Talk:David Marr (journalist)
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[edit] Bias
Not all claims of David Marr's bias comes from the Murdoch press (eg: Miranda Devine).
Also PP McGuiness's first name is Padraic not Patrick.
- Possibly not the best example - AFAICT, when Marr became host of MW, Devine had only just finished a twelve-year stint at the (Murdoch-owned) Daily Telegraph. --122.105.39.105 (talk) 10:21, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Marr's criticism of ABC "notable"?
"His term as host was also notable for his frequent criticism of practices not only within the commercial media, but also within the ABC itself." - that was not my observation, quite the opposite. In fact he on occasion defended the ABC against allegations of bias, even calling the search for ABC bias "the tassie tiger of broadcasting" [1]. Evidence or citation that criticism of the ABC was "notable" (i.e. more than with other MW presenters) under Marr? Otherwise I propose removing that sentence. Rocksong 03:18, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yes I agree that the word is very arbitrarily used here. There is no evidence or reference that the ABC was criticised more or less during Marr's term compared with other presenters of the program. I really think that the Mediawatch program is not the simply the product of the presenter, who to some extent just reads the script. Last night Mediawatch were very critical of the ABC board's interference in the abandonment of Chris Master's book about Alan Jones. Does this mean that Monica Attard's term is also "notable" for criticism of the ABC? --Wm 03:55, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cash for Comments?
"In 2003 while Marr was presenter, it played an integral role in exposing radio commentators Alan Jones and John Laws in the cash for comment affair.". That's not correct, is it? The Cash for comment affair page says this happened in 1999.Rocksong 04:33, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
- The first scandal happened in 1999. The second scandal happened in 2003-04. The cash for comment article mentions this. Rebecca 05:06, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Yes, that's my point: Cash for comment affair article is basically correct; but the article here makes it sound like it all happened under David Marr. Rocksong 05:30, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Well, he was responsible for exposing them the second time, and it was this that led to his subsequent role in the Flint resignation. Rebecca 07:19, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Sexuality
Is he gay?
- Yes, he is gay. Slac speak up! 06:16, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
- There's a beautiful cite for it here. --144.53.251.2 (talk) 03:17, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
