Politicians and media fail the community lets get rid of the Federal Government
Not only are established political parties failing the community, mainstream media is just as bad. Politicians pay a price for ignoring the wishes of the people by losing votes – which is why the coalition government only scraped back into government by one seat at the last election. Media businesses pay a price by losing readers, viewers or listeners and that hits their revenue. Mainstream media players didn't realise the extent of voter apathy in Australia which resulted in huge support for independent parliamentarians and minor parties. They also had an extreme bias against Donald Trump's run in the US Presidential election – and now can't forgive him for winning and making them look like turkeys. Is it any wonder than mainstream media is in the doldrums as a growing number of people turn to internet sources and social media for their regular news feeds? Blogs and Facebook are now more reliable sources of news than newspapers, or television. Cheque-book journalism such a...