Well, most of the journos that have an opinion on the leadership challenge and the Labour Party have expressed them in earnest today. Am I the only one who has had enough of these people damning the politicians whatever they do or say. I personally have had enough of the "you heard it here first" reporting by the media at large. where are the journos who prosecute a line of inquiry through good investigative journalism? looking at both sides of the story, giving the public the facts not sensationalized drivel that is only meant to boost the reader/viewer numbers.
Unless the media stops perpetuating the "tall poppy syndrome" we will lose all of our good politicians and we surely will not be able to attract into politics the sort of people we need to help run this country and to form an effective opposition. Sure Rudd was an absolute bastard by all reports, but he was the prime Minister of this country and as such deserves some respect. Also while Gillard does not have the confidence of the majority of the public, and can't get her point across well enough, she is the Prime Minister and should be allowed to govern through to the next election. An election is the proper time to elect which party should run the country. Nothing can change what happened to Rudd in 2010, its done. get over it move on and make your decision at the next election. As for the opposition, Abbott has to get over the fact HE lost the right to govern the country. He and his party had the same opportunities given to them by the independents as labour had. He chose not to take what was offered. For the sake of good effective government Mr Abbott start acting like an opposition by holding the Government to account on it policies where they differ from your philosophy and ideology not by acting like a child that has been given out on the first ball, so takes the bat and ball and goes home. We can all feel for your loss... so close and yet so far, but really enough is enough get on with the job of being a good effective opposition.
It's important to remember that it is a political party that is elected by the people not the leader. Although I will concede that the popularity of a leader is in some way a deciding factor of which party to vote for.
Back to journos.
The overuse of emotive language in reporting surely must have had its day. Will the public ever become tired of being sucked into a story by the use of statements that sensationalise the news only to find out that the actual story is not that big or important? Surely there must come a day. My suspicion is that the public's thirst for juicy news and gossip about any high profile person or persons will fuel the media's use of misleading headlines and stories for some time to come.
Is there not a journalist out there that had the intestinal fortitude to tell it like it is. I don't want to read all of the news articles out there on a given topic, find out the contradictions then try and make an informed decision on it. I want balanced reporting, I want the facts, I want to know that if a politician puts out a statement on a given topic that it has not been swallowed whole and blurted out in the media for the sake of getting a story out before some other journo.
If you have bothered to read this far, I will tell you that not all journos are like those that I have ranted about above. But, increasingly there does seem to be a move toward getting the news out first at all costs.
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