The global socialist conspiracy formerly known as climate change has yet again struggled to prominence now that 78 folk have shuffled off a boat in Sumatra, with a tiny amount of debate over the ETS still drowned out by bluster on both sides.
Columns / The Media Monitors' Top 20
Lunatics on asylum seekers steal the show
The Tamil asylum seeker issue remained number one despite the best efforts of Nick and Tony’s fruit loop academy, writes Patrick Baume.
Volume returns to pre-Grech times
Kevin Rudd is back to dominating Malcolm Turnbull in the media — but maybe that’s how Turnbull likes it. And what’s Sandra Bullock doing in there?
Rudd back on top
Kevin Rudd is back on top of the Media Monitors Top 20 list, with double his coverage from the last few weeks, while Balloon Boy flies into the Aussie press for some reason.
Turnbull dominates (the news)
Malcolm Turnbull stays number one with a sizeable gap in broadcast coverage to not so Joltin’ Joe Hockey and Currently Quiet Kevin Rudd. Plus, Frank Farina’s sacking makes him popular.
Turnbull is leader of media
Not sure if Malcolm is a Kipling fan, but if he is one can imagine a fair bit of If, Gunga Din and of course The Man Who Would be King running through his mind at the moment.
King Kyle out-ranks Rudd
Kyle Sandilands rated 50% more mentions than the PM on the people’s medium this week, further confirming commercial TV’s place as a politics-free zone.
Della Bosca tops TV mentions
Della still number one on telly a couple of weeks after his resignation as a minister. And they say television’s not a serious news medium?
Tim Holding hikes his way up the list
Tim Holding and John Della Bosca dominate this week’s top 20. Surprised? Patrick Baume crunches the numbers.
Rudd’s media domination continues
A sign of unexpectedly benign economic times when the Treasurer doesn’t even make the Top 20. And vale Brendan Nelson.
Stephen Smith in top five
The Airlines PNG crash and icy diplomatic conditions with China took Stephen Smith up ten places to a rare appearance in the top five, while Wayne Swan dropped off.
Costello keeps himself in the news
Peter Costello and Anna Bligh are among the most talked about politicians this week, with Anna Bligh up to third spot, thanks to her anti-corruption reforms this week.
Turnbull climbs the media ladder
As predicted, Malcolm Turnbull is firmly back into second place, at around half the level of coverage of the PM.
Peter Garrett: so hot right now
All this benign economic news has translated to very little interest in politics generally, though Peter Garrett is keeping the home reactors burning nicely, moving up to fourth position in the media mentions.
Hu gives Smith, Bishop and Crean a boost? Exactly
The Stern Hu arrest has unsurprisingly launched Stephen Smith, Julie Bishop and Simon Crean way up the list in the battle for political media airtime.
Two Tonys in the Top 20
Liberal leadership speculation turns Tony Abbott and Tony Smith into contenders in this week’s grab for the most political media air-time.
Malcolm hits the lead!
Malcolm Turnbull overtakes Kevin Rudd in pollie’s the battle for media airtime.
Utegate dominates media coverage
Utegate. Need we say more? Patrick Baume on this week’s top political stories and movers.
Rudd shakes his way to the top
After that many shakes of the sauce bottle, the PM’s still on top.
Swine flu keeps Roxon front and centre
The PM is back to the pack again with both Malcolm Turnbull and Nicola Roxon not that far away.
Nicola Roxon bests Wayne Swan
If anyone had any doubts that swine flu was the preferred broadcast media issue to debt debates and endless infrastructure lists, figures from this week’s battle for political airspace should erase them.
Costello makes a splash with his profound insights into… something
It seems in any week that’s going reasonably well for the Opposition, Peter Costello pops up — as he did this week, coming in 11th place for politicians in the media limelight.
Wayne Swan is tops
It’s Budget Week, and Wayne Swan has come up trumps in the battle for media oxygen.
