Monica Attard

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ABC News Daily · Should the media boycott Pauline Hanson? · 5 Aug 2026 podcast

I mean, look, you know, will it work here?

I don't know.

I think even Hanson supporters would consider her behaviour to be odd.

even rude, I think.

I mean, Australians, I think, broadly recognise that in democracies, public figures don't get to pick and choose who covers them, and they certainly don't get to dictate what's said about them.

And I think Australians broadly would reject and be critical of a media that kowtowed to a politician, any politician, by reporting on them in the way that they want to be reported.

Their alarm bells would go off.

I think the problem here is that the polls are showing that, you know, as we know, One Nation's popularity is rising in some weeks quite dramatically, in other weeks not so dramatically.

So not reporting her through the lens of political scrutiny and going light on her just to maintain good favour with her is problematic because it means that voters aren't being exposed to critical reporting that tells them who the party is, what it stands for, why this is good or bad for Australia.

I mean, if Hanson gets away with banning reporters from media organisations who are prepared to do that kind of reporting, that critical reporting, then all she is getting is favourable coverage from media organisations that she likes, like Sky, for example.

And even though, you know, Sky doesn't have a massive audience, it does have strong social media presence, which means that One Nation's message is reaching Australians absent the critical analysis, and that is problematic.

Well, we know what a fair go means for Pauline Hanson.

A fair go means that you don't criticise her.

A fair go means that you can ask her questions politely about her position, but when she says something that is deserving of another question or two or three or critical analysis, or even balanced by another voice, she'll reject that.

That is very, very clear.

I was interested to see the spotlight interview with Pauline Hanson, where she was pushed on some of her views.

And she seemed to actually handle that quite well.

So I don't know why she's so afraid of media because she can hold her own ground and argue her position, whether you agree with it or not.

In that interview, I think she, it felt to me that she felt she had the upper hand.

Now, all she needs to do, if she really believes in her position, is to carry that across and argue in the same way and explain herself and her policies to the Australian voting public if she wants their vote.

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