Fairly big spray for the HUN tonight on media watch. Plenty of coverage about Carlton, TD, Collo and COI.

Interesting stuff.

Carlton featured heavily, in a saga we all know about and have heard before.

The report was scathing of The Age also.

News reports have long lost thier objectivity. I can't belive Rucci has put a $3milloin price on his head to be kicked off The Adelaide Advertiser.

But The Age/Herald Sun bitch fight is just so ridiculous, and it's a pity Carlton had to be right in the middle of the whole thing.

Unfortunately a 15 minute/once a week show on a little watched channel will do little to help make news reporting more objective and rid it of agenda based presentation.

there is a replay later in the week for those who missed it.

Was good fun. It needs to be said that Media Watch has some very strong agendas (which is a pity - as it weakens the credibility of the programme). One of their agendas is a very strong anti-News Ltd. stance.

Some was well known stuff and some was conspiracy theories e.g. MW was half-way implying that Collo was made to resign by the Herald Sun.

Anyway, a good issue to bring to light as it seems clear that both The Age and the HS are using their editorial power towards the footy clubs in a commercial sense. Thwe clubs are weak as they depend on good copy (especilly around the time or the year when member and sponsors are signed)

I caught the tail end of the story, but why did StKilda and Essendon* not encounter the problems we did? Or did they just tell the HUN to piss off.

http://www.talkingcarlton.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9856

Media Watch, whether you believe it has a fixed agenda beyond trying to make the media accountable for bias and presenting PR as "fact" and "news", is actually far more influential in the industry than you'd think.

I'm glad I've taped tonight's ep.

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

What a surprise- KK is an unabashed Media Watch fan

Meaning?

Had your cranky pills tonight, Josh?

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Not Kosher.........?


kindest regards tommi

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Transcript of last night's media watch - click!



And there are more links on that page to Media Watch's attempt to make the Herald Scum accountable.

Nah he just doesn't like Media Watch because his idea of a good journalist is Andrew Bolt.

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That's funny, and a little sad, because I know it's true

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

KK, I think you might find that Josh has a vested interest in the Hun....

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"A good composer does not initiate. He steals."

- Igor Stravinsky

I'd say Media Watch's agenda and that of Bolt are mutually exclusive.

The Australian is the best newspaper circulating at the moment- but their sports coverage is pretty crappy.

When do they start investigating Michelangelo Rucci?

This should be enough to exclude you from making your opinions on the media

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

A bit better then the 'Green Weekly' KK?

Pfft, bloody hippies.

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

He's not wrong.

Just the sport section contains morons.