems.

Ideology and lunatics

Wednesday, 27 July 2011   Media analysis   43 comments 

Whatever madmen do, no matter how horrific, has no political meaning. End of story.

Rats get caught in the same mess – London edition

Wednesday, 13 July 2011   Media analysis   40 comments 

Wikileaks’ very inability to differentiate illustrates, it’s not that such press freedom really means that much these days anyway.

Ad Watch – Say Yes Australia

Thursday, 2 June 2011   Media analysis   24 comments 

At least Murdoch recognises a political fight when he sees it.

Where the problem lies

Tuesday, 10 May 2011   Media analysis   15 comments 

Tanner and Megalogenis may take pot shots across the media-political divide but ultimately it comes down to voters as the problem.

Review: George Megalogenis’s Trivial Pursuit

Thursday, 10 February 2011   Media analysis, State of the parties   11 comments 

Megalogenis may lament the passing of reform, and the privileged role the media had in it, even if he cannot quite put his finger on what it was.

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