Anyone notice the recent trend towards Australian journos being hyper-partisan towards conservative politicians in particular? Is this at the behest of American corporations like CBS which own Channel 10? Or reflective of the fact the media-class as a whole is more left-of-centre? Or reflective of the younger age profile of journos these days, which as a cohort we know favour the left more?
This was a theory I put forward last week:
1) Nothing to do with ScoMo's own goals - PVO has a clear vendetta against the Morrison office.
Where Chief then replied:
You think this because conservative western governments have a recent history of denigrating the press to take the sting out of reports of government failures and malfeasance. That's all.
Today, PVO's vendetta is on full display again.
So, my question - as nearly every Australian receives their political news through events and happenings parsed by journalists rather than watching source material (ie Parliament or press conferences) what impact does a hyper-partisan press that favours the left have on political discourse in this country?
This was a theory I put forward last week:
1) Nothing to do with ScoMo's own goals - PVO has a clear vendetta against the Morrison office.
Where Chief then replied:
You think this because conservative western governments have a recent history of denigrating the press to take the sting out of reports of government failures and malfeasance. That's all.
Today, PVO's vendetta is on full display again.
So, my question - as nearly every Australian receives their political news through events and happenings parsed by journalists rather than watching source material (ie Parliament or press conferences) what impact does a hyper-partisan press that favours the left have on political discourse in this country?