Tag: Gerard Henderson
Truth, what is that? Lessons for the media from Pell trial
Truth? What is that? Archbishop Fisher commends Gerard Henderson for putting on the record the facts of the Cardinal Pell pile-on
The devil was in the detail
Book review: Cardinal Pell, the media pile-on and collective guilt by Gerard Henderson
By John S Webster
A standard text in various school curricula is Reginald...
Book shatters the pretence in Pell affair
Reading Time: 4 minutesFormer Prime Minister John Howard has written he “never believed” the charges against Cardinal Pell in the foreword to a new book by Sydney Institute Executive Director Gerard Henderson. The book, Cardinal Pell, the Media Pile-on and Collective Guilt, forensically dissects and analyses the near-universal hostile reporting of the case by media […]
The hunting of an innocent man
Reading Time: 8 minutesGerard Henderson’s book analysing the influences at work in Cardinal Pell’s prosecution will be published in December. Here are some excerpts Paul Barry’s ABC Media Watch Cop-Out ABC TV’s Media Watch program commenced in 1989. Since then, all its presenters have been left-of-centre journalists, including such Pell-antagonists as David Marr and Richard […]