Imagine someone stopped you on your way into the polling booth in December last year: "Hi. By May 2020, over 30,000 people will have died of a new disease, but neither the chap who wins today's election nor the tabloids will care."
You'd laugh so hard you'd send yourself to A&E.
You'd laugh so hard you'd send yourself to A&E.
The thing is, the media's failure to stand up to the Government on the pandemic has normalised... anything.
Just look at what Trump gets away with scott-free in the US.
We're all set for the same to happen here. Especially since our media skews more right-wing than theirs does.
Just look at what Trump gets away with scott-free in the US.
We're all set for the same to happen here. Especially since our media skews more right-wing than theirs does.
How do you reverse that trend?
How do you get people to care about the next scandal? The next disease outbreak?
The Government are laughing. They know there will be no consequences to failure, no consequences to a death toll equivalent to the population of a medium town.
How do you get people to care about the next scandal? The next disease outbreak?
The Government are laughing. They know there will be no consequences to failure, no consequences to a death toll equivalent to the population of a medium town.
