ABC's Insiders drops conservative commentator Gerard Henderson

  • 📰 smh
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 51 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 24%
  • Publisher: 80%

Australia Headlines News

Australia Latest News,Australia Headlines

Conservative commentator Gerard Henderson has been dropped as a panellist from ABC’s top-rating Sunday morning political program Insiders

host David Speers as “scrupulously fair and the best ­political interviewer in the post-Laurie Oakes era”, while reporting that Henderson’s future on the program was uncertain.executive producer Sam Clark on February 4 to confirm his continued appearances on the panel – and that Clark “phoned me the next day and advised that he had not made up his mind as to whether I would be asked on the program this year”.

“Not at all,” Henderson replied. He also claimed the ABC has a “tradition of attacking mainly Catholic institutions, sometimes Christian institutions”.Paris Street, the student who had been groomed by the coach, later said this discussion made him “sick”. ABC sources say that while Henderson was not officially dumped from the program, he is very unlikely to return. They claim that new panellists are being sought to deliver “more productive” debates but that most long-serving guests will continue to appear.panels are decided as we go based on what the program needs, no one is banned and no one is guaranteed a spot," and ABC spokeswoman said.

"As we’ve said previously, we'll be introducing new panel members this year as well as drawing from our existing roster of great contributors. It’s always good to get a range of different voices and views.". He has long accused the ABC of left-wing bias in its coverage of news and current affairs and its selection of hosts.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Groupthink prevails . We cannot have any non believers on the panel . Makes for boring TV . Apparently Insiders is being reduced to 30 minutes , as they all will be in furious agreement !

More ABC bigotry, so surprise, they want to stack everything with left wing preferably homosexual panel members. Free debate makes them look bad as their paper thin ideals are easily torn to pieces. But if you have no disinters you look not so worthless

About time. He has served his master on the Insiders with his biased rhetoric for years.

About bloody time! This bloke is just an apologist for the tories, nothing more. Good riddance!

Typical

About time He was out of step with the program

Oh well 🤷🏻‍♀️ I shall have to miss his cheery disposition!

That doesn’t surprise me at all

What will David Marr do now?

Good riddance. Vile man

He supports paedophilia. Right choice from the ABC

Room at Fox retirement TV with the rest of the old angry white men that like to talk utter shite about days gone by..

All these people complaining about it, there are consequences when you defend pedophiles.

Who is replacing Gideon Rozner; Jamie Bolt ?

Finally..it like being a long term enabler for pedophiles and women bashing apologists wasn't enough

He doesn’t make much of a contribution anyway.

Could be a mistake as people only tuned in to see him make as ass of himself.

too conservative?

Good riddance

He’s unhinged so Murdoch will give him a job

This is a good thing for Gerard now he can get on Sky more and leave the ABCaustralia crap to the deadbeat lefties.

That’s because he lost his train of thought and on live tv that is THAT!

Not before time.

'Top-rating'? I didn't realise Sunday morning was the new prime time.

That's it, I'm demanding that no one advertises on the ABC!

Looks like the trollfarm Rupert retains has been tasked with a new tweet to pollute. Hiya guys, have a nice brainfart tantrum to start your day.

Must be something to do with apologising for paedophiles. He's a repeat offender.

Oh no. Well, I can always perform a ritual and conjure up a miserable, humourless ghost on Sunday mornings instead.

I’m amazing he lasted that long . Enjoyed very much his quiet manner of debunking idiots like David Marr’s ludicrous ramblings ! Speers effort last week - if he’s allowed to continue to be a journalist - was glorious also !

Much prefer to watch “The Outsiders” anyway.

about fucking time!

How surprising. He didn’t fit the narrative of the ABC. There’s no point in a conservative wasting their breath there.

Top rating? People actually spend their precious time on Sundays with that drone sound I could never

At long last.

Hurrah - there is a god

Why?

Thank god. It was becoming like the movie Weekend at Bernie’s

Such a cheery soul.

Most boring man on the planet dropped...good.

xskinn No need for the lemon 🍋 sucking supply then, that scowl will be permanent

Does this also mean the demise of his taxploiter Sydney Institute?

Yep get rid of anyone with an opposing view. That’s balance for you.

Did the person who told him get danger money?

Awww. And this is his happy face!

The last thing the ABC needs is a counter point of view. Go the reds.

He wasn’t the right fit - didn’t beat to the same activist left looney drum.

Thankyou ABC.

About bloody time!

Is he being replaced by Prue MacSween?

👍👍👍👍👍

He won't be missed.

About time! I don't know how it took people this long to truly understand his perceptions. He was insulting / despicable long before this

Yep

Thank goodness. About time. Was it because the producers finally realised Gerard had been dead (physically & morally) for a very long time & he was beginning to smell?

👏👏👏👏👏

Great.

About bloody time. The man is a disgrace.

Oh, oh, oh, my care factor is rising to nearly ‘zero’! Should have happened a long time ago.

The cultural Marxism of dear Aunty continues.

After his latest performance, fair enough

This is good news because the ABC won’t have to pay any lawsuits out for necrophilia anymore.

Right wing ideas can be good, left wing ideas can be bad. Do not assume all left wing ideals are 'better'. A bland, anti human world awaits us if we adopt the ABC ideals of leftism. Eg. Left wing labeling & shutting down free speech in case one is offended.

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Too little too late. As didn't Gerard claim he would retired in 2019? But like other LiberalAus this was another lie. auspol

Good

About time

Good

So he should be, what was he doing on SKY anyway....shocking TV Chanel, all presenters are very poor quality and biased...

The Population dropped him Years ago?

Oh wow. My Sundays will never be the same.

Nawwww. Soooooo saaaad!

Will miss all the laughs and light banter.

I don’t have a problem with dropping him but hope that Insiders bring in conservative reps - good debate is healthy

Good.

He never smiled. An inherent sadness within it seemed. Hope he finds solace elsewhere.

I’m logged in, I’m a subscriber, yet I’m still fire walked-wtf?

Good The panel needs to change . Just like any team does. Eg labour’s shadow minister mob needs too rejuvenate ie. billy shortend Chris bowenhead penny snd Tanya. All got to go.

Suck eggs to the little ferret Henderson. That’s the best news I’ve read all day. Only thing that could beat it was if JWHoward fell off his perch or SlowMo resigns. I live in hope

ABC don’t like diversity

Hopefully, on the grounds that he's egregiously obtuse rather than because he's conservative. There are thoughtful, articulate conservatives out there, but the likes of andrewbolt and this effwit get all the platforms. Good riddance, hello genuine debate.

Good to see Speers and Buttrose ensuring this face-plant of a show becomes a complete leftist bubble, so utterly out-of-touch with reality, supporting the likes of Shorten, Corbyn and Bernie Sanders. What a winning combination!

Thick as a brick

An old fart way past his use by date. Hopefully somebody younger and more dynamic will replace him

But he's still on SBS's drama, The New Pope

lol, top-rating. That's funny😂😂😂

Over to you theprojecttv time to drop Steve Price too?

No so much 'dropped' as escorted back to his room by a nurse.

Great ...it was always weird to have someone as a guest who publicly criticiseds the ABC. Good riddance

Not before time. Old fossil. I think he was contributing to C02 emissions just by opening his mouth

Awww, now Gerard has more time to spend visiting his favorite convicted pedophile in prison. Pellophile

Best move ever. Another good idea is dig a hole, roll him in and fill it back in.

Lol

Good

CHRIST THAT PHOTO MUST HAVE BEEN TAKEN 50 YRS AGO

Thank you InsidersABC I was hoping he would be dropped.

good move by the ABC

Let’s see🤔: the usual suspects Amanda Vanstone, John Hewson, Malcolm Turnbull? Too obvious surely. Anyone from the IPA? Lowy Institute? Greg Sheridan? Janet Albrechtson? God no!! Then Chris Mitchell it has to be. Good choice!! That was easy

good riddance.

TheirABC

TheirABC 🙄

GoFundYourself

Why do you always have to listen to one side of politics all the time?It's boring

👏👏👏👏👏

Incoming right-wing snowflakes crying in 3, 2, 1

Of course they did.

Best news today. I wonder which fruitcake will replace him?

I loved an earlier comment on Twitter, so I'll repeat it. ' Don't forget to flush'!!

And then there were none.😪

Good

Shocking photo

Good. Possibly the most boring commentator ever to hold a long term gig

Gerard was the most insightful member of this collectivist bunch of dweebs.

Good riddance. Worthless opinions. No more IPA dopes please.

I’m sure he can get a job on Outsiders on Sky. They are always looking to recruit more RWNJ’s to join the like of Panahi,Rowan Dean and whoever else wanders on to the set.

p_hannam Conservative, pro-paedophile, anti-science.

The last non leftist gone. Ciao Gerard, you lasted longer than I would have. Time to defund TheirABC

He'll be just fine - he's slow enough of mind and toxic enough to be a regular on the Sky News echo chamber

Oh he must be a liberal, those egocentric public servants at the ABC hate the Liberaks if you don’t support a Labour and the Hree s you can’t have anything to do with the ABC

I found Henderson to be the standard type for conservative/ right wing commentators. Generally, uninformed, poorly read, delved in misinformation and conspiracy, without a social conscience and utterly dull and boring.

ABC can’t handle the truth

Must bring another Leftie.

ABC has to make way for another loony lefty from this paper, labor or the greens. Good forbid should a conservative be on such a crap lefty program.

Bring in another lily pad lefty.

such a great pic...

The fury from SkyNewsAust and australian will be palpable

He's a dumb person's version of a smart guy.

Not snow flake enough for the dopes

Although he is a bit long in the tooth, watching him and David Marr, who despise each other was a little joy.

Bye Gerard, won’t miss you.

Not left enough for the ABC!

Good.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 6. in AU

Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

'Very unhelpful and uncooperative': ABC and AFP face off in courtThe ABC is still considering whether to appeal against a ruling that found an Australian Federal Police raid on its Sydney headquarters was legally valid.
Source: smh - 🏆 6. / 80 Read more »

'Astonishing' Steve Smith pulls 'Superman' moveSteve Smith, that is RIDICULOUS. 9WWOS SAvAUS Mitch Marsh must have photos of selectors how else does he keep on being picked and failing with the bat?
Source: wwos - 🏆 12. / 68 Read more »

Alcohol and cars 'should never go together' | Sky News AustraliaJournalist and Commentator Corrine Barraclough says alcohol and cars “should never go together”. \n\nThe Sunday Telegraph reported that the NSW state government is pushing for a 0.02 blood alcohol limit for drivers.\n\nResearch suggests that if this action were taken, alcohol related deaths could be reduced by 100 people each year.\n\nMs Barraclough said it was “absolutely bizarre that anybody could think it makes sense to have any alcohol in your system when your operating machinery”. \n\nAccording to Broadcaster and Commentator Jim Ball “many of the European brands have great non-alcoholic beers” for those who need to be behind the wheel. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia 0% is the only solution. Works in Japan. Captain obvious 🤔 Self-drive cars will solve this
Source: SkyNewsAust - 🏆 7. / 78 Read more »

Harry and Meghan have shown ‘staggering disrespect’ for Queen, Piers Morgan saysControversial UK commentator Piers Morgan has slammed Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s “staggering disrespect” for the Queen after they insisted the monarch doesn’t own the word “royal”. piersmorgan Thought it would have been clear who they are, they're family. Who is Piers Morgan to her majesty? piersmorgan I wished them well in their new life and adventure, but now!!!!! They have shown their true colours...🤔 piersmorgan Anyone agree with me that spending Christmas in Norfolk slaughtering birds and July in Scotland slaughtering deer might just get a tad tedious for anyone with an actual soul?
Source: newscomauHQ - 🏆 9. / 77 Read more »

'Very unhelpful and uncooperative': ABC and AFP face off in courtThe ABC is still considering whether to appeal against a ruling that found an Australian Federal Police raid on its Sydney headquarters was legally valid.
Source: smh - 🏆 6. / 80 Read more »

Bettina Arndt Australia Day honour to be reviewedThe attacks on Ms Arndt's award were largely limited to the progressive side of politics and the media, but that changed last week when conservative MPs called for her to be stripped of the honour. The feral mob might be able to silence Arndt but the internet is a big place now and the truth about female nature is out there and awareness is growing at a rapid rate Excellent . Who TF decided she deserved one in the first place RationalMale
Source: smh - 🏆 6. / 80 Read more »