The difficulty for the Fairfax 'reporters' (Australian Financial Review (AFR), Sydney Morning Herald and The Age) who are now on strike will face hard times.
They only practiced leftist-biased copy-paste talking points. Very little 'journalism'. For example AFR thinks only Keynesian economics is the umbrella business should operate under. Even if that method fails. That is what they report as valid. Low taxes and keeping out of the way of small and medium business isn't even brought up.
If it is Labor / Green left, it is good. If it is anything approaching conservative values or having the government stay out of your face, it is bad.
And then the bad news. If someone whats leftist news (with some occasional, real, investigative reporting) there is the ABC. It is better.
The leftist ABC is government funded (about $1.2B per year), delivers content in a better fashion and doesn't have to show a profit.
So the leftist news organizations that are not government funded, meet the ultimate karma. They will get pushed out by the 'market'. A rigged market where organisations like the ABC get what they need. Add too that, a current leftist PM that backs the ABC.
Tough times.
If only actual balanced reporting was done by Fairfax, maybe they would have had a sustainable business plan.
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