Why the media loves a baseless BBQ reckon

Contains a bit of Bryce Edwards stuff, but also some thinkers

Here in this plucky little nation of fretful sleepers and highly motivated vendors and uptight ute drivers we take our politics almost as seriously as we take our sport, mate.

Our mightiest meatiest media organs know the score. If you want to keep the punters coming back for more, you need to be giving them pulsating play, a thrilling score line, and hea…