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Thank God for the Crikey/Media Monitors Tuesday Top 20! It’s about the only measure that gives John Howard a decent lead over Kevin Rudd.
Not that a high ranking is necessarily a sign of political health. The gormless Peter McGauran comes in at Number Three for the week of August 28-September 3, thanks to equine flu. Malcolm Turnbull is Number Four, thanks to the Geoffrey Cousins parasite.
|
TW
|
Move
|
Type
|
Politician
|
Press
|
Radio
|
TV
|
Internet
|
Total
|
|
1
|
0
|
Federal
|
John Howard
|
1,492
|
6,820
|
3,510
|
6,973
|
18,795
|
|
2
|
0
|
Federal
|
Kevin Rudd
|
1,152
|
5,870
|
2,465
|
4,544
|
14,031
|
|
3
|
6
|
Federal
|
Peter McGauran
|
256
|
2,503
|
1,444
|
1,175
|
5,378
|
|
4
|
4
|
Federal
|
Malcolm Turnbull
|
286
|
2,222
|
473
|
1,095
|
4,076
|
|
5
|
2
|
State
|
Peter Beattie
|
283
|
826
|
513
|
1,679
|
3,301
|
|
6
|
-1
|
Federal
|
Peter Costello
|
239
|
269
|
152
|
2,169
|
2,829
|
|
7
|
-1
|
State
|
Morris Iemma
|
162
|
966
|
595
|
949
|
2,672
|
|
8
|
4
|
Federal
|
Julia Gillard
|
214
|
1,135
|
413
|
692
|
2,454
|
|
9
|
16
|
State
|
John Watkins
|
59
|
1,100
|
645
|
428
|
2,232
|
|
10
|
11
|
Federal
|
Peter Garrett
|
189
|
1,214
|
302
|
503
|
2,208
|
|
11
|
20
|
Federal
|
Joe Hockey
|
158
|
808
|
633
|
516
|
2,115
|
|
12
|
5
|
Federal
|
Brendan Nelson
|
72
|
1,051
|
350
|
393
|
1,866
|
|
13
|
-9
|
Federal
|
Tony Abbott
|
148
|
425
|
80
|
1,071
|
1,724
|
|
14
|
-4
|
State
|
John Brumby
|
146
|
489
|
163
|
851
|
1,649
|
|
15
|
5
|
State
|
Paul Lennon
|
110
|
953
|
249
|
308
|
1,620
|
|
16
|
12
|
State
|
Steve Bracks
|
113
|
652
|
276
|
402
|
1,443
|
|
17
|
-14
|
Federal
|
Kevin Andrews
|
115
|
197
|
1
|
1,076
|
1,389
|
|
18
|
-7
|
Federal
|
Alexander Downer
|
101
|
78
|
125
|
1,022
|
1,326
|
|
19
|
-6
|
Federal
|
Mal Brough
|
70
|
348
|
5
|
608
|
1,031
|
|
20
|
-5
|
Federal
|
Mark Vaile
|
45
|
161
|
66
|
510
|
782
|
The PM’s position on the Talkback Chart, however, seems under threat. The opposition leader is at Number One for the third week in a row. The PM has to make do with being Number Two, followed by a posse of premiers – mainly copping brickbats.
|
Rank
|
Politician
|
Talkback
|
|
1
|
Kevin Rudd
|
601
|
|
2
|
John Howard
|
423
|
|
3
|
Julia Gillard
|
150
|
|
4
|
Paul Lennon
|
150
|
|
5
|
Morris Iemma
|
145
|
And there’s some further comfort for the PM. He’s shifty, he should have gone – but he scored many more media mentions last week than another devious moron:
|
Princess Diana
|
79
|
987
|
1,814
|
390
|
3,270
|
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