From irreverence to irrelevance: the rise and fall of the bad-tempered tabloids
- Written by Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
Refusing to change with the times, Australia's tabloids now cater to an aged, monocultural and alienated constituency.Shutterstock
“Kick this mob out” shouted the front page of The Daily Telegraph on the day that Tony Abbott triumphed in the 2013 federal election. Restraint and modesty have never been the hallmarks of tabloid...
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