Generally I'm quite tolerant of the organised media. While I used to be the sort of person who would squabble about perceived left-wing or right-wing media bias, I've learned that there are more important (and productive) things to do with my time and energy. Nevertheless, there are certain instances when the final straw breaks the camel's back.
Today's edition of The Age was one such moment. I've been reading The Age for the past couple of years, and I have to say that I've noticed a significant decline in the quality of the paper in that time. Now I'm getting to the point of exasperation, wondering whether The Age should even bother calling itself a broadsheet.
I can tolerate the watering down of the content and the influx of mX-style tidbit stories, but one thing that I can't stomach is clear editorialising outside of the opinion section. It's no secret that The Age is a left-leaning paper, but to have such blatant one-sided reporting is really unacceptable. If the paper wants to applaud the Rudd Government's summit, it should do so using its editorial for the day. And for the record I have no problem with the Rudd Government or the summit per se; I'd just like to be able to make up my own mind on the subject.
If this keeps up, I'll have to find another use for my Age subscription...doorstops, anyone?
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