Comments on: Ozwatch: highlights from the world’s wackiest broadsheet op-ed page http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/13/ozwatch/ now with extra source Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:13:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dewgong http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/13/ozwatch/#comment-34264 Dewgong Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:18:04 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=79709#comment-34264 Is Guy Rundle aware that Andrew Peacock actually won the 2 party preffered popular vote against Hawke in 1990? it was by a very small ammount, about 20,000 votes, but he won it nonetheless. Is Guy Rundle aware that Andrew Peacock actually won the 2 party preffered popular vote against Hawke in 1990? it was by a very small ammount, about 20,000 votes, but he won it nonetheless.

]]> By: roy G biv http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/13/ozwatch/#comment-34263 roy G biv Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:17:25 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=79709#comment-34263 "Given that Rundle’s recent columns seem to be more about airing his particular grievances with a world that does not seem to have rearranged itself to match his political leanings, his relevance as a columnist is diminishing faster all the time." Indeed Michael James......perhaps there's a spot for him at the Oz..!?!....or elsewhere in the 'News' stable, riding bravely alongside Ackerman, Albrechtsen, Bolt, Milne and Steketee. “Given that Rundle’s recent columns seem to be more about airing his particular grievances with a world that does not seem to have rearranged itself to match his political leanings, his relevance as a columnist is diminishing faster all the time.”

Indeed Michael James……perhaps there’s a spot for him at the Oz..!?!….or elsewhere in the ‘News’ stable, riding bravely alongside Ackerman, Albrechtsen, Bolt, Milne and Steketee.

]]> By: michael james http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/13/ozwatch/#comment-34243 michael james Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:57:58 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=79709#comment-34243 The level of snark that Rundle seems to dish up as opinion is rapidly becoming a joke. "The Australian people didn’t give Howard two terms, the AEC’s particular redistribution did." So basically Rundle is either baldly accusing the AEC of political partisanship, or cannot abide a result that did not agree with his political leanings. One demands proof, the other indicates a level of partisanship which should carry a disclaimer from Crikey management preceding one of his rants, something along the line of "The article contained within does not represent the view of management, or anyone else with a level of objectivity". Given that Rundle's recent columns seem to be more about airing his particular grievances with a world that does not seem to have rearranged itself to match his political leanings, his relevance as a columnist is diminishing faster all the time. Each similar such article provides greater inducement to bypass an article with his by-line. The level of snark that Rundle seems to dish up as opinion is rapidly becoming a joke.

“The Australian people didn’t give Howard two terms, the AEC’s particular redistribution did.”

So basically Rundle is either baldly accusing the AEC of political partisanship, or cannot abide a result that did not agree with his political leanings.

One demands proof, the other indicates a level of partisanship which should carry a disclaimer from Crikey management preceding one of his rants, something along the line of “The article contained within does not represent the view of management, or anyone else with a level of objectivity”.

Given that Rundle’s recent columns seem to be more about airing his particular grievances with a world that does not seem to have rearranged itself to match his political leanings, his relevance as a columnist is diminishing faster all the time.

Each similar such article provides greater inducement to bypass an article with his by-line.

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