Welcome to the new (old) moralism: how the media's coverage of the Joyce affair harks back to the 1950s
- Written by Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
The Barnaby Joyce saga has been an example of 'shake-the-tree' journalism at its worst.AAP/Lukas Coch
The Barnaby Joyce saga has given a great boost to what might be called “shake-the-tree” journalism: you shake the tree by running a sensational story and see what falls out.