Andrew Bolt - is he a credible journalist?

[Media Park]

Is there anything that you have agreed with Straight Talker? Ever? In the world?

[straight talker]

yes that the gillard/green/independant led government is a disgrace and are going to ruin our country and cant seem to get anything correct.

[Media Park]

Well that's good to know...

[cripple]

Any chance you were at the Albanese rally today ST. Seemed like your kind of crowd. Particularly the goose who didn't like being called names all the while holding up a placard with the words Julia Gillard and the picture of a dog on it. Definite followers of the Bolt persuasion.

[straight talker]

Well that's good to know...

yes i guess yr correct you wouldnt have to be einstein to work that out would u??

[Gozu]

"When did Prime Ministers get so precious?":

So the PM threatened to sue News Ltd just because she was defamed. That blow to Andrew Bolt's freedom of speech hit Ben Pobjie hard. He wrote this as he weighed up his principles

But will it? Can anything be all right when we are subject, as supposed Australians, to the whims of a prime minister who thinks nothing of making savagely violent phone calls every time anyone so much as thinks about publishing false allegations of criminal behaviour against her. When did prime ministers get so precious?

But how can I? When the full might of the law, and the weight of the corrupt military-feminist complex, will be brought down upon my head if I step out of line? How can I service the public’s right to know? If this is the way our political and media landscape is going, there is a danger the electorate might never even KNOW when their elected representatives might possibly a couple of decades ago have slept in a house that may have been partially paid for by money obtained through illegal means that they had no idea about at the time.

http://newmatilda.com/2011/09/01/when-d ... o-precious

[Media Park]

Well that's good to know...

yes i guess yr correct you wouldnt have to be einstein to work that out would u??

That makes no sense, and you are a stroker.

I'd rather we trade you to another forum and get redandblack back...

[tipper]

Well that's good to know...

yes i guess yr correct you wouldnt have to be einstein to work that out would u??

That makes no sense, and you are a stroker.

I'd rather we trade you to another forum and get redandblack back...

X2, should we start a poll??

[straight talker]

what rock have you two been hiding under?? Have not heard from ys!?

[The Sleeping Giant]

Well that's good to know...

yes i guess yr correct you wouldnt have to be einstein to work that out would u??

That makes no sense, and you are a stroker.

I'd rather we trade you to another forum and get redandblack back...

Now now, let's not go crazy.

[best on hill]

he would have plenty of credibility from the right wingers on this site.
but i believe he has no credibility he only give his bias point of view to his articals, but what else would you expect from the paper media in this country or media in general.

[straight talker]

he would have plenty of credibility from the right wingers on this site.
but i believe he has no credibility he only give his bias point of view to his articals, but what else would you expect from the paper media in this country or media in general.

what are they only allowed to write things if juliar agrees and its nothing bad about her and her stinking labor party??

[Gozu]

"Essential: we trust Negus and Oakes, but who’s Andrew Bolt?":

We trust Laurie Oakes and George Negus to bring us the news. But not Alan Jones and Andrew Bolt.

And the news is worse for Bolt, the nation’s pre-eminent conservative crusader, with more than half of respondents to an Essential Research survey not knowing who he is.

Radio rabble-rouser and chief government critic Jones was the most disliked, with almost half saying they had little or no trust in the 2GB breakfast host. A third said they had no trust in him as a commentator whatsoever.

Bolt’s national TV profile — after quitting the ABC’s Insiders he now hosts a Sunday morning platform on Channel Ten — hasn’t done much to boost his fame: almost half (48%) said they didn’t know who he was.

Despite Tony Jones’ lower recognition factor, the ABC Q&A and Lateline host was third behind Oakes and Negus as the journalist or commentator most trusted. Grattan was fourth.

http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/05/ess ... drew-bolt/

[dedja]

he would have plenty of credibility from the right wingers on this site.
but i believe he has no credibility he only give his bias point of view to his articals, but what else would you expect from the paper media in this country or media in general.

what are they only allowed to write things if juliar agrees and its nothing bad about her and her stinking labor party??

Last time I checked the Prime Mimister has the same rights as every other Australian with regards to being on the receiving end of defamation. Should we all let Bolt write potentially defamatory articles just because he plays the martyr of free speech card?

He can write anything he likes as long as it's within the Law ... considering he's been subject to recent legal proceedings may suggest he's not sure where that line is.

Speaking of defamation, I'd like to see you, outside of the confines of anonymity behind a secret keyboard and forum identity, put your name to your comments on this site. All the gold bullion in the world would not be enough to cover the potential legal judgements against you.

But that's OK, be the world's moral political crusader in your own lunchtime if it makes you feel good.

[straight talker]

excuse me but i only write what i see on news and what is reported. I have only ever posted stuff that has already been mentioned. If it is the truth i see no harm in anyone printing anything do you?

[dedja]

Not true, you embellish any quotes from other sources with defamatory diatribe, from the coward's safety of an internet forum.

[straight talker]

and what do you do?? who gives you the rite to get into me?? im sure you have posted quotes from people who are no better than bolt in peoples minds but you dont care do you. You think your above everyone else so how about getting back on subject instead of attacking people who have an opinion on here whether its one you like or not we are all entitled to have one!

[dedja]

LOL, so you can attack others but can't handle it if the same treatment is afforded to you.

I don't care who or what you quote, hell, I even don't care if I don't agree with anything you post ... just don't add you childish, moronic statements which are highly offensive and defamatory and we'll all get along just fine.

The Prime Minister is Juila Gillard ... whilst you may not agree, that's her title which was obtained legally and without prejudice at the last Federal Election.

I also don't have to agree with what Andrew Bolt writes or says publicly ... he has every right to do so as he wishes as long as it abides by the laws of the land.

[straight talker]

so if you dont care who or what i quote then WHAT are you getting all upset by then?? Hell some of the things you obviously believe in i think is absolute rubbish but you are entitled to believe what you like whether anyone else does is up to the individual.

[dedja]

c'mon st, one issue at a time, concentrate solely on this one and nothing else for the moment.

With regards to the Prime Minister and her past relationship with a union official ... was she aware at the time of his activities?

One word answer please ... yes or no?