The Tuesday Top 20

The top four remain unchanged from last week in the Crikey/Media Monitors Top 20 for the week of 3-9 July, writes Christian Kerr.

The top four remain unchanged from last week in the Crikey/Media Monitors Top 20 for the week of 3-9 July as the indigenous intervention continues to make plenty of news this week.

Attorney-General Philip Ruddock, however, has moved up the charts with a bullet – or an alleged bullet – in the wake of the Doctors’ Plot, while Brendan Nelson has skidded on an Iraqi oil slick, sliding 23 places up the chart.

Two Labor figures have also enjoyed chart success for very different reasons – Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon for his support for Gunns’ pulp mill proposals and Peter Garrett for the posture politics of Live Earth.

TW (Move)	Politician	Press	Radio	TV	Internet	Total
1 (0)	John Howard	760	8,600	3,594	6,495	19,449
2 (0)	Kevin Rudd	388	3,936	1,583	3,315	9,222
3 (0)	Peter Beattie	208	2,831	1,067	1,355	5,461
4 (0)	Mal Brough	164	2,293	832	1,350	4,639
5 (9)	Philip Ruddock	116	2,698	887	680	4,381
6 (29)	Brendan Nelson	129	2,417	861	573	3,980
7 (0)	Peter Costello	142	1,410	642	1,215	3,409
8 (1)	Alexander Downer	55	1,822	433	787	3,097
9 (-3)	Morris Iemma	91	1,190	139	1,391	2,811
10 (-5)	Steve Bracks	140	1,230	250	1,101	2,721
11 (14)	Wayne Swan	52	543	565	433	1,593
12 (4)	Joe Hockey	96	487	278	480	1,341
13 (-1)	Malcolm Turnbull	71	728	43	494	1,336
14 (-3)	Alan Carpenter	39	460	154	532	1,185
15 (-5)	Julia Gillard	35	166	96	728	1,025
16 (2)	Kevin Andrews	33	387	147	323	890
17 (-9)	Tony Abbott	39	227	106	477	849
18 (9)	Paul Lennon	45	368	54	169	636
19 (-6)	Mike Rann	58	274	62	225	619
20 (9)	Peter Garrett	35	227	143	179	584

Talkback topics didn’t exactly range far and wide over the past week, but the PM still remained top of the pops on talkback. The presence of two State premiers in the top five reflected the lack of federal talkback comment.