[member=556]Blue Moon[/member] hands out a brutal shirt front.
The problem isn't just the general public, the attitude carried by the general public originates and is promoted by the politicians, the politicians spend all their time mud slinging, so mud slinging becomes the de facto language of politics.
In the US Biden tries to change this, but the media then slam him as senile and deflecting, or assert he is criminal when he refuses to buy into the debate, which is bizarre given the people the main accusations come from!
Here in Oz Turnbull tried to change the narrative only to fall victim to his own party's very worst offenders.
The problem is the higher ground doesn't suit the likes of Murdoch, they want the mud as it does the job for them in gathering ratings, reporting and verifying facts is boring. So politicians do what is expected and game that system, so we get The Donald as a reward, which is ironic because Murdoch it seems hates The Donald because The Donald uses lies to make Murdoch's lies appear like lies, the one thing you can't use to fight lies is more lies!
The problem isn't just the general public, the attitude carried by the general public originates and is promoted by the politicians, the politicians spend all their time mud slinging, so mud slinging becomes the de facto language of politics.
In the US Biden tries to change this, but the media then slam him as senile and deflecting, or assert he is criminal when he refuses to buy into the debate, which is bizarre given the people the main accusations come from!
Here in Oz Turnbull tried to change the narrative only to fall victim to his own party's very worst offenders.
The problem is the higher ground doesn't suit the likes of Murdoch, they want the mud as it does the job for them in gathering ratings, reporting and verifying facts is boring. So politicians do what is expected and game that system, so we get The Donald as a reward, which is ironic because Murdoch it seems hates The Donald because The Donald uses lies to make Murdoch's lies appear like lies, the one thing you can't use to fight lies is more lies!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"