Election Watch
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It’s Election Time! Who will you choose?
Who is best served to lead the country? David Koch or Ray Martin?
These are the men who will spearhead the election coverage on the Seven and Nine Networks.
Who will you turn to for your political news?
True, they aren’t the reporters in Canberra or on the electorate hustings, but David Koch and Ray Martin will front the election coverage on Seven and Nine, and will be pivotal to where opinions and news are sourced.
TEN meanwhile is chuffed about its online soapbox at www.myspace.com/meetthepeople. Readers comments will also appear on Meet The Press.
This section will update with highlights of the media coverage throughout the next six weeks.
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THE KEVIN RUDD DRINKING GAME:
Everytime Rudd uses the phrase “when it comes” take a swig of your favourite bevvy.
Here are two interviews, one from Sunday and another from 7:30 Report. In the first he uses the phrase 7. He managed 15 in the second.
Sunday
– When it comes to questions
– When it comes to economic fundamentals
– When it comes to the flexibility
– When it comes to Work Choices
– When it comes to mortgage brokers
– When it comes to the supervision
– When it comes to mortgage brokers (twice)
7:30 Report
– When it comes to broadband
– When it comes to broadband (twice)
– When it comes to the future
– When it comes to the capital asset
– When it comes to the future earnings
– When it comes to the South Koreans
– When it comes to the huge importance
– When it comes to the test
– When it comes to Mr Abbott’s questions
– When it comes to any question
– When it comes to broadband (third)
– When it comes, however, to the Australian Defence Force,
– When it comes to East Timor,
– When it comes to Fiji
– When it comes to signals
ABC TV
With Australia’s most respected team of political journalists, tune in every night at 7pm with Political Editor Jim Middleton, followed by The 7.30 Report with Kerry O’Brien and Political Editor Michael Brissenden, Monday to Thursday evenings.
For analysis and key interviews watch Lateline with Tony Jones at 10.30pm, where the program goes beyond the issues of the day.
Lateline Business with Ali Moore every Monday to Thursday will provide the daily business news and examine the election issues that affect the world of business and finance.
Sunday mornings, Insiders with Barrie Cassidy at 9am will provide a full round-up of the week’s election news and provide political commentary and analysis on the main issues.
Tony Abbott on the Today Show.
National Press Club addresses: John Howard / Kevin Rudd
ELECTION NIGHT: Who’s Got What
Axis of Awesome Election Rap as screened on Sunrise.
18 Responses
If as the polls suggest Rudd is looking to win in a landslide I’ll be drinking to the Australian public not getting sucked in by biased media outlets on election night.
can we add “working families” to Kevin Rudd’s drinking game? Everytime he speaks it’s “working families this” and “working families that”. JH does it too, but Kevin seems to be almost chronic at it he never lets an audio grab go without throwing it in there. But what do either parties define as a “working family”? Anything other than the husband, wife, picket fence, 2.3 kids and a dog? We don’t all fit that mould. Do the rest of us not matter, Kevin, and John? Sorry to get on my soap box – and stray from the topic but that just irritates me 🙂
Anyone watching Seven tonight in Melbourne would see another biased report, with the ACTUAL Seven political reporter laughing and joking with Peter Costello both with smug smile on their faces.
Equal time and fair? Please. It was as if Leni Riefenstahl was programming tonight.
If I could pick a panel for Election Night coverage – this is the team that I would pick:
HOST: David Spears
CO-HOST: Kerry O’Brien
EXPERT: Anthony Green
P.S: David have you heard anything else about any network’s election coverage?
Just let us vote now and get it over with … six weeks of this crap???? Please spare us!!!
It is time to go … John Howard!
Another one who kisses ass to the Hillsong/AOG mafia! Their two faced, self serving, twisted morality are perfect for each other!
Jack!
Hey David Knox! Love this site too. I think The Age was returning the favour ’cause you seem to link to them a lot (I always buy The Age & The Oz on Thursdays & The Fin Review on Mondays for their TV news)
Mike Beckham, I’ve hated David Spears since he asked that ridiculous last question of Dubbya for APEC… That would have never happened on ABC or SBS!
If anyone’s been watching Channel 7 Melbourne news the last 2 nights since the election was called, you’d notice how 7 has ON TWO CONSECUTIVE nights run a story on a Liberal candidate in a MARGINAL seat (one the Libs need to grasp power) while Labor is no where on screen. Equal time? Hardly.
Now we know who Seven wants to win. Looks like we can’t trust either Seven or Nine to play fair and balanced.
Howard’s claws dig that deep.
Thanks!
Just had a holiday following some work overseas, and what did I do? Update the blog! I’m still positioning the site to where I want it so yes staying on top of news is important now. It was nice to see TV Tonight sourced in last week’s Green Guide.
I’ll stick with Kerry O’Brien also thanks, especially with the informative Anthony Green at his side.
BTW I love this site and visit 3 or 4 times a day. But do you ever have a day off?
Seven should of got Chris Bath and Mark Riley to do it. Those two are awesome.
11 years of prosperity and security?
Or do you mean 11 years of fear and lies? Children overboard, Iraq’s still undiscovered WMDs, Sedition and Terror laws degrading our basic rights guaranteed by International law, hatred and intolerance against anyone he hates that week, limiting HECS to 6 years maximum and cutting funding to public schools, denying gay rights (because if his religious beliefs) and denigrating Muslims while praising christian extremists like the Exclusive Brethren?
Bring on the Election, because it’s time to go Johnny.
Debates are always up to the PM. There’s bound to be one, at least. Whether its ABC, Nine or elsewhere remains to be seen.
Will there be any election debates and which channel will host it this year?
Well, 9 has already lost me.
After viewing the “Day in the life of John Howard” on A Current Affair, it’s quite obvious whose side 9 is on. Fair and balanced? Hardly.
It’s not often we see a current affairs hose wish a prime minister “good luck” to the point of gushing.
Disgraceful. Where’s media watch when we need it?
If that is the choice then I think I will just watch DVDs for the next few weeks.
Go Howard, 11 years of prosperity and security..
Why would you want to put and end to one of the most successful governments this country has had!!
Sky News’ David Spears for me. Best political reporter in Australia.
I’ll choose Kerry O’Brien, who has more journalistic talent in his little finger than those two. Added to that, the presence of Antony Green, Australia’s foremost eletion expert, will be on the ABC broadcast. ABC for me. I want the facts.