Michael brissenden


Calling a spade a…Republican

Last night on The 7:30 Report the ABC’s Washington correspondent Michael Brissenden quite properly side-stepped the question of blaming any particular politicians for provoking the Arizona shooting but he didn’t have to be so high-handed about it, writes Richard Farmer.

The day I met Obama

Barack Obama fan boy (and ABC’s Washington correspondent) Michael Brissenden spills on his 25 minute encounter with the “tallish, slim, well groomed” POTUS, which included a surprise visit from Sasha and Bo.

Kevin 07 becomes Kevin Obama

In his speech on Wednesday, the Prime Minister came close to plagiarising Barack Obama… twice. And there is an enormous irony in that, writes Christian Kerr.

F-ckability and TV: Hardly a revelation

Before we condemn John Westacott, news chief of Channel 9, for allegedly requiring that that female presenters have “f —  — ability”, should we not ask what those missing letters are?