I suspected Scott might otherwise gloomily assume I was not available, since I have my own much-loved show at Network Ten. But I reassured him I'd tear up my contract for The Bolt Report. I'm kind of like that. I knew Scott was in a terrible fix. As I wrote: "You must be mortified that in the 24 years of Media Watch devoted to detecting such media sins as bias and group-think, not once has it had a host not of the Left. Poor Scott. The staff who really run the ABC are making him look a real dupe. They've already put every mainstream ABC current affairs show in the hands of the Left, from Q&A's Tony Jones to Radio National Breakfast's Fran Kelly. This ideological monoculture is actually a breach of the ABC's contract with taxpayers, who give it more than $1 billion a year. The ABC's own Equity and Diversity Annual Report says: "The ABC Charter requires the broadcasting of programs that . . . reflect the cultural diversity of the Australian community. But within hours of my letter, the ABC rushed forward the announcement of Media Watch's new host - yet another man of the Left, Paul Barry. But more shocking were Scott's explanations for turning down my offer. Read full column here.