Much room for mushrooms - Media Watch
Media Watch rips into everyone (including the ABC) over the shambolic coverage of the Erin Patterson trial.
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View original on lemmy.todayMedia Watch rips into everyone (including the ABC) over the shambolic coverage of the Erin Patterson trial.
https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/mushroom/105530772Open linkView original on lemmy.today
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As someone who never took an interest in this case this is an excellent piece. His closing remarks are particularly eloquent.
Engage your brains!
They didn't really "rip into everyone".
The trial had all the ingredients to stir public interest. It's not really surprising it generated so many stories and headlines.
In general I think content creators were pretty well behaved. Of course there are some notable exceptions.