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The Gold Balkley

Balk noun: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

Groupthink is pleased to introduce the Gold Balkley, a new media award offered to the journalist or news organisation that dismays us with a shit story or line of questioning during the 2010 Election campaign that contributes nothing of informative value. Please feel free to nominate any examples of immaterial journalism during the next four weeks, including anything you may have seen, heard or read during week one of the campaign.

If anyone gives a shit and we receive nominations we will make a shortlist and put it to a poll to see who is the winner of the Gold Balkley for Election 2010.

I’ll get the ball rolling by nominating ABC News24′s political editor Chris Uhlmann for wasting valuable pre-Masterchef time during the election debate to again ask Julia Gillard about her discussions between she and Kevin Rudd before the spill, instead of asking about important policy issues such as health, broadband/internet censorship, gay marriage; you know, shit that really matters.

Please nominate such efforts. We’ll need a name (of a journalist, interviewer or news outlet) and an explanation of what they have done to earn their nomination - if you have a link to the nominated piece of work that would be awesome.

Please note that award is not open to columnists, bloggers or TV/radio show panellists - I think we’d go insane if we logged every piece of shit they come out with until August 21.

Nominations close August 22.