[csaa-forum] the 'left leaning' Bolt

[langley timmy]

 hi Louise, 
thanks for the reference. a number of things interest
me here:
1. why is his past as media adviser to bob hawke in
the bulletin article referred to so fleetingly? bolt
argues in a number of interviews that he is a voice of
the centre, against both the extreme left and right,
so any reference to this past would seem to support
this position. (if anyone has information about this
aspect of his career could they please let me know).
2. it is interesting that this aspect of his past is
not mentioned in the right wing think tank interviews
but is in the 'popular' bulletin. this suggest he
doen't have to try and convince other conservatives of
his impartiality.
3. in relation to the bulletin article, i assume bolt
wouldn't be too happy with it. miranda devine, who
wasn't interviewed, was given a number of pages, while
bolt, who was interviewed, was given only a tiny
space.
cheers tim.
phd student
edith cowan university perth

 North <northlouise at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> Hi Tim,
> An industry connection mentioned Bolt's role with
> the Hawke government; and 
> I have since found a reference for you.
> Journalist Patrick Carlyon refers to the fact in a
> Bulletin article on 
> 24/11/04 "Upright for the uptight".
> Hope this helps.
> Cheers,
> Lousie
> 
> >From: langley timmy <timmylangley at yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: CSAA discussion list
> <csaa-forum at lists.cdu.edu.au>
> >To: CSAA discussion list
> <csaa-forum at lists.cdu.edu.au>
> >Subject: RE: [csaa-forum] the 'left leaning' Bolt
> >Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 00:23:21 +0000 (GMT)
> >
> >dear Louise,
> >i am interested in where you read that andrew bolt
> >worked as an adviser for bob hawke. i have read a
> >number of interviews with bolt (by right wing think
> >tanks) and he has never said he has worked for
> hawke
> >or anything associated with the left (although he
> did
> >have an aboriginal friend when he was a schoolboy,
> and
> >his parents are dutch immigrants: so he can't be a
> >racist, and he knows what it's like to assimilate).
> >this lack of any left wing association in bolt's
> >interviews may not be surprising, at first, as it
> >could be seen as an embarrassment. however, as a
> >spectacle of right as you rightly point out, he
> would,
> >like all the other right wing media personae, use
> that
> >left wing past to support his position. for
> example,
> >keith windschuttle constantly proclaims he use to
> be a
> >communist until he 'grew up' (his words) and found
> the
> >truth (that white settlers in tasmania were victims
> of
> >murderous aborigines; aboriginal culure was
> >disfunctional and doomed to failure); the
> statistician
> >turned 'sceptical environmentalist' Bjorn Lomborg
> >constantly proclaims his greenie past until he
> found
> >the truth (or a market outside statistics).
> >the left wing past of these commentators is an
> >important element of their image.
> >could you please direct me to the reference to
> bolt's
> >left wing past, as bolt (and other press
> commentators
> >like him) is 'phenomena' i'm researching.
> >cheers tim
> >
> >--- Louise North <northlouise at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have been watching the flow of emails that the
> > > Bolt story has generated on
> > > this list and of course, it has become 'talk' in
> > > both industry and academic
> > > circles.. and having a foot in both camps, I
> have to
> > > wonder if we (the CSSA
> > > community) is missing the point about one aspect
> of
> > > the Andrew Bolt
> > > phenomena. I am told that Bolt worked as an
> advisor
> > > to Bob Hawke and so
> > > perhaps his current right wing diatribe is more
> > > about finding a high profile
> > > niche in News Ltd, than actually believeing what
> he
> > > writes: ie. he is
> > > prostituting himself for the sake of notoriety
> and
> > > career progression.
> > > I'd say that Bolt is/has surveyed the columnist
> > > scene and has become the
> > > John Laws of print....
> > > Just some thoughts, perhaps the list already
> knows
> > > of Bolt's 'left' leaning
> > > past.
> > > Louise North
> > >
> > > >From: Dr Laurie DUGGAN <l.duggan1 at uq.edu.au>
> > > >Reply-To: CSAA discussion list
> > > <csaa-forum at lists.cdu.edu.au>
> > > >To: csaa-forum at lists.cdu.edu.au
> > > >Subject: [csaa-forum] the Bolt issue cont'd
> > > >Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:13:04 +1000
> > > >
> > > >Some pretty good points from Christian McCrea.
> > > Oddly enough I've used the
> > > >opposite self-defensive tactic. As soon as I
> had a
> > > tenuous connection with
> > > >a university I introduced myself as a 'student'
> or
> > > an 'academic' rather
> > > >than as a 'writer'.
> > > >
> > > >Laurie
> > > >
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