By Situation Theatre 24/2/2020. Updated 6/7/2020.
A bad faith actor from Australian politics and/or media has said something dreadful and editors across the country are salivating at all the clicks.
A genuinely awful human being has taken advantage of the fact that off cream usually floats to the top of the sour milk of Australian public life, and used the privilege of their platform to say something truly repulsive.
In response to this transparent and cynical attempt to mine outrage for personal gain, the nation’s media have cleverly obliged and boosted this person’s profile beyond their wildest dreams.
And sure, barely a day goes by without news of yet another corruption scandal, our social safety net is falling apart, and ecosystems are collapsing all around us.
But the terrible person has got exactly what they wanted from saying the terrible thing, and traffic is up on the nation’s news websites, so really reporting this garbage is a win-win.