Gotcha questions slammed as 'cheap & nasty' journalism | Media Watch

[@VladaldTrumptin]

I wouldn’t mind so much the Albo gotcha moments, provided journalists had stepped up to do the same thing to Morrison & Co over the past, what, 10 years????? Ship sailed long ago on “holding em to account”.

[@commanderkeen3787]

At this point it seems like every question is a gotcha question for Albanese

[@gorillaau]

If anything, holding them to account is more applicable for the majority party. They set the budget each year and laws introduced into the lowrr houses (talking state and federal). If something like Watergate happened these days, the goverment of the day would walk away Scott free, perhaps the tv late night news would run the story if it was Labor caught red handed.

[@Whoisthis1111]

Scotty gets gotcha questions as well. Difference is Morrison doesn’t stuff up in the way albanese does. Albanese didn’t know key economic figures that have been the Coalition’s key attack points and something they’ve been flaunting for months. This was also on the heels of them saying they are going to increase wages (a policy continuation). It looks like Albanese doesn’t even look at his own policies or attempt to memorise his KEY ELECTION POLICIES. I liked bill shorten, I really did, I wanted him to win. But I’m sorry, albo is the bottom of the barrel. Literally have Plibersek or Clare or, heck even one of the mean girls as their leader, why does it have to be albanese? Albanese makes Morrison palatable to me. This, what you’re seeing now, is labor’s protection racket. A lot of journalists are left leaning or out and out lefties, Barry is one of them. Those at Murdoch (48% of our media) are right leaning or moderate right and hence they attack labor for it. I’d say fairfax is quite grounded in the centre.

[@Ausf]

Scotty gets them occasionally too, but Albo is more fun to bully, so they keep doing it.

[@jheden9386]

Morrison has been railed by media… bushfires, covid, Jenny being the decider, scotty from marketing… problem is scomo knows his parties talking points back to front and can parrot them like a pirate. Albo doesn’t seem as ‘professional’ in a political sense whether that be good or bad

[@duncanwallace7760]

"Google it mate", should be the answer to all such questions. It's why we have a written language. The low-end of journalism is as low, if not lower than the low-end of politics. Fortunately for us all, there are still some serious politicians and journalists.

[@Fudgebal8]

For anyone who hasn’t seen Bandt’s full response (and speech too), it’s worth a look.

[@duncanwallace7760]

@@tjmarx This has nothing to do with accountability. The journalists are not reporting correct answers to questions. They only report if politicians don't have perfect memory recall in a pressure situation. Should a journalist remember every word they have ever written and be condemned if they cant? There are hundreds of issues each election and thousands of facts and statistics. No reasonable person, especially in the pressure of a press-conference situation can be expected to instantly recall with perfect accuracy. We don't need 'Rain Man', we need politicians who understand issues and and have the vision to come up with solutions. Bandt took a stand on a very low form of 'journalism', and good for him. Albo should do the same.

[@duncanwallace7760]

@@tjmarx If what you said was true, the journalist would have asked "Can you explain your policy"... not "Name the six points of your policy'. It's clear to everyone that the journalist was not interested in the policy and was going for a low and deliberate 'gotcha' tactic, with no journalistic merit. Just as memorising lines from movies doesn't make you a good actor, memorising stuff does not a good politician. Listening to experts and making considered decisions is what counts. Refusing to play idiotic games is exactly what shows a good leader. As I said, Albo would do well to follow Bandt's lead.

[@duncanwallace7760]

​@@tjmarx Cant even be bothered reading your rant. You sounds like a die-hard Liberal disingenuously advising Labor and the Greens what would be best for them.

[@davidprosser457]

@@tjmarx ha ha this is yankville pal, state no 51! Wake up sleepy.

[@betula2137]

We've dropped a few ranks in Press Freedom, by the way if anyone's interested. One reason cited is our concentrated media environment. We've also dropped into the corruption watch-list, because we fell as many points as countries like Venezuela & Syria in just 3-10 years.

[@simonrudduck8726]

I do not care if a leader hasn’t memorised every line of the policy they are introducing. This is not a year 11 exam.

[@siouxm2117]

Agree. He got the mission statement across, the info was to hand & I'm sure if questions had been asked about the points he could have explained and discussed

[@antiussentiment]

Well said..

[@UberMick]

It's only running a country, so you think they shouldn't be well versed on their own policies? Or know important data points? A lazy PM would collapse the country, so let's try to avoid that ay?

[@siouxm2117]

@@UberMick it's a dodgy figure that doesnt reflect t he real jobs state and he could get it if he needed it. Not the most important thing to know, though I wish he'd said something about secure hours of work. Dont think you can call it a sign of laziness

[@liesha7495]

I agree. These journalists have press packs that they can read or they can check out Albos KZbin channel. It makes the journalist look even more stupid. I would rather these Journalists ask questions about the policies being released that day.

[@ThexBorg]

When every TV channels parrot 🦜 the same phrases and by-line editing. You know there’s something majorly wrong with media consolidation in the country. When the supposed variety media channels coordinate their by-line content with corporate Australia, they all end up parroting the same phrases and gotcha stories. And when the TV station is a moderator for what the leader of the country, and the opposition, can and can’t say, and when to say it. There is an entrenched problem.

[@godamid4889]

100% It's like they are all running from the same cheat sheet.

[@michelledavies2197]

@@godamid4889 it's the Murdoch empire

[@danw3735]

They really should bring in laws about lying campaign adverts, and also party donations need to be transparent and capped, so businesses cannot take over politics like they do in the USA.

[@ozziebugga9725]

Yes, I think nearly all voters agree. The question is why it does not happen? Same reason they resist a federal ICAC?

[@Imminent0Demise]

how do you police what is lying and what isn't. our defamation laws are bad enough as they are

[@jheden9386]

You cannot fund a developed nation government without big business donations. It’s funny you think we aren’t there yet

[@peterg4944]

A NOTE TO SIMON HOLMES A COURT AND HIS CLIMATE ANGELS

[@nklin6]

It'll never happen because politicians would need to be the ones that vote to introduce the laws

[@jacksonbarry5407]

This is the same as asking an automotive engineer by trade what the spring constant is of a specific cars suspension. They don't know it off the top of their head but they can find it out and do the job better than any smart ass just asking the question. Shameful attempt from the media to keep their precious coalition in.

[@UberMick]

Not exactly, someone running for PM SHOULD know key data points because thats what their policies should be constructed around, its like asking a CEO of a large company what their annual turn over is and he responds with "google it mate"... Not a good look and shows that person is not fit for that role...

[@oiinahgiiusadurrybrahchuck7209]

Bit slow here, but today I saw someone complaining on a Depp trial video, something to the effect of: “I went to a lawyer and when I asked them a question they had to check a book for the answer. Found a different lawyer”

[@jgill551]

​@@UberMick being able to rote learn figures doesn't actually mean you're a good decision maker or actually have any good policies.

[@UberMick]

@@jgill551 True, but you would surely agree that not knowing them also leads to the same outcome or worse? Why is society demanding we accept mediocrity and laziness? Not only from our selves, but from law makers?

[@RobertAmer]

The simple reply to journalists is, "you already know that answer, ask me something new".

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Mine is, is this a interview or a round of trivia pursuit

[@1isaacperkins]

good points

[@AK-np4rp]

Exactly. Journalists should be seeking answers that they don't yet know, not ones they already do.

[@DjDmt]

"cheap and nasty" - basically describing the state of news in this country. Most websites give more time to Bec Judd and co than they do real stories

[@tonybloomfield5635]

I don't recall the ABC crying 'gotcha' when a Liberal candidate couldn't state the 6 turn back the boats policy points a few years ago.

[@nevillewran4083]

So what were they? Who asked the question? In what context?

[@MultiRationalThinker]

I'll never understand why they keep hyping up these mythical "someday" non-stop flights between the east coast and Europe. As a veteran of numerous flights between Sydney and London over the years, I can think of nothing less appealing than doing them non-stop. It may save a couple of hours, but you'd be stuck in that damn seat for 20 hours or so with no chance to stretch your legs for an hour or two in the middle. I'd actually pay a little more for the flight if they DID stop along the way.

[@samwalker6268]

There needs to be massive reform media reform. When you have News Corp, Fairfax and Seven West Media all blatantly favouring the Libs and IPA lobbyists moonlighting as journalists, there’s a massive problem.

[@michelledavies2197]

The Murdoch Empire - The company owns two-thirds of the country's metropolitan print mastheads and some of Australia's most popular news websites. It also has radio interests in every state and territory, along with a majority share of the Foxtel news network, which broadcasts Sky News.

[@Matthew-yc6nx]

Fairfax has a centre-left bias, what the hell are you smoking? Ever since the merger between Channel 9 and Fairfax they've pulled Channel 9 from the centre to centre-right closer to the centre-left. You people are so far left everyone to the right of Adam Bandt is basically Trump. Get a grip!

[@Matthew-yc6nx]

​@michelledavies2197 I agree, News Corp should be forced to divest Foxtel or at least reduce their stake.

[@adcrane]

Vote for a Federal ICAC. Vote Labor.

[@gorillaau]

I wish I was in a low margin electorate to make a difference. We are safe Labor for a long while now.

[@TheTardisDreamer]

@@gorillaau I moved into a highly contested Liberal seat and you better believe our household will all be voting against the Liberals. :)

[@skazka3789]

@@TheTardisDreamer Which seat?

[@charlotte7869]

Media Watch is the holy grail of TV shows IMO. It should be required watching for media literacy and critical thinking in Australia. I'm always recommending it to friends. I wish more people watched it. And I wish the ABC advertised it better / at all...?

[@PixelaDay]

lol at ScoMo talking about natural disasters like he cares about them, or wars like he wants to avoid them

[@VladaldTrumptin]

LOL alright

[@patrickgilligan221]

Yep also his government was responsible for robodebt which lead to the deaths and of over 2000 people then blocked an enquiry into it he’s got nothing but contempt for the working class

[@josephj6521]

Scomo was in Hawaii during the bush fires after they cut funding to the fire services. Pathetic.

[@caterpillar1936]

Wow, a channel from the national broadcaster where taxpayers are actually able to leave comments. How generous.

[@stoopidapples1596]

Considering most comments sections revolve into a hive of scum and villainy, honestly I’m not that concerned. We have bigger problems than KZbin comments, eg. the fact that massive corporations can be responsible for 90% or so-called “journalism” in this country.

[@caterpillar1936]

@@stoopidapples1596 We can have both good journalism and also be allowed to type comments. If you don't like the comment sections then don't look. I personally come to the comment section because someone might have something important to say that was missing in the video, to provide context. It helps to prevent the media from spinning narratives.

[@stoopidapples1596]

​@@caterpillar1936 "If you don't like the comment sections then don't look." Terrible way of looking at things. "If you don't like the growth of extremism, just don't look at it." I consider these statements equal. Comments sections create cesspools of both groupthink and animosity towards people outside of their echochamber.

[@caterpillar1936]

@@stoopidapples1596 Ah one of these 'free speech is bad' typez

[@rtwt7487]

I don't memorise everything in my job. I know how to use the information provided to me to get the job done. I lead people who are good at their jobs and I rely on them to do their job. Why on earth do we expect one single person at the top of each of the Parties to memorise everything? This isn't a memory test, it's a leadership test. So test their leadership and get over the pointless memory tests.

[@Ausf]

I agree, they're largely pointless. The problem is Albo fumbles around and looks stupid. The sharks sense blood in the water and keep going after him. I doubt many people would change their vote over such pointless things, but in terms of optics, how he handles it, leadership, it does not look good for him.

[@AK-np4rp]

@@Ausf He won the last two debates. He's definitely competent.

[@jheden9386]

The issue is NDIS and support for these services is something labor use to cut down liberal, so if you can’t even explain why you’re making the attack based on your policies it doesn’t look good. It’s like a CEO not being able to recite their mission statement on a prevalent issue in the organisation. It’s not a good look.

[@AK-np4rp]

@@jheden9386 He couldn't recall specific wording of the 6 points. Big deal. No professional is forced to recall statements word for word rather than using resources at hand.

[@jheden9386]

@@AK-np4rp no… he couldn’t recall the 6 points at all. He wasn’t asked to recite it word for word, he was asked to identify the key policy points of the scheme. He should be able to do this if he is the leader of a political party that is projecting this to be a major issue and a downfall of their opponent. It’s business at the end of the day (politics) and he should know this

[@damienthorsson1500]

Oh, the "It won't be easy under Albanese" ads are insane. Cheap and nasty is right. They look like 70s propoganda. So transparent.

[@sofascialistadankulamegado1781]

It’s such a cheap shot by playing on Albos name, you can instantly write that off as the party campaign managers being unsophisticated with their punch lines. However considering how many downright uneducated morons there are in the country (and increasing), a line like that always gets a “hurr durr” out of them. The Liberal Party and their supporters could be compared to that family from the movie Billy Madison -The O’Doyles. In the end they think they are great, but then a simple misplaced banana peel on the road sends their car flying off a cliff ending the entire family.

[@Hochspitz]

I rarely see any, if ever mistakes and or gaffs made by SBS world news on Media Watch. In general I think ABC does a good job but SBS does a great job, bringing foreign news from around the world. I only speak/understand 2 foreign languages but it is useful to listen to how other countries view their current events.

[@godamid4889]

The ABC is filled with ex Murdoch employees. It is not doing a good job.

[@jheden9386]

It’s a pre-recorded show, of course there is no gaffes, they’re edited out

[@EstaviusMarx]

@@jheden9386 means gaffes in terms of factual inaccuracies.

[@greenriver520]

Journalism has gone to the pits of late. The media can't even take criticism of their own work. I have on many occasions challenged journalists/reporters in the Courier with their lack of professionalism, from story lines, to spelling and importantly, grammar. Rejection of the comment is the result.

[@sofascialistadankulamegado1781]

Anyone can easily become a journalist now. What is ironic though is that the people who aren’t university trained journalists are far better journalists than those who work for big media.

[@delasias9153]

I don't get why people keep voting against their own best interests (including donkey votes). economic analysts, that scrutinise each country's general/economic governance, have consistantly shown that when Labor (and/or labor's policies are in effect) Aust. comes out in the top 10 best run and economically stable countries; they are also always within the top 11 least corrupt. when LNP is in (and/or their policies are in effect) we drop into the 40's for general and economic governance (education, health services and community support services particularly suffer) and provable corruption ramps up! under the current LNP, Aust. is on par with Uruguay, a 3rd world country, for corruption. Labor never gets a decent multiple term goal at fixing anything because of the corruption and heavily biased Murdoch/Sky/Fox and Costello/Fairfax media influence. I guess keeping people dumb and distracted works brilliantly for the rich and powerful.

[@Jenkowelten]

To be fair to Uruguay, it's one of the best in Latin America, and it's improving

[@Ausf]

Lockdowns, carbon taxes, we know better than you, take your pick. Not everyone wants the same things you do, or agrees with your assessment of their best interests. Don't worry, you keep blaming the media, the rich, and the dumb.

[@kevildub]

I hear what you're saying but... Look over there! TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN SPORT!

[@milamber319]

Look at the difference in money spend on ads between liberals and labour. Top spending per electorate and its mostly blue. That is why. A combination of corporate donations and media bias means the people who don't know or care only EVER see blue and the blue perspective. All they get told is that LNP is good on the economy and albo might be incompetant. I mean how many people have said "ALP" doesn't have any policy. They could release a policy every day of the week and people would still say that because it never gets reported on and they dont have the money for enough ads.

[@fredbloggs8369]

Gotchas are tiresome and jejune. I would prefer our media asked more probing questions about the respective parties' policies rather than this cheap point scoring. Do we really need our leaders to reel off every tenet of every policy encyclopaedically? Or would we rather talk about the philosophy and rationale underlying their policies?

[@raffg8185]

They asked him a direct question about his own policy ? He should have some idea and be able to reply .

[@hamc9477]

@@raffg8185 why? Do you know every little piece of data you need to do your job?

[@tripledigit4835]

@@raffg8185 Raff G “name every task that’s you’ve done at your work in the past week?” You think that is a relevant or honest question? A better question would be “what importance is there to your job, why is what you do better than what other workers do?”

[@Mitchob1012]

Gotcha questions I have no issue with - when learning news media you are taught to hold people like these to count after all. But the same standard isn't being set with Morrison, especially to this extent.

[@furjer695]

To count?

[@kevildub]

@@furjer695 you're holding him to account there.

[@tonybloomfield5635]

It actually is. The difference is that Morrison can answer them.

[@skazka3789]

Finally the ABC allows open comments. It's a miracle

[@lezzman]

I retired from the radio journalism game long ago but my 20 years of asking questions from the subject taught me that the audience want to hear from the target, not the journo. These days it's all live crosses direct from the court-house where the verdict was handed down eight hours earlier, or outside the abandoned offices of the estate agent who ripped off the retirement savings of pensioners or discovering a political leader who didn't memorise paragraph 13, line 5 from Hansard 1998 edition or doesn't know the price of a litre of milk. The main aim of the game is to get the shot of yourself walking towards the camera and espousing whatever tedious point you're trying to make while announcing your name and getting it supered along with your email and twitter handle on the bottom third of the screen.

[@DanielVisOneCade]

Well these days Journos can become head liner's themselves or at the very least influencers & put a $ figure to their (insert social media here) for branding purposes. It's a dog's game where if you howl the loudest you win. I don't think anyone would mind even in the slightest a little retrograde here back to some actual factual unbiased journalism where the question matter's as much as the answer. With a lot less time spent on who did the asking or who put forward the answer. Those parts have more to do with the follow up if it for some reason moves towards a criminal issue not a public information one.

[@EstaviusMarx]

This is too accurate!!

[@andrewmeiklem5098]

people won't forget how disingenuous the MSM has been to us. we see you.

[@Jen-eo1fh]

How often do we see journalists reading a question from their mobile phone? Can’t they remember their own question? I have no respect for mainstream journalism.

[@Reoh0z]

These gotcha "sensationalism" moments are distracting from useful journalism.

[@melaleucam8]

Basil Zempilas somehow the most sensible person in the room

[@WilliamJasonSherwood]

Is it that ScoMo remembers the details, or is it that ScoMo is given a heads up to the questions?

[@dominorollingthundermusic3817]

Idk... but it is a well known fact that pathological liars have better memories -they train their brains from early on -they have to remember all the lies they've told in order to avoid being caught out & thus usually better memories overall... That's a possible explanation...

[@Phoniq]

Morrison doesn’t get hounded like Albo. He’s paid them off

[@stevenguegens7047]

What about LEIGH SALES INTERVIEW with SCOTT MORRISON the whole INTERVIEW was just a PERSONAL ATTACK on SCOTT MORRISON NOTHING about POLICIES Or anything ELSE. The ABC wants the LABOR PARTY to WIN because THEY know that they are getting MORE MONEY from the LABOR PARTY

[@Phoniq]

@@stevenguegens7047 sure it was an ok performance but she had plenty of opportunities to slam him on his shite but she didn’t.

[@stevenguegens7047]

@@Phoniq obviously YOU didn't see the INTERVIEW LEIGH SALES with SCOTT MORRISON because SHE WENT at HIM ON a PERSONAL ATTACK for the WHOLE 20 MINUTES and SHE DIDN'T ASK ABOUT any POLICIES it was just a DISGRACEFUL PERSONAL ATTACK

[@Phoniq]

@@stevenguegens7047 I saw it and I guess it’s up to interpretation. Easy on the caps eh.

[@picturepainter]

Earlier in the campaign the media were getting worked up about Albanese not knowing the official unemployment figure. If the official unemployment figure is not the TRUE unemployment figure - which is probably a bit higher - why should it even matter? If a maths teacher can't recite the value of pi to twenty decimal places as soon as you ask them, does that mean they can't do their job? Hardly.

[@DanielFreakinAwesome2]

8:20 This guy is an absolute joke. I've had nothing but Anti Labor ads in my mail box. Nothing from Labor at all.

[@Soxial_credits]

I feel bad for Albanese as most of the media hates him.

[@stevenguegens7047]

The ABC loves Albanese As they have been promised more money from the Labor party and look at Leigh Sales interview with Scott Morrison couple of weeks ago THERE WAS NOTHING ABOUT what POLICIES the LIBERAL PARTY were going to BRING IN IT was just a PERSON ATTACK on SCOTT MORRISON HIMSELF...The LOWEST FORM of JOURNALISM OUT 💯💯 percent 👎😔

[@ytubepuppy]

Seems as thought the Australian press is there to hear what they want to hear. Asking a question then interrupting while the person tries to answer. I agree, "Cheap & Nasty"....and typical.

[@lesleydavidgray9160]

I hate how everyone calling politicians by a nickname when we are voting for them to run our country.

[@ChantalsBackPain]

It's worse when scomo made up his nick name ,yet ALBO s was started yrs ago by his work mates .

[@TMWriting]

I would much rather a politician HAVE detailed policies than be able to recall them perfectly at a moment’s notice.

[@PinataOblongata]

Would've been nice to show Bandt's whole response there - it wasn't as glib as just "Google it" - that was a strong start and then he went on to make the same points made in this piece about that style of journalism. To be fair, I do think Zempilas had a point (shudder) that you can't equate all these points of information, and while a constantly shifting number might be hard to always be across and recall, key points to any plan should be simple and readily remembered. You could at least say "I'm not going to rattle-off every point, but the most important few points are X, Y and Z" - not just we'll put people at the centre - HOW exactly will you do that? All of Labor's policies are like this - grand and vague with very little in the way of specific, actionable promises they can be held to. Meanwhile, the Greens have figures and detail on the same policy areas.

[@ReddRubble]

His response was like 5 minutes. It's a 20min program

[@milamber319]

Go to the website and actually read what the plans are. They are more specific than any LNP plan which is basically "we will do nothing because thats going so well right now that we can't afford to which is *costed*." No what the issue with labors policy is is that it is either not reported on but is only ever reported on by someone who then asks "how are you paying for this" The one that sh*ts me up the wall the most is the "where are you going to get all these nurses from"....as if somehow the reason we have not got them is in no small part because of LNP incompetance towards the aged care sector. Especially during the pandemic. Why is it a surprise that itll take many years and many millions in investment to bring those workers back and train more?

[@elgransenor1472]

Absolutely lowest common denominator journalism Pathetic

[@mathewpoole3589]

The current political ad campaigns being pushed, reminds me a lot of what happened with Gillard. A lot of BS, half truths, and exaggerated facts that are largely irrelevant or misleading. Shame they can't just run on policy and agenda.

[@MartinOlminkhof]

Poor Albo is expected to memorize everything

[@ThexBorg]

Shouty Scott… How can Albo reply when the parrots in the media pack yell over him.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Sewer journalism

[@gorillaau]

ShowMo?

[@dionsampson2149]

Boohoo poor Amphony.

[@ThexBorg]

@@dionsampson2149 Yeah, and he won the debate.

[@gipsi2001]

@@ThexBorg was it about winning?

[@kais2345]

We elect a party, not a person. Upon the conclusion of an election the PM isn't placed into a sealed box to lead, they have access to extremely skilled teams that are experts on the various policies. When you see a GP, they can sort out the general stuff but if you have a specific requirement, you see the specialist. It's the same here, if you need the nitty gritty details then talk to the person who's entire job is dealing with them or at least don't be surprised if the PM needs to refer to notes!

[@haruchai]

Isn't "cheap and nasty" an apt description for most media these days? They seem more concerned with peddling opinion pieces as "news" than facts. But it has to be said they go hand in hand with politicians who would probably win the gold medal if there were a cheap and nasty event at the Olympics.

[@betula2137]

I wonder if it's possible Media Watch could flash on part of the screen a little verdict from a reputable fact-check (like RMIT ABC) when a claim which is dodgy is discussed, just to viewers have a little idea to start searching up, or get at least a tiny rethink if one was fooled previously.

[@Reoh0z]

Political advertising, the time we need truth in advertising the most is where its not protected.

[@janieoak9920]

So sick and tired of these so called journalists.

[@shivagoundan8886]

If only I had seen the same energy when homeboy didn't know the price of bread or fuel. Not an intricate policy there, just common knowledge for a man supposedly representing the people.

[@reneschneiderAustralia]

I would hope the ABC can do a story on the discrimination of Assistance Dogs under the NDIS! I am battling in the AAT for 12 months now and we argue another 6 months at least. Think of all that lawyers costs that taxpayer has to pay instead of giving me the $1500.-!

[@Ausf]

Or just buy your own anxiety dog? It's not just you. If every nutjob got $1,500 there'd be nothing left for people that actually need it.

[@jheden9386]

This is why it’s important for Albo to know the policy points, because they’re advocating for it

[@reneschneiderAustralia]

@@Ausf what a smart comment. I have my dog for 6-years now and you don't know my circumstances. I don't need your comment. Bother someone else!

[@Ausf]

@@reneschneiderAustralia I don't need to know your circumstances to know your type. So you have a dog, don't need the money, but refuse to just buy one yourself. You're prepared to waste everyone's time and money, and then you have the nerve to play victim, and expect Aunty to take your side and do a sympathy piece on you. Hilarious.

[@reneschneiderAustralia]

@@Ausf you are wrong with every sentence you said and you cannot read lol

[@pat8295]

Significant difference between how Morrison 'handles' journalists and how Albanese gets caught short by them: the journalists are out to get Albo while ignoring Morrison's gaffes which are legion.

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

There's floods, fires, etc... and a Coalition that doesn't still really believe in Climate Change. Hi Barnaby!

[@MajesticFella]

Keep it up, Team!! Your work is top shelf, and makes me breathe easier each week THANK YOU 🙏🏻

[@drewtaylor6982]

Why does Albo need to know every statistic .

[@AlbertXuY]

Cheap and nasty Gov. And clown.

[@chanteld9138]

Journalism is supposed to be about giving information to the public, not for doing whatever it is they're doing now. And then journalists are surprised when no one minds all that much that they're subject to job cuts. When you become "Shouty guy memory recall test" season 42, episode 3, I don't mind so much if they cancel your show. I'm tired of it.

[@donna25871]

Is anyone actually paying attention to this election campaign?

[@toogaytofunction3029]

Even paying attention to the meta, like this video, is a bit much. I want an ICAC, and not a facebook comments section. Yawn.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Yes but I am particularly interested in the teal candidates

[@godamid4889]

@@haruhisuzumiya6650 why? You only have to be interested in the one in your electorate. The teal candidates will be toothless tigers on national plans.

[@weburnitatbothends]

"Hard Quiz moment", send in Tom Gleeson! Please!!!

[@Lilly-vz2un]

Thanks for playing hard!

[@itookallthenames]

Out!

[@ozzybloke4830]

How anyone can believe anything Scamo says is beyond me, he'll never admit anything even when its caught on camera.

[@russellmiles2861]

We have all seen Jim Hackers advice on answering journalists questions. How is ScoMo any different from other professional politicians?

[@ChantalsBackPain]

@@russellmiles2861 lies he lies and then lies about lying even when the lies are clearly caught on camera. Show me one lie told by albo and I will show you 20 by morrison.

[@russellmiles2861]

@@ChantalsBackPain I see no particular reason why a lier can’t be Prime Minister.

[@michelledavies2197]

Exactly

[@asheronwindspear552]

@@russellmiles2861 o, if I win I promise you one million dollars to support your local community... not wait that's a lie, I'm going to give that money to my friends electorate instead. THAT'S why you shouldn't elect a LIAR because this is also a brief summation of what the LNP did with the sporting grants.

[@dressydressy6246]

Why wouldnt we trust Albo with the recovery? Is that an admission from the Lib's that they have mismanaged the economy?

[@zebulunashcroft6623]

It's sort of corny, but Morrison is the closest political leader I've seen in character to the fictional Frank Underwood... That last ad of his, the one listing off the perils currently facing Australia, reminds me of the sinister intent behind the scene in house of cards when Frank and Claire announce they are taking the country to war, just to keep themselves in power. To distract the country from their sins... In this case, the ad is almost a listicle of their sins, and failures, presented duplicitously as an example of Morrison's leadership, while stoking fear in the national atmosphere. These strike me as being much scarier times than any of us really understand. And our leaders, or the institutions they control, at the brink of collapse.

[@craigtribolet7266]

I love the attack add was from the Liberal Party and without the Nationals neither party can win office. More Australians vote Labor Party every election so ScoMo has to admit he is beholden to the Nationals

[@nevillewran4083]

Big change from when the Country Party held 40% of coalition seats in the 50s & 60s. They got the deputy PM's job automatically, primary industry, often trade and more than their fair share of cabinet positions. Now they're a rump party pandering to dinosaurs who still think it's the 50s. No wonder modern Libs hate them.

[@SimpPro101]

I love you Media Watch Guy!

[@beesplaining1882]

Scomo can rattle off points by memory but is a shit PM so I'm not put off by Albos stumble.

[@johney3734]

i did not know they air reporter questions... i have not seen it yet but i hate getting talk from a polly and i dont know what was asked/... you know polly spin!! they dont answer the question 95% of the time so good luck figuring it out

[@AusMarineRobotics]

Interesting reporting but only because this same soul-searching by the ABC wasn't done when gottcha questions are directed at coalition candidates. It's BIAS stoopid - that's why people are sick of the media no matter how hard Paul tries to convince us otherwise.

[@godamid4889]

Isn't it though, Paul? The lowest form of journalism? Gotcha journalism. Like when ACA would corner some battler. And the ABC have been running the line that Albo is gaffe laden. Are you doing anything about that problem in your own organisation, Paul? Because if you are not, then the one source of journalism that could reliably inform voters of the actual policies of the candidates is failing it's duty.

[@RayneOfSalt]

What, exactly, do you think the host of a single show can do about a board and ceo hand-picked from murdoch/stokes people by Scotty Who Got Fired From Marketing and his band of vile rorters? Beyond pointing it out to those of us who don't live behind the curtain, that is. Do you also demand that cashiers at maccas fight to overturn the actions of the corporate management?

[@godamid4889]

@@RayneOfSalt I'm not seeing a lot of Leigh Sales or David Speers on here. I would expect Macca's workers to strike if they knew they were being asked to serve spoilt food.

[@godamid4889]

@@RayneOfSalt any other four year old, "I can't find my shoes!" types of questions? Any other mealy mouthed excuses to sit by and watch it all happen? Any other blind eyes to turn? Surely you heard Paul talk up how Albanese is not media savvy and prone to gaffes? I expect more from this show, the ABC. Guys like Paul are letting me down.

[@RayneOfSalt]

@@godamid4889 the only thing related to a 4 year old here is your incredibly childish responses. Any other ad hominems you want to launch rather than actually answer the question?

[@godamid4889]

@@RayneOfSalt there was nothing infantile about my response. I don't have time for apologists for slipping standards who use the Nuremberg defense. You are a time waster and road block to effective democracy. Get out of the way.

[@gussyt1761]

Love Media Watch, brings everything back to Neutral in the world

[@bugsygoo]

When I watch media watch, I'm reassured that leaving was the right decision.

[@missellie8909]

We are all up to par on these grubby media gotcha moments,,, nothing can change our minds,, Albo is the one

[@toddleahy8002]

Pity nothing on mandates China or WEF ??

[@snakeobias]

thanks for the great video. I can use the first 12 minutes alone for class materials in not 1 but 3 of my upcoming political communication theory classes!

[@TJHofNZ]

It's not a gotcha - it's THEIR policy!

[@GarretKrampe]

"No one grants me freedom for I am a free Person" Christine Anderson 2022

[@gavinlenuzza748]

Attack ads need to be made illegal

[@sofascialistadankulamegado1781]

It’s not the prime ministers job to memorise details of every election policy. It is his job to visit and send assistance to disaster victims and to usher in a federal ICAC into corruption. It’s really what Australians should want out of this election. There’s enough money for everyone in the free market. But if you let corruption and disasters take that money away, we will have killed the economy Russia style.

[@mariasocorrocyarnold3225]

RESPECT NEVER GETS OUT OF STYLE. !

[@FeralCoot]

Early voter here: I knew who I was going to vote for and it definitely wasn't the media

[@MadCatLady28]

Main problem is political journos don't know shit about how policies affect people, which is why the electorate is largely bloody ignorant of the same damned thing. They aren't doing their job.

[@UberMick]

When a large company interviews for a new CEO, they are gonna ask all kinds of tricky questions which will include 'gotcha questions' because it's imperative for success that the person knows their shit, and the weak are weeded out. You are absolutely delusional if you think this same standard should NOT apply to politicians in an election lead up... Adam Bandt, while his 'google it mate' comment was kinda funny, also highlighted how some people defend this completely lazy and incompetent attitude that we are supposed to celebrate mediocrity, and half assed attitudes should be considered the new gold standard. This is why the political left is dangerous, this is why we need to ensure they and their ideologies that are incompatible with a functional society are removed from the government.

[@ThaneMonsters]

I like this news better then anything else

[@PennyEv4]

Why doesn't Albo just say 'details of the policy can be found at this website- I'm not getting bogged in the details'.

[@GlasgowCelticBhoy]

I actually wish he did know the points and then could waste the entire press conference going into intricate details for each point - no other reporter gets to ask a question - just in depth descriptions of the 6 points. Then at the end say "thank you to everyone, there is no more time for further questions - you can thank that reporter over there for his very specific question".

[@davidwilkie9551]

It's not about choosing who you think you understand, it's all about what you probably don't want to know, and don't want to tell anyone else that you Know.

[@siouxm2117]

But of course he was all prepared that day for questions on clean energy...quite an important thing to ask questions about.

[@Black_Kakari]

'The Great Debate' looks too American.

[@russellmiles2861]

I imagine journalists have all seen the late Jim Hacker former PMs advice on answer Journalist question - which is is to give the answer you choose and repeat that. So they play there own games. If only the 4th and 2nd estate would feel they had a function to serve the 3rd we may get somewhere Of course the issue is that We of the 3rd estate don’t like the 2nd being honest and kick them out if they say things like taxes may need to be raised, the Chinese are more a danger to themselves and we all smoke dope in The Day - especially the 4th estate and the judiciary.

[@gecko-sb1kp]

Thought my earphones were melting when I first tuned in...

[@gulabjamun173]

Love your work Paul and the team at Media Watch. Keep up the good work!

[@australianews]

The question was read from a mobile phone.

[@immanuelaj]

First time I've seen any of those political ads. I'm glad those social media algorithms know I don't want to see them!

[@KF-bj3ce]

It is a shame that the Labor Party can not muster new younger, sharp minded talent in to there ranks. The problem with the Australian political parties is that they recycle the same not so smart and some times arrogant people ( Chis Bowen ). the other problem is that smart out of the box thinking people are not wanted as they rock the boat which is so un-settling to the existing rank and file. Lets face it who the hell cares if it is liberal or labor they are so similar and often just not capable to run the country. How about a better democracy with the option to draw on clear thinkers when required and give the people a mechanism to intervene. I remember Abbots style, the 'Captains Pick' what that a lot of nonsense. Pity us to put-up with such mediocre talents. Really, we deserve a smarter Opposition Leader than Anthony Albanese.

[@bellabana]

I’d take an honest and genuine Albanese who actually cares about Australians over a smirking, incompetent liar like Morrison any day. Morrison who was missing in action during the bushfires, claimed it wasn’t a race or competition to buy enough vaccines, completely stuffed up the rollout of vaccines and antigen test, the appalling rorting of taxpayers money, refusing to implement an ICAC to hold politicians accountable, the list of his failures is endless. He not only lacks vision as a PM but he’s only interested in being re-elected not what’s best for the public, the most untrustworthy PM we’ve ever had in Australia.

[@markoshae5649]

Yes there needs to be reform in the Australia media. We need unbiased honest news, political diversity, real comedy with sole. The ABC needs to be re-invented.

[@zahrarazaei1623]

Labour win 🏆

[@aaronbennett80]

So when did we pass legislation making it illegal for politicians to write things down and read them out at a later time? Lazy journalism at its finest.

[@kenchristie9214]

Since the 90's I've had a lot of respect for Peter Van Onselen since the 90's when he was the press secret

[@nevillewran4083]

I remember when he played it very partisan in his newspaper articles. He may have had an insider's view when discussing the Liberal party, but I doubt anyone throws him a shred of gossip any more.

[@kenchristie9214]

@@nevillewran4083 Thank you for a politician's insight to the real Peter Ven Onselen. Having done my research, he is not the person I thought he was. That explains his regular appearances on Sky News. When Peter was a regular on ABC's 720 radio he appeared to be balanced and fair in his assessments of politics.

[@garyp4374]

The pandemic has cleaned up the environment so much and now these monstrous things are going to be back in the sky spewing out pollution so people can go on holidays

[@sofascialistadankulamegado1781]

I’m an aircraft enthusiast, but I agree with you almost totally. People shouldn’t be moving around the globe as much as they do. It’s a threat to our existence. Look at this pandemic as an example and previous pandemics as further support to my argument. All these pandemics spread via the airlines. SARS-cov-2 is bad, but when will there be one that is truly the modern plague? The pollution is definitely another factor that I only in the last 10 years took much more seriously. The jet engine is a marvel of engineering but I’m happy for it to be scrapped in favour of non-fossil fuelled solutions.

[@Fredrich342]

I'm no longer waiting for GRANT LOAN because I earn $29,700 every 10 days recently

[@floresdave9439]

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[@Jasmine-tz6ei]

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[@emilymartha8030]

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[@wealthonmars9549]

I have heard a lots about investments with Mr Mark Walter and how good he is, please how safe were the profits

[@successbooth8346]

@@wealthonmars9549 For me i have been working with him for a year and four months. And I have been getting my profits seems legit to me

[@michaelking8642]

History will not judge our journalists kindly.

[@cmac7348]

The prime ministers role is to over see that expert ministers in each sector have the details which he is being quizzed on. i'd never expect him to know every statistic only to have a rough understanding of each.

[@kennkoala]

What's Morrison's stance on media ownership? I'm certain those attacking Albanese are also in favour of setting up a media monopoly, with the eventuality that those at the top will direct government policy, both domestic and abroad.

[@theplettz4569]

ScoMo simply side-steps if can't answer a question. As seen in this vid, the journalists are acting like absolute grubs.