Saturday, August 28, 2010

The Media We Deserve

A critique of the uninspiring performance of the media during the Federal Election Campaign.

It was an uninspiring election campaign, but in the end, did we get the politicians and media we deserve? Media Watch looks at the trivialities that overshadowed policy announcements, the media's self-obsession, and the role that gender played in the coverage.

See the full video at Media Watch

Or see Bernard Keane’s critique at Crikey where he says:

Yes, this election is rubbish, and it represents the lowest point in policy debate since, probably, 1980.

Yes it’s boring, and visionless, and run by two parties that are entirely risk-averse and who have turned their backs on so much achieved by previous generations of leaders. Parties for whom a key campaign strategy is to explain to voters that they have no intention of carrying out reforms they have long insisted were crucial.

But bad luck – it’s your fault.

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