Barnaby Joyce has hogged the headlines for 11 days in a row and on every one of them Sydney's Daily Telegraph has led the way

In 65 years in journalism the Owl cannot remember a political story that has dominated the news for so long as the current Barnaby Joyce affair. It is a yarn that has something for everyone. There's a dash of cheerful smut, a sprinkling of rorting to accompany the rooting and now the excitement of a government on the brink of collapse. Who could ask for anything more.
And leading the way in bringing this yarn to the masses has been Sydney's Daily Telegraph. Its coverage has been first, special and best with its political correspondent Sharri Markson the new herd leader of the Canberra Press Gallery.*
As it's such a fast moving story a weekend update seems in order. And there's no better to do that than this collection of Tele front pages from the last 11 days

Wednesday 7 February
Thursday 8 February
Friday 9 February
Saturday 10 February
Sunday 11 February
Monday 12 February
Tuesday 13 February
Wednesday 14 February
Thursday 15 February
Friday 16 February
Saturday 17 February


*Look I know that some outside the mainstream media were well and truly on to the Barnaby story well before the Tele. The sad truth for them, and for a blog like this one of the Owl's, is that it takes the big fellas to really influence public opinion. That's where the Tele showed the way.
And just as an aside, how silly do those press gallery journos who poo-pooed Ms Markson's original efforts look now that the very future of a government looks threatened?
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