How the right-wing media have given a megaphone to reactionary forces in the Liberal Party
- Written by Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
The polarisation that is devouring Australia’s politics is reflected in the increasingly stark polarisation of the country’s professional mass media.
In the midst of the leadership crisis engulfing the prime ministership, some journalists have found time to start fighting each other over allegations of partisan political activism....