At thirty years of age, the Australian Democrats are terminally ill when they should be in their prime, write former staffers John Cherry and Vivienne Wynter.
Shanahan
Richardson: How deep in denial are the Liberals?
The powerful hallucinogens that Liberal strategists and their media boosters have apparently been under the influence of for the last few months finally seem to be wearing off. With only four days left, it’s hard to maintain the belief that a miracle will turn up.
Newspoll brings out another Shanahan spin masterclass
All lovers of quality political spin should go out right now and buy, or preferably steal, today’s edition of The Australian. It’s a keeper, writes David MacCormack.
One election, one paper, so many opinions
There’s always a variety of opinion in The Australian and never more so than on Saturday morning when there were two very different interpretations of some Newspoll research into voting intentions in marginal seats, writes Richard Farmer.
Media briefs and TV ratings
Asylum seeker? … Triple J breakfast host headed to the dark side … Last night’s TV ratings.
Dennis Shanahan is the Comical Ali of Australian political journalism
As the polls have gone from bad to worse for the Government, Dennis Shanahan’s role as the Comical Ali of Australian political journalism has become increasingly untenable, writes David MacCormack.
Surge working well? Let’s look at the facts…
The top US commander in Iraq, General Petraeus claims in today’s Oz that the surge is working well. But in reality the US is only plunging deeper into the quagmire.
Newspoll chief regrets siding with The Australian
Newspoll chief executive Martin O’Shannessy last night told a meeting of the Australian Market research Society that he regretted writing an opinion piece for The Australian supporting the paper’s interpretation of a recent newspoll.
The Australian licks its wounds after nasty blog fight
A fortnight ago The Australian went into editorial meltdown as criticism of its spin on polling reached fever pitch. It was clear that the News flagship didn’t take kindly to having its judgement questioned by alternative media – the first time this has happened during an election year, writes Mark Bahnisch.
The winter season of the Newspoll wars
“Thanks to all the bloggers for taking note of the ‘poll wars’ in The Australian,” Newspoll boss Martin O’Shannessy writes in the Oz today. They’re busy, busy, busy.
