Enough 'gotcha' campaign coverage. Here are five ways the media can better cover elections
- Written by Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
One problem with our campaign coverage is that we're too focused on the party leaders – the media should be covering the ministers more and going deeper into policy.Dean Lewis/AAP
The key to understanding media coverage of election campaigns is that the political parties are far more professional than the news organisations.
The reason is...