i was having a think about this last nite and i always try to understand the dynamics of the ecosystem.
heres my take from a slightly different angle.
journos are seeing their jobs disappear.
political journos are poo scared theyre going to be the next ones at centrelink
they KNOW the economy , balanced budgets etc (ie the important stuff) is boring and wont move copy.
they know gay marriage, misogyny, texts with the word c..t ,tony abbott punching walls, alan jones being secretly taped etc is far more likely to get people to read and therefore save their own jobs and their own arses by shifting some papers
we can expect more of these "non stories" as the average consumer continues to be dumbed down and whines about
"where's my cash splash julia or tony"
meanwhile the singapore government super fund just brought another $250 million dollar shopping centre i shop at.
sad times
enjoy your gutter journalism while it lasts.
hopefully be interesting reading for the masses in the soon to be created centrelink queues