To bell the cat: To undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group.
So that this does not become a pissing competition and miss the point altogether, this post is an attempt to capture all of the articles and posts that have challenged Tony Abbott’s merry dance with the truth. Posts from bloggers are marked in this colour. I’ve included those that I’ve noticed – let me know in the comments or on Twitter any other examples and I will include them:
- George Megalogenis, 29 Sept 2012: Abbott doesn’t want to look at the bigger picture
- Dennis Atkins, 15 Sept 2012: Abbott needs his old candour back
- Peter van Onselen: Is Tony a one-trick pony?
- Dennis Atkins, 25 August 2012: Rhetoric rides unbridled as Tony Abbott is obsessed with polls
- Lenore Taylor: Lack of carnage Abbott’s inconvenient fiscal truth
- Laurie Oakes, 25 August 2012: Have you heard the one about the politician who lies?
- Michelle Grattan, 24 August 2012: Is Abbott on thin ice? Absolutely
- Laura Tingle, 24 August 2012: Move forward – there’s no going back
- David Penberthy, 24 August 2012: Abbott mines a rich vein of rank opportunism
- Phillip Coorey: Abbott having it both ways on BHP
- Leigh Sales interview with Tony Abbott, 22 August 2012
- Mark Latham, 16 August 2012: Media double standard giving Abbott a free ride
- Jon Faine, 14 August 2012: Nauru processing ‘good policy’ says Tony Abbott
- Ad Astra, 13 August 2012: Journalists awake! You know Tony Abbott is conning you
- Dennis Atkins, 11 August 2012: It’s game on for Gillard holding the deck
- Tim Dunlop, 9 August 2012: If Tony Abbott didn’t exist, the media would have to invent him
- GrogsGamut / Greg Jericho, 1 Feb 2012: The analysis void in political journalism
- Paul Kelly, 9 November 2011: Super backflip breaks dam for Abbott
- Laurie Oakes, 5 November 2011: Mining tax has exposed Abbott
- Laura Tingle, 28 October 2011: Labor hopeless, Abbott a hollow man
- Drag0nista, 23 October 2011: Is the tide turning for Tony Abbott?
- Lenore Taylor, 21 October 2011: Ignore all facts and just run with the bluster
- Andrew Probyn, 21 October 2011: Future not so simple for Abbott
- Shaun Carney, 21 October 2011: Blood oath reality is taking Abbott out of comfort zone
- Annabel Crabb, 26 July 2011:Freed from facts Abbott goes ballooning
- Lainie Anderson: 17 July 2011: Lying is bad, distorting the truth is even worse
- Bernard Keane, 9 March 2011: Tony Abbott debates Tony Abbott on climate change
- GrogsGamut/Greg Jericho, 18 May 2010: Because his lips are moving
- GrogsGamut/Greg Jericho, 7 January 2010: Abbott makes life easy for Rudd
- GrogsGamut/Greg Jericho, 10 December 2009: Tony Abbott gets it wrong
