“Look! More lefty, vegetarian, socialist groupthink!” shrieks Andrew Bolt, pointing towards The Age’s daily poll which, shock horror, shows that Age readers tend to hold anti-John Howard opinions.
Now, I’m no fan of The Age’s daily poll. I think it’s just another symptom of that paper’s ongoing descent into a dark and smelly pit of lifestyle fluff, celebrity “news”, triumph of advertising bait over genuine content, and sensationalism. You doubt me? Check out some of these hard-hitting questions from recent editions:
“Roman holiday? : Does Amanda Vanstone deserve a plum diplomatic post?”
“Goodbye wave? : Should the Mexican wave be banned at the MCG?”
“Offshore Blunnies : Will you still buy Blundstones once the company moves its manufacturing offshore?”
“Caffeinated cola : Should the caffeine be removed from Coca-Cola?”
“Etiquette : Do Melburnians display a lack of manners on public transport?”
“Eve fatigue : Is New Year’s Eve overrated?”
“THE GREATEST? : Is Shane Warne the greatest bowler of all time?”
Kill me now. These pathetic attempts to involve the reader are so hot right now. I mean, even SBS has them in its tarted-up 6:30pm supernews (with super ad breaks).
(And speaking of SBS’s supernews, does Stan Grant’s hypercolour fake tan make anybody else’s eyes hurt?)
But back to Bolta and his global lefty groupthink conspiracy theory. You see, according to Bolta The Age and the ABC are the only news organisations on earth that attract a majority of their readers/ viewers from the same sphere of political belief. You’d never see a pathetic reader poll on the pages of the Hun with results leaning heavily towards conservative opinion. And do you know why? They never make sense:
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