‘This unintended educational experience’

Max Fawcett considers the state of the census debate.

Look, it’s not as though I don’t think the media falls down on the job from time to time, and that they tend to do so more often than not when they get within 100 metres of an elected official. But in that spirit, it’s also important to give them their due when they do a good job, and I’ve yet to see a compelling argument that they’ve done anything but in covering the census.