I’ve long been on record as a critic of a particular kind of gotcha played by many reporters, what we might call “The Russert.” This is where the reporter reads the politician something he said some ...

Do you know what a “gotcha” interview question is? Pretty much what it sounds like: A question the answer to which lets an interviewer think, “Gotcha!” As in, “Your answer revealed something you ...

The Bulletin has such a good “gotcha” today it has splashed the word across its cover – and it’s cringe material for ASIC and the DPP. The magazine’s reporters Eric Ellis and Preston Smith managed to ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Opinion. Followed categories will be added to My News. While the spoil sports can tut-tut about journalists setting trip-wires for politicians - asking them ...