Cory Bernardi (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

There is another intellectual interjection from the other side! It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt. I would like to address two particular shows. One is Insiders, which I enjoy on Sunday mornings. It is meant to be fair and balanced. What I find slightly annoying about it is that of the three commentators that sit there, being normally journalists in the chairs, two are always left leaning—and that has been admitted—and one is deemed to be from the fair and balanced and moderate side of the political debate. Why are there always two left-leaning journalists and one moderate, fair and balanced person? I think that is a legitimate question that needs to be asked. A similar question could be asked about Q&A, which is another show that I enjoy on occasions, if only to see the hysterical claims of some of the more extreme members of the left commentariat. But, once again, there is always a preponderance of people on the panel who, it could be quite legitimately claimed, are of a left-leaning persuasion. When you have got three and sometimes 3½—