Quite wrong there . The ABC has no power whatsoever ,they've lost more elections ,well they've never actually won any ,through their bias and alarmist tactics.
Moreover I'm amused that people here put so much value on what the press does ,regurgitate opinionated press articles as if they're fact ,get confused and alienated because the press doesn't understand or falsely represents the position that they want represented.
The public isn't actually as dumb as most people think . There are thousands of people employed by political parties and their lobbyists to influence public opinion but the world is changing before their very eyes and that kind of bullshit has become increasingly a turnoff for the masses.
Just has politicians have geared themselves up to infiltrate opinion through subversive populist means the game has changed irrevocably these last 3 or 4 years . Similarly pollsters are going to be the next lot standing naked with no one needing to employ their services .
Whenever we have an election in this country the message wil be illustrated to the nth degree and is going to come as quite a shock to those who make their livelihood out of trying to influence public opinion
