Crikey and iSentia chart which politicians are receiving the most media oxygen each week.
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.
The Tamil asylum seeker issue remained number one despite the best efforts of Nick and Tony’s fruit loop academy, writes Patrick Baume.
Lucky punter Kevin Rudd stays at the front of the pack, with Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard and Nicola Roxon all jockeying to gain some ground on the field, and Bart Cummings galloping in from the rear.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Barnaby Joyce rolls himself up the list this week, with deep musings on emissions trading, the PM's salary and, of course, those pampered asylum seekers.
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 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?
