Andrew Bolt has charged that I am too close to his writing and not parodic enough, perhaps not realising that this reflects worse on him than it does on me, writes Fake Andrew Bolt.
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Rudd’s choice: move on pokies or risk losing Tanner
Stand by for a strong campaign backing an independent anti-pokies candidate in Lindsay Tanner’s seat of Melbourne, where pokies damage to live music is a hot issue and Tanner only holds the seat by 4.71%.
Wankley Awards: Sky News’ trusty spinner, The Oz
The Australian has consistently acted as Sky’s spinner in its attacks on the ABC. For its services to shameless protection of its company’s interests, the newspaper wins the Wankley this week.
ABC’s Insiders: as balanced as a fat kid on a see-saw
The ABC’s Insiders may include an equal number of panellists with diametrically opposed views, but that doesn’t make it “balanced”, says The Political Sword. One David Marr does not equal one Andrew Bolt or Piers Akerman.
Political snippets: Bolt boots Rudd, News follows
Did News Ltd confirm the Boltian message about Kevin Rudd not really being a nice kind of bloke? Plus: Twitter gets archived, the Philippines election campaign goes into full swing, the AHA puts on a sober face, and more.
What role should journalists play in war?
Andrew Bolt has argued that the soldiers in the Wikileaks killing were blameless because the journalists they killed were among a band of terrorists. But where else should they be? asks Dave Gaukroger.
Wankley Awards: The bloke fest at Melbourne Talk Radio
This week’s Wankley goes to the all-male all-white launch of Melbourne Talk Radio at Gordon Ramsay’s Crown Casino noshery. All male, that is, save for the Women’s Weekly Deborah Thomas.
Political snippets: Try the Bolt and Fielding plan
Slowly the continued arrival of boatloads of asylum seekers at Christmas Island is becoming a difficult political for Labor. Plus, Rudd on public housing, the lone Joe Hockey and other political news of the day.
Warning to academics: prepare to be Bolted
Attention academics, do you have any of these traits? Gender studies, feminism, Indigenous affairs, a public profile, a willingness to stand up for yourself. Well, expect to be Bolted, warns Dave Gaukroger.
Wankley Awards: Hey Ratings! the TV sex scandal
A Current Affair hit the jackpot this week in airing actress Sarah Monahan’s allegations that she was subjected to sexual abuse on the set of Hey Dad!. For its ratings-driven exploitation, the show is a clear Wankley winner.
Bolt: 13 reasons Abbott’s maternity plan is plain dumb
Paid paternity leave, how do I hate thee? Let me count the ways, says Andrew Bolt: Abbott has broken promises, is punishing the poor, didn’t consult his party, and, worst of all, has ruined his own “great big new tax” line.
Why Andrew Bolt wants Julia for PM
Uh oh. Conservative journos — heres looking at you Andrew Bolt and Alan Jones — are already pushing at Julia Gillard taking over the Labor leadership. But their aims aren’t exactly honourable.
Political snippets: Tax rears its ugly head
If there is one subject politicians hate talking about when an election is looming it is taxation. Plus, another snub for Papua New Guinea, Mike Rann’s punched face hits the headlines again and other political snippets.
Did Andrew Bolt “do a Channel Seven”?
An interesting choice of words by Andrew Bolt yesterday, as he refers to Mike Rann and “his former lover” Michelle Chantelois, despite Rann’s denial of a sexual relationship. Since when can alleged claims be written as facts? asks Tobias Ziegler.
Strathewen resident responds to Bolt’s bushfire insult
I wondered how long it would take Andrew Bolt to use the tragedy of Black Saturday to try and bash his perceived political enemies, and only a few weeks after the one-year anniversary of February 7th, he thinks he can get away with it with his typing in today’s Hun.
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Bolt to buddy up with Price in Melbourne radio wars
Melbourne is on the verge of a fresh round of radio wars, as Australia’s most popular newspaper columnist Andrew Bolt looks set to announce a prominent on-air role with a Steve Price-helmed 3MP.
Q&A: the ABC’s soapbox
The ABC’s Q&A is becoming a lobby for professional barrow-pushers, hardly representative of about 98% of the population — like last week’s “teen who skewered Rudd”, who turned out to be a Young Liberal uni student.
Scientists, the IPCC wants you
Nomination to the IPCC process is an invitation for public smears, threats and routine attacks on your credibility — not by your peers, but by newspaper columnists, bloggers and conspiracy theorists.
Crikey Says: Growing battlefield momentum inside the Sceptics Army
Of the two climate change wars currently being waged across the globe — the war against climate change and the war about climate change — it’s War 2 that’s now occupying the most territory.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Crikey Climate Change Cage Match: round 98,584
To believe in climate change or not to believe, that is the question among Crikey’s readers, plus Google vs. China, Abbott’s speech and more.
Historically Hung Over: The Crikey Guide To The 2010 Federal Election
Crikey Blogs / Friday, 5 February 2010
ABC’s Insiders returns this Sunday, and it has booked the mainstream media’s denialist-in-chief, Andrew Bolt, for episode one, says Tobias Ziegler.