Barrie Cassidy confirms Sky News’ David Speers as his Insiders replacement
After an initial report in The Guardian broke the story, Barrie Cassidy has spoken out this morning on ABC News Breakfast, confirming Sky News political editor David Speers will be his Insiders replacement.
Cassidy announced he would be retiring from the role earlier this year, although mentioned he would continue some involvement with the ABC after his departure.
“He will be there, eventually… I couldn’t be more chuffed,” says #Insiders host @barriecassidy about @David_Speers.#auspol pic.twitter.com/GckarEaKvB
Oh that explains the gnashing and wailing I can hear. Like music to my ears.
Hang on, Sky is ‘increasingly right wing’ meaning the ABC is balanced??? Hahahahahaha pull the other one! And this appointment will allow David Speers to ‘pull back’ from being ‘right wing?’ In other words, toe the Marxist LaborGreen line or else.
David Speers one of the fairest political analysts we have.
No bias, just excellent, intelligent commentary.
I had stopped watching Insiders. Unfortunately it lost its ability to show both sides of the political spectrum. The constant leftist undercurrent made it unpalatable. It’s nice to have a variety of thoughts on the couch.
Hope David can steer it back to where it began.
I see both of Sky News’s viewers have come on here to comment and leap to its defence.
Sky News after dark is best suited to being played from a balcony in Austria.
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“… what some have considered the increasingly right-leaning Sky News.”
Really? Sky News just polishes Rupert’s ultra-right credentials. Spears is now the best thing it has going for it. He’ll add lustre to the ABC, but we’ll miss Barrie’s craggy face and remarkable hair.
Nick, I think I’ve spotted a typo. Bunker is not spelt “b-a-l-c-o-n-y”.
What a great hire. Speers is impressive in every way. One can only hope that two more will join him as they don’t deserve to remain in the environment of Boris.
Speers, who has been working for overlords Murdoch and Stokes on Fox (Sky) News, now infiltrating the ABC.
Shouldn’t we be worried here?
Good to see Speers joining a credible organisation and now he will actually have viewers.
Barrie Cassidy will be sadly missed. Just dont bring Murdoch affairs on Insiders…..!!!!!
As long as Spears doesn’t have any of the Sky “news”channel political commentators on insiders I will keep watching it. The Insiders program is for political journalists, Sky news is a political commentator news channel and has very little to do with actual news more to do with bashing anyone and everyone who doesn’t fit the masters ideals most of which is what the Donald would call “fake news”. I am glad ABC has cancelling the 4million a year they payed Foxtel to be there when that money was used to bash the ABC, didn’t make sense. One final thing,Sky news does realize that the election is over doesn’t it. Just a thought.
I watched insiders religiously when Barry cassidy presented. Since it has become one sided and I watch sky news to get the opossing side of any debate. David Speers should strike a balance once again.
David Speers is one of the last of the TRUE unbiast journalists we have left in Australia. Of course he will be balanced with his interviews.( More so than most on the ABC and Guardian.) Neither will he take on the arrogance of telling Australians how they should think or behave.