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Michael hodgman

Straight from the sausage factory: how a media story is made

Crikey / Tuesday, 4 September 2007

Bismarck once compared the making of legislation to the manufacture of sausages – it was necessary if people had to eat, but fairly unpleasant to watch happening. The same might be said for the manufacture of partisan “news” – but watching it occur can be quite fascinating, writes Mark Bahnisch.