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Paul Barry

@TheRealPBarry

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Investigative journalist and best-selling author. Host of ABC Media Watch. All views are my own. Retweets not necessarily endorsements.

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Paul Barry
5 years
This is what Fraser Anning’s right-wing lads did to the boy. #auspol #FraserAnning
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Sorry. No ⁦ @ABCmediawatch ⁩ for me this week. Broken hand and pelvis after a thoughtless driver backed into the road without looking and cleaned me up on my bike as I rode to work. Not sure when I’ll be good to go again. Soon, I hope.
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All those in the media who boosted #Lehrmann 's account -- and they know who they are -- must be dying of shame. Justice Lee has absolutely shredded his character and his evidence, caling it 'risible', 'an elaborate fancy' and 'a litany of lies'.
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4 years
Message to Media: Enough Bullshit. Read the evidence, believe the science, stop mucking about. This is what our BOM says of bushfires. 1. They're increasingly common 2. The fire season is getting longer. 3. Climate change is contributing.
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3 months
Wow. Brave work on the front line from the #ABC 's John Lyons. That's #journalism
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This journalist confronts Israeli armed forces shooting tear gas at Palestinian children going to school. The U.S. government funds this. #Gaza #Palestine #Iraq #Syria #Israel
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@CoaltrainHunter You ask: Do people still watch @ABCmediawatch ? They certainly do: 533,000 people tuned in on Monday in 5 big cities plus 261,000 in the regions. Easily the top TV program in its slot. Reach was 1.4million a/c to OzTam. And we’ll get many more on X and Facebook. Cheers!
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3 years
To all those who are asking … I’m back home and on the mend. Hobbling around on crutches but getting better every day. I hope to be back on ⁦ @ABCmediawatch ⁩ on Monday 30th. Thanks for all the good wishes.
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2 years
Fantastic news. Now we should pay him $1m for wrecking his life and career. 'Bernard Collaery’s leaking charges over East Timor operation dropped on Mark Dreyfus’ orders.'
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4 years
Brilliant, as always. Rob Sitch nails it.
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Working Dog
7 years
Everything you need to know about Australia's defence policy... #UtopiaABC
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3 years
Get him off. He’s far too good! Seriously, great job by Jeremy Fernandez on @ABCmediawatch tonight. Thanks and well done.
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4 years
Sorry to see you go Emma @albericie . You're a fine journalist and you've done some great work. Good luck in what will continue to be a fine career.
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Paul Barry
6 years
Tesla's SA battery 'saving millions' of $. I haven't seen this in the mainstream press but UK Independent has picked it up
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5 years
Isn't it wonderful that we have the AFP to protect us ... from finding out about Australia's alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. Is what cops are for?
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2 years
Horse Race Journalism. Prof Jay Rosen on how NOT to cover elections. Worth watching, folks.
@MediaAnalystOz
Media Analyst
2 years
2 1/2 minutes that sums up everything wrong with Australian political reporting In 2010 American professor Jay Rosen came to Australia and nailed it with "horse race journalism". His damning critique of Insiders, and Leigh Sales' defensive reaction, is worth it alone #auspol
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2 months
Lots of good reaction to tonight’s @ABCmediawatch Thanks to all our viewers. We do it for you.
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3 years
Wow. Watch this. @TurnbullMalcolm rips into News Corp and Paul Kelly. One for the ages.
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Mark Humphries
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Malcolm Turnbull slams The Australian's Paul Kelly over News Corp's position on climate change.
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Still waiting for The Australian to publish this letter to the Editor re Monday's @ABCmediawatch . Or to respond.
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Why did so many in the media savage Rudd not Trump for this? Did they all pile into the Pope when Trump took aim at him? A lot of poor reporting and commentary.
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Paul Barry
4 years
If you haven't seen it already, put Sunday 20 September in your diary for Pt1 of The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty. ABC at 7.40pm. Excellent news.
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3 years
Fascinating #4corners tonight. Crazy stuff. Glad we got to see it. #vigilantejournalism my a**e
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18 days
That went well for #BruceLehrmann didn't it?
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Paul Barry
3 months
Thanks everyone. A lot of love for tonight’s program. Your support is great to have!
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Gerard Coutts
3 months
Thank god for you @TheRealPBarry and #ABCMEDIAWATCH @ABCmediawatch finally some accurate assessment! Go warriors! #media #politics
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Paul Barry
5 years
Bill Shorten today: "Labor will reverse Scott Morrison’s $83.7 million cut to the ABC and invest a further $60 million to grow our public broadcasters into the future.”
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Paul Barry
3 years
Watch this space!
@MrKRudd
Office of Kevin Rudd, 26th PM of Australia
3 years
This is a 100% lie from the Murdoch media’s Credlin. She accuses me of “data harvesting” from the petition. The truth: we chose the parliament’s own petition site which prevents any form of data harvesting. I await her apology on air.
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Paul Barry
5 years
So you think my make-up on @abcmediawatch this year looks a bit sh*t? This is what they're trying to hide. After 4 wks of radiation for skin cancer, my nose is ugly and sore. They're doing a brilliant job. As did everyone at Nelune Cancer Centre
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Well, if you need a massive comeback win, he's definitely your man.
@AlboMP
Anthony Albanese
7 months
It’s a Yes from @_nathancleary
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Paul Barry
4 years
This #Murdoch documentary looks like a ripper. Surely we sould see it in Australia?
@BBCTwo
BBC Two
4 years
Hugh Grant helped form a rebel alliance that dared to take on Rupert Murdoch. #TheRiseOfTheMurdochDynasty
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Paul Barry
4 years
Thanks for all the support from all you @ABCmediawatch watchers. It’s great to have you backing us up. Thanks. PB
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Lillibet Marie
4 years
@TheRealPBarry @ABCmediawatch Keep up the good work, Paul. #MediaWatch has never been needed so much.
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2 years
Good God. How can this possibly be justified?
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Khadija
2 years
Everyone switch on to Al Jazeera right now. This is one of the most horrifying things I’ve seen. IOF is attacking mourners carrying Shireen’s body from the hospital right now. They’re using stun grenades and tear gas and charging at them with horses and batons.
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Paul Barry
4 years
Come on folks. Get behind this. Stop this secret trial.
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Michelle Fahy
4 years
Drop the prosecution of Bernard Collaery and Witness K. Secret trials have no place in an open and democratic society such as Australia. FOLLOW:
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4 years
Remind me. What did Tony Abbott say in 2013? 'No cuts to the ABC or SBS'. ... So what happened? ... 'ABC loses $783m funding since 2014 when Coalition made its first cuts – report'
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Paul Barry
3 years
OMG. That is incredible. I thought it was a joke. What a great pic.
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DJ 🌻
3 years
Love this!! Taken with a rear facing camera on a bike helmet Photo credit :Monique Newton
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Paul Barry
4 years
Here's the verdict of a Nobel Prize winnig scientist. But, hey, why listen to him when you have all those media commentators?
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Paul Barry
5 years
Dear Mr Bolt, excuse my pathetic, evasive, deceptive hysteria, but may I suggest that we all listen to the science on global warming ... like this or this or this Yours, hysterically
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Paul Barry
4 years
Does @australian 's Johannes Leak set out to offend? This is truly awful. He should be ashamed of himself.
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Matt Bevan
4 years
I cannot believe* they keep publishing this guy's garbage.
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Paul Barry
18 days
Ooh, this has aged well hasn’t it?
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The Australian
21 days
Those claiming the high ground expose yet again the problem at the heart of the Higgins scandal, writes Janet Albrechtsen:
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Paul Barry
3 years
Thanks Jeremy. Break A Leg, as they say in showbiz. or, actually, maybe not. good luck!
@ABCmediawatch
Media Watch
3 years
We are pleased to announce that Jeremy Fernandez will be presenting Media Watch this week while we find a longer term fill in. It looks like Paul Barry will be off for around four weeks. Thanks for all the kind and supportive words we have received for him. #MediaWatch
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Paul Barry
3 years
Not again! '90% of the funded projects were in targeted or Coalition-held seats'
@MSMWatchdog2013
NOT a Canberra Bubbler 🌲🌏🌲
3 years
The Auditor-General has delivered a scathing report over Morrison govt’s administration of $711 million Commuter Car Park Projects fund, finding almost 90% of the funded projects were in targeted or Coalition-held seats None of the 47 car park projects were chosen by the dept.
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Paul Barry
5 years
The Irish Times brands Andrew Bolt at al ‘bargain bin cranks ... hurtling towards ... obsolescence’ “Why is Greta Thunberg so triggering for certain men?”
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Paul Barry
3 years
Alan Jones has been dumped from his @dailytelegraph column after @ABCmediawatch exposed the dangerous nonsense spouted by him and @CraigKellyMP . More to come on Monday!
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Paul Barry
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Seriously??? Please tell that to the families of the 35 people killed and 23 injured at Port Arthur.
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Hugh Riminton
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The October 9 pro-Palestine protests at the Sydney Opera House were “akin to a Port Arthur moment in terms of their social significance” to Australia, declares #PeterDutton [Note: 35 people, including children, were murdered at Port Arthur].
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Paul Barry
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This is beyond appalling. So glad that @friendlyjordies is safe. It’s a badge of courage if you’ve pissed off someone like that so much. I hope the @nswpolice find the person who did it and they go to jail for a long time.
@XDlawyers
XD LAW
1 year
We confirm that Jordan Shank’s home was firebombed last night.He is safe. We hope that every possible police resource is dedicated today to securing evidence and intel. It might even warrant a Strike Force focused upon terrorism and attempted homicide rather than dangerous jokes.
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Paul Barry
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Our FOI laws are just a joke. No freedom, no inforrmation. So easy to keep things secret ... 'Taylor's office refuses to release majority of City of Sydney travel claim documents' via @smh
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Paul Barry
2 years
Hi all. I'm going to take a break from Twitter. Back in Jan. Have a great break, everyone.
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4 years
IDIOTS
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4 years
This account has 1 follower. Has only ever tweeted once (this tweet). Has no picture. And lots of numbers in the handle.
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Katherine
4 years
#mediawatch as a regular ABC listener, I saw tonight’s episode as self indulgent, self important and totally biased. Unworthy of the high standard of journalism you purport
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Paul Barry
2 months
Wow. Proud of the ruins?
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Lowkey
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"I am personally proud of the ruins of Gaza, and that every baby, even 80 years from now, will tell their grandchildren what the Jews did." May Golan, Israeli Minister of Social Equality & Women's Advancement
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Murdochs fold again. So much for the Fox 'victory' that commentators have talked about. And yes, for sake of transparency, I am a Crikey shareholder. 'Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation proceedings against independent Australian publisher Crikey'
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Paul Barry
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I wonder if the ATO is watching the #BruceLehrmann defo trial. But no doubt he would have declared it.
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Russell Drysdale :I Still Stand With Brittany
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@Qldaah @mmbrenn @TheRealPBarry @Channel7 Over half of working Australians do not earn $2500 per week, let alone get it under the table.
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5 years
Having told climate scientists not to let the media get away with printing crap ... I felt I had to follow my advice. Here's my email to Andrew Bolt and the editors of @dailytelegraph and @theheraldsun .
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Paul Barry
3 years
Bingo!
@SkyNewsAust
Sky News Australia
3 years
As long as the ABC runs a show like Media Watch with Paul Barry, it is “misusing your hard-earned tax dollars,” according to Sky News host Chris Kenny.
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5 years
Tell us what you really think! Climate Council CEO calls Scott Morrison's PM speech 'Colossal Bullshit'.
@climatecouncil
Climate Council
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[MEDIA RELEASE] Morrison’s Colossal Bullshit
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Paul Barry
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Wow. What a victory. #BRS defo action knocked out on all counts. Nice work from #JusticeBesanko . Brilliant job by @Ageinvestigates #NickMcKenzie and #ChrisMasters , 2 of Australia's finest journos. And from all at @Ninecomau who backed them to the hilt.
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Paul Karp
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#breaking Justice Besanko: "In light of my conclusions, each proceeding must be dismissed." - BRS out in straight sets. #auspol #auslaw
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4 years
This is absolutely disgraceful.
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Paul Barry
3 years
Good work by @sunriseon7
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Sunrise
3 years
Here's what happened when we fact-checked some of Health Minister @GregHuntMP 's claims in this morning’s interview about Australia's vaccine rollout.
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Media being attacked. I never thought this sort of thing would happen in Australia. Horrible and disturbing. YouTuber Friendlyjordies ‘under police protection’ year after house fire
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Paul Barry
4 years
Paris Street, the boy at the centre of the @4Corners #StKevins story, hits back at Andrew Bolt and Gerard Henderson. Read it.
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Paul Barry
3 years
Damn right. Time for a media watchdog with bite. ACMA is toothless. If Sky can put Jones’ dangerous stuff to air, what can’t you put on Australian TV?
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Paul Barry
3 years
So why can’t people reply @paulfletcher ? Not prepared to have this debated by the people you represent?
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Paul Fletcher
3 years
Today I have written to ABC Chair Ita Buttrose with questions concerning the Four Corners program “Inside the Canberra Bubble” that was broadcast on 9 November 2020.
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Paul Barry
5 years
This is brilliant. Putting Obama and Trump side by side. OMG.
@jimmykimmel
Jimmy Kimmel
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We mashed up @BarackObama ’s Bin Laden speech with @RealDonaldTrump ’s al-Baghdadi speech, and the results are amazing
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Paul Barry
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This from the head of UNICEF
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Catherine Russell
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More than 420 children are reportedly being killed or injured in Gaza every day – a number which should shake each of us to our core. Read my full statement at the @UN Security Council today:
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Paul Barry
5 years
Excellent.
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nzherald
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'Egg Boy' to donate money raised for him towards victims of Christchurch terror attack
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So who is the 7 reporter who used the company credit card to buy two $1000 Thai masseuses during Spotlight interview negotiations? DM me if you have evidence or knowledge. Do NOT toss out names in public
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Paul Barry
5 years
Whoops, Barnaby. Time to lay off the red or get new glasses. This ain't ABC I'm afraid.
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Barnaby Joyce
5 years
Golly gosh wow wee ABC’s Vote Compass rates Labor as “provide detailed polices likely to make meaningful progress against issues” on? Everything!!! We are all so lucky that they are so balanced and funded by? All of us!!! Thank you ABC Vote Labor Compass
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4 years
Worth watching this.
@climatecouncil
Climate Council
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Climate change is not only making conditions hotter and drier, it's also decreasing the number of days it's possible to do fuel reduction. Listen to the science and the experts, not the furphies. @Barnaby_Joyce @CharisChang2 @MaxKoslowski @dlmcculloch @emritchiejourno #NSWfires
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He must be brainwashed, mentally ill or manipulated by adults. Oh, he's 93. Well, clearly not a scientist. Oh. Um ...
@newscomauHQ
news.com.au
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Living treasure and ecowarrior Sir David Attenborough has unleashed a scathing attack on Australia, saying we “don’t give a damn” about the world. He has also taken a swipe at @ScottMorrisonMP .
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Paul Barry
4 years
This secret trial is a scandal.
@XDlawyers
XD LAW
4 years
We posted a picture yesterday of individuals appearing for the defence in the Bernard Collaery trial. We have been advised that media and others are not allowed to publish such material. Deleted. The darkness descends. The secret trial continues.
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Paul Barry
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This is great.
@PhysInHistory
Physics In History
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The science of global warming beautifully and simply explained by Dr. Carl Sagan, ca. 1985.
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3 years
Wow. Thanks for all the good wishes. I’m lucky. It could have been so much worse. Brain appears to be intact. And probably no long term damage.
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Paul Barry
5 years
Just watched the AFP raiding ABC News. Who's next folks? Oh yeah, and nothing to do with the government of course.
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Paul Barry
2 years
2 weeks wall-to-wall media coverage coming up?
@JoshButler
Josh Butler
2 years
Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells just launched an incredible attack on PM Scott Morrison and Alex Hawke in the Senate - says Morrison is “not fit to be Prime Minister” and claims he and Hawke “destroyed the Liberal Party in NSW”
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Hi @BevanShields , @Peter_Fitz , maybe you’d like to give the recording to @ABCmediawatch . We can be the umpire.
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Paul Barry
3 years
Don't miss this @4corners on Monday
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Paul Barry
4 years
Seriously???? This is @australian 's contribution to the debate? God help us.
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The Australian
4 years
Bureau of Meteorology ‘cooling the past to declare record heat’
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Paul Barry
2 months
Incredible stuff. Hard to believe.
@BlueATLGeorgia
Blue Georgia
2 months
Jimmy Kimmel Pranking Trumpers in South Carolina.
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Paul Barry
3 years
CORRECTION: The people of America decided. Did you miss that bit?
@SkyNewsAust
Sky News Australia
3 years
There is great concern for the impact on democracy when TV networks can “just decide ‘this guy’s president,’” according to Sky News host @pwafork .
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Wow. Big story! Thanks #SkyNews
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Sky News Australia
3 months
Jennifer Lopez has appeared to have an on-air mishap with a hair extension during a high-energy dance routine on 'Saturday Night Live'.
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4 years
'You are a climate denier': Craig Kelly in car crash British TV interview over bushfire crisis via @smh
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Paul Barry
5 years
And not just in Canberra. In the media too ... David Attenborough says it's 'extraordinary' climate deniers are in power in Australia
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Paul Barry
3 months
And the ABC for letting us do so. Don’t forget that please.
@MichaelWestBiz
💧Michael West
3 months
Props to @TheRealPBarry and #mediawatch . No other media would have the integrity and courage to hold their own management to account as #ABC has done with @antoinette_news #auspol
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Sorry folks, but no @ABCmediawatch for me tonight. Look what I picked up. @JohnBarronUSA will be in the chair, doing a great job.
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