Unethical media behaviour over trying to unseat a legally elected Prime Minister

Today the Liberal Party decided 69-31 that they did not want to have a leadership spill.  As you can imagine the mainstream media is still having a field day with this with headlines such as "why Tony Abbott can't survive this" and other tripe.

I understand activism in journalism because I myself do it but in this case, like on so many occasions the mainstream media are still missing the point.  They still don't understand and they still don't seem to care.

The problems started when Treasurer Joe Hockey delivered his budget on election night but like the Delta Goodrem song, nobody listened.  They had cotton wool in their ears.  They'd made their minds up.    They decided they wanted blood.  That they wanted the government to be out.

It's not okay that this type of "reporting" continues.  It's one thing if Abbott had committed a crime.  It's another thing if he was acting illegally but disagreeing with what someone does isn't reason to undermine the democratic process.

Prime Minister Abbott doesn't have six months.  He actually has 18 months.  That's when the next election is being held and that is when judgement day falls.  Not a moment beforehand.

The mainstream media must have a very flexible moral compass but trying to undermine democracy goes against the fundamental belief that journalism should be in the public's best interests.

Political messages are not commodities to be sold.  They effect the public.  We're talking a country's future and the mainstream media just don't understand that.  Nor do Labor Party MPs or the backbench.

The Liberal Party tried to convey their message but the mainstream didn't care.  They didn't questions.  They simply didn't do their jobs.  They decided to put their own opinions above others.

Why have elections if the mainstream media are going to undermine democracy and try and unseat a sitting Prime Minister?  It's incredibly unethical and beggars belief.  You can't unseat a sitting PM who hasn't acted unlawfully.  You are however allowed to write to MPs and you are allowed to vote on Election Day.  We hold elections once every three years, not when the media want to create the news rather than reporting it.

I'm disgusted, especially when you consider NZ citizens in Australia can't even vote.  It is so disrespectful to us.  It's disrespectful to our ancestors who fought for the vote and it's disrespectful to the public who vote.