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October 2011

“Name Ten”: The journalism of Andrew Bolt

By Robert Manne

On 28 September 2011, Andrew Bolt was found to have committed an offence under section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. He had written two articles in the Herald Sun which had the capacity to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate members of the group about which he had written – a group Justice Bromberg called “light skinned Aborigines”. Bolt had not breached the Act because he h

October 2011

Trolling the Comments Box

By Monthly Wire

The Monthly’s website has welcomed a surge of new visitors and lively audience participation in response to a teaser posted on Monday regarding Anne Summers’ profile, “The Bolt Factor”. Thousands of readers have passed by, leaving in their wake a flurry of comments in support of Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt. Here are some highlights: Boilt [sic] makes perfect sense. And I’

October 2011

Editor’s Note: October issue (and the Bolt saga)

By Monthly Wire

Andrew Bolt refused to talk with Walkley Award-winning journalist Anne Summers for her profile in the October Monthly. That's not particularly surprising: many public figures recoil from in-depth profiles. But Bolt's response to a reference to his former fiancée, posted on our blog this week, was intriguing; denying that he has a former fiancée – for the record, we know he does – Bolt on Monday urged us to pulp

Andrew Bolt and the Making of an Opportunist

The Bolt Factor

By Anne Summers

At one minute past midnight on 30 August, Andrew Bolt posted the following tantalising words on his blog: “No politics until further notice. Principles to weigh up. Faith to keep. Sorry.” The usually prolific opinionator went on a one-man strike for 24 hours. His followers went berserk: “An Andrew Bolt blog without politics is like Masterchef without f

October 2011

Andrew Bolt Profile in October issue

By Monthly Wire

Update: The first 1600 words of Anne Summers' profile of Andrew Bolt is now published online (subscription required to read the entire piece, at 6700 words).Update: 'Bolt an opportunist keen on Fox News, says writer' - Karl Quinn, the Age, Octob

The Road to the Apology

Sorry Business

By Robert Manne

Two pieces of evidence I stumbled upon shortly after reading the report had a particularly powerful effect on me. One was a passage from Margaret Tucker's autobiography, If Everyone Cared. As I know now but did not yet understand, Margaret Tucker had been one

Research Funding: The New Censorship

The Nelson Touch

By Gideon Haigh

Come only a little closer and the events loom far larger. For the last year, this apparent reopening of the History Wars across a broader front has been the number one topic of university hallway gossip. To use the expression of historian Stuart Macintyre, Nelson’s in