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He's a narrative writer. He's a got a few narrative crutches (Greens = Nazis, Pinko ABC, taxpayers funding left wing cause, whites are the victims of racism etc etc).I assume he's "brilliant" because his extensive use of facts maks his arguments almost impossible to refute?
Polemicist because you dont like those facts?
P.s he's also Australias most widely read -ie successful- columnist which may be why he's pulling the $.
He'll wheel each out from time to time. He'll sprinkle in 1-2 facts, then bring the whole thing together with some out of context stuff, plenty of opinion, selective analysis and purposely inflammatory wording. He's Fox News. You don't read him to be informed. You read him to cheerlead or get enraged.
90% of his readres are either looking to yell attaboy or call him a fascist. I'd venture to argue very people read him to get more informed on a particular issue. Why bother? He doesnt seek to inform.