(05-05-2022, 10:10 PM)LP link Wrote:The rules that apply to political reporting apply to sports reporting and all reporting, it's no longer professional, the aim is to collect hits and all you need is a twatter type grab to achieve your goal.
Perhaps we should stop referring to them as journalists and start calling them by what Murdoch has made them, bloggers.
I find it quite amusing that people write me off as paranoid about the way Carlton seems to be treated in the media, dismissing any suggestion of a media bias as my navy blue perspective, then many of the same posters spend time highlighting how the media is biased in the political debates!
I don't necessarily think it's a bias in the political reporting at the moment.
It's more a 'falling over themselves' to be the one to make a hit on the politician.
It's a 'Look at me, aren't I clever'
It's not specifically targeting any side and they'll take the 'kill' wherever they can get it.
Albo's under the pump at the moment.
These vultures can sense a vulnerability and it is clearly taking a toll on him.
They won't back off, they'll double down.
I'm sure he's starting to dread any press stops.
He won't know what's coming at him.
Some may say 'That's politics' :
You're right when you say it's not journalism.