Channel Seven are the new Nine
 | Posted by John Surname on Friday 11 May 2007, 5:24 pm Categories: Baiting Bolta, Media Tags: Tags: bias, Channel7, JohnHoward, KevinRudd, news, Politics |
Channel 7 have replaced Channel 9, not only in the ratings, but in pro-Liberal bias in their news reporting.
Consider this morning’s 10:30 news.
Channel 7 devoted about a minute to Kevin Rudd’s budget reply, promptly followed by a surprise interview with John Howard, in which he spent 3-4 minutes continually blasting Rudd and the ALP with a succession of empty comments. The newsreader (not bothering to contain her smirk) helped by asking our beloved PM hard-hitting questions along the lines of “Your campaign appears to have the momentum of a runaway freight train, why are you so popular?”.
This kind of journalism makes my stomach churn.
In other budget news, Kevin Rudd’s reply actually had more viewers than Costello’s budget announcement. No mention of this on the usual suspects.
Why am I not surprised?
GrodsThink Ep.29 (26/8/08)
Friday 11 May 2007, 6:46 pm #Strider
Why should you care too much about whether Rudd gets up? Aren’t his politics a little too ‘conservative’ for you?
Friday 11 May 2007, 10:31 pm #MrLefty
There’s a simpsons quote for every occasion!
And Strider - yes, but John Howard’s are even worse.
Saturday 12 May 2007, 11:07 am #Strider
Prodos for PM!
Saturday 12 May 2007, 2:18 pm #Adam
I’ve heard so much lately about right wing bias in the media - is this really a problem or do the politically inclined just cry “bias!” everytime they see stuff in the media they disagree with? (Andrew Bolt claiming the ABC was biased because they didn’t report that the US was winning glorious victory after glorious victory comes to mind). Or is the problem real and it’s actually getting worse, or have I just noticed more people complaining about it recently?
If there really is a widespread bias in the media, that’s a bad thing. I put the following questions to everyone complaining of media bias: What would a fair and unbiased media “look like”? What can we do to achieve this?
Sunday 13 May 2007, 1:55 pm #Strider
How about the ABC for fair and unbiased?
Oops, most of them are off running for parliament for the ALP these days. But in the ABC, that’s considered a shift to the right.
Sunday 13 May 2007, 2:15 pm #John Surname
Seen MediaWatch recently? Or the 2-part Australian Story devoted to Alexander Downer? Or Bolt on the Insiders? Strider, you are living in a fantasy land if you believe that “most of them are off running for parliament for the ALP these days. But in the ABC, that’s considered a shift to the right.”.
BTW - where did you get this idea that Rudd’s politics are too conservative for me? Just who do you think I am?
Wednesday 16 May 2007, 11:38 am #Fimsy
Your kind of blog makes my stomach churn.
Why am I reading it then? I don’t know… look! A unicorn!
Wednesday 16 May 2007, 11:55 am #The Editor
Glad to have been of service, Fimsy!
Thursday 17 May 2007, 12:32 pm #John Surname
You need a “what people say about GrodsCorp” page, and that quote could very proudly go at the top!
Thursday 17 May 2007, 12:45 pm #Bruce
The whole testimonials thing is catching on. I picked it up only recently, but have been sitting on the idea since seeing Ninglun do it last year.
I say DO IT! (and so does the little devil on my shoulder)
Thursday 17 May 2007, 2:13 pm #The Editor
Done and done. I’ve chucked in a couple of quotes I could think of and will add more whenever I come across them.
Thursday 17 May 2007, 2:30 pm #John Surname
It ain’t working!
Thursday 17 May 2007, 2:46 pm #The Editor
It works at my end. What happens when you click it?
Thursday 17 May 2007, 3:08 pm #John Surname
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