Media Outlets Flock to Drama as Democracy Faces a Very Real Threat

Commentary For the past few months, the Australian media has been besotted by a series of court cases involving former staff members working in the country’s Parliament.  Pages of newsprint and hours of television and radio have been devoted to the saga, with more to come next year. The evidence in various criminal and defamation trials has dominated media coverage as every “he said, she said” allegation has been breathlessly reported. Without detracting from the issues involved in these cases, nor downplaying the seriousness of the various allegations, a case of much greater international and regional impact is now underway in Hong Kong. ...