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Channel 31 airs The Bolt Retort

Channel 31 Melbourne last night aired a satirical piece aimed at TEN presenter and News Ltd. columnist Andrew Bolt.

Channel 31 Melbourne last night aired a satirical piece aimed at TEN presenter and News Ltd. columnist Andrew Bolt.

The Bolt Retort is a Colbert-style five minute response to Bolt’s TEN programme, The Bolt Report.

Presented by Shannon Marinko from ABC2’s The Bazura Project, it probes the editorial of the TEN show and its outspoken presenter, Andrew Bolt.

Marinko tells TV Tonight, “It’s about time another ill-informed white man took to the TV screens to talk absolute rubbish and draw impossibly-thin conclusions about issues much better explained by actual journalists. And that time was a five minute bracket last night.

“It’s probably better you missed it.”

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UtiPqsdFRo[/youtube]

18 Responses

  1. Damn I missed it. Will have to watch out for it in future. Finally a reason to watch something related to Bolt – have sworn off anything Bolt related as it threatens to give me high blood pressure..

  2. He can bleat about it to his half a dozen listeners on MTR tomorrow morning, but the show was brilliant, showed up what everyone knows but couldn;t get it to air, especially on MTR where they screens calls so only Libs and Nationals and anyone against the current government get on

  3. @Kate – I’d be interested in seeing some data to back that claim up because, if you actually check the official ratings, you will find that while The Insiders regularly rates well into the Top 50 (usually around #40) whilst The Bolt Report is somewhat lower down.

  4. Brilliant stuff. Of course, Bolt will now accuse Shannon of being part of the Leftist/Greenist/Warmist/Ist-ist conspiracy, but it’s a small price to pay. 🙂

  5. It amuses me that so much of AB’s time is spent relentlessly criticising the so-called cultural elites when he’s clearly one himself. Sadly I don’t have a PhD but if I were to offer a diagnosis I’d say there’s an inordinate amount of self-loathing going on, manifesting itself as external transference to those he unconsciously sees as himself :/

  6. Ha ha a little uneven but some great content – a credit to community TV! Thanks for that David. Excuse me, it’s been fun but now I have to go back to ignoring Bolt.

  7. Didn’t the Bolt Report go when Lachlan took over Ten?
    I was sure it was off air months ago due to poor ratings.
    When does it screen? And what is it numbers?
    And how many watch with an IQ over 50?

  8. I love listening to Bolt as much as i do evanjelistic christians, i’m amused at the seriousness at which they take their work.
    It’s like pro wrestleing, We know it’s rubbish, They know it’s rubbish, some will choose to believe while others like me will be entertained.

  9. Wow, thats amazing, i cant believe that the bolt report is still going, i thought that was canned yonks ago.

    And only 5mins to crap all over bolts ramblings, to do it justice id have though you’d need a 1 hour show every week. The Bolt Retort shows promise, i might try to catch if it continues (Will have to be on youtube though as i dont get 31)

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