No surprises on the Crikey-Media Monitors Top 20 for the week of October 2-8. Malcolm Turnbull, saving the best for last, has his highest ever chart ranking with his Pulp cover: “The trees, those useless trees…”

Other big movers this week include that unfortunate by-product of Sussex Street incest, NSW Health Minister Reba Meagher and her federal Labor counterpart, Nicola Roxon, who was taken along to some hospitals by her boss.

TW

Politician

Press

Radio

TV

Internet

Total

1
(0)

John Howard

1,206

6,222

3,091

8,612

19,131

2
(0)

Kevin Rudd

967

4,367

2,605

4,883

12,822

3
(5)

Malcolm Turnbull

437

5,384

1,996

2,000

9,817

4
(-1)

Tony Abbott

333

3,221

1,445

1,432

6,431

5
(-1)

Peter Costello

367

1,731

1,072

2,898

6,068

6
(8)

Kevin Andrews

344

3,150

649

922

5,065

7
(-1)

Morris Iemma

218

1,702

1,047

1,435

4,402

8
(10)

Peter Garrett

212

1,960

1,427

640

4,239

9
(-2)

Anna Bligh

218

1,142

706

1,710

3,776

10
(-5)

Alexander Downer

128

842

280

2,066

3,316

11
(-1)

Joe Hockey

194

1,027

757

1,230

3,208

12
(11)

Reba Meagher

139

1,789

358

368

2,654

13
(-2)

John Brumby

151

879

641

973

2,644

14
(-5)

Julia Gillard

135

367

405

1,258

2,165

15
(-2)

Peter McGauran

103

631

257

925

1,916

16
(-1)

Mark Vaile

83

594

361

602

1,640

17
(-5)

Wayne Swan

130

632

192

529

1,483

18
(15)

Nicola Roxon

56

776

115

325

1,272

19
(6)

Paul Lennon

85

480

379

357

1,301

20
(-4)

Helen Coonan

158

288

137

571

1,154

The talkback topics last week were pretty obvious. Commercial radio listeners love Kevin Andrews. ABC types think he’s a c-nt.

Rank

Politician

Talkback

1

John Howard

936

2

Kevin Rudd

537

3

Kevin Andrews

332

4

Peter Costello

267

5

Morris Iemma

111

And, just in case you ever wondered, Britney is more worthwhile than the Premier of our second largest state. According to the news editors, that is:

Britney Spears

72

429

1,415

727

2,643