How to Win an Election by Chris Wallace

Author:Chris Wallace
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Published: 2020-07-28T00:00:00+00:00

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NEUTRALISE HOSTILE MEDIA AND BEFRIEND UNBIASED JOURNALISTS

On your way back to the cave a couple of joggers come into view, heading your way: two journalists, the last people you want to see. One waves and slows down, planning to stop and talk. You power past them, raising a hand in token acknowledgment. You would have had to stop and talk before the election. You don’t have to now. On arrival you tell your spouse about them. A mutually satisfying tirade escalates as you both recall the outrageous treatment meted out by the media jackals. They were out to get you and they did. You won’t forget it for a very long time – ever, in fact. They never cut you an even break. The most negative construction was put on every story. They proliferated your opponents’ misinformation on key policies you designed for the wider good – or at least the media outlets they work for did. They gave your internal leadership rival, lying in wait if you stumbled badly enough, just enough oxygen to keep you on edge and stop you performing at your best. They went on and on about your unpopularity, your advocacy of ‘brave’ (code for risky) policies, your ‘have it both ways’ position on Adani, how there were things even your best friends couldn’t tell you because you stopped talking to your best friends when they tried to tell you things you didn’t want to hear … You pause. Wait. Okay. Maybe there’s something to think about there. No! Journalists. Media proprietors. Running dogs, all!

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