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We're just boring people. Either that or there's nothing to talk about in a local sense.
I read once that people are more familiar with American politics that Australian politics. Not enough drama!
Thats definitely a part of it, the drama in other parts of the world can be much more engaging. In an unhealthy sense.
In the formal news frame, I think the biggest issue is the lack of a strong WA based news cadre. Theres mostly only surface level 'events based reporting'. There's a smattering of reporters from the corporates and ABC, but theres not much in the way of in depth analysis, or following over time of stories/sectors, unless its Ben Cousins of course! Independents (eg, community newspaper group) have near no base of support, or are non-existent. Then, outlets for local news are supplanted in favour of more consequential Eastern counterparts, because all our outputs feed into national outputs.
Its a great point! We basically lack the local foundation and infrastructure for old-school journalism. I don't think there is an appetite for supporting it from the community so its unlikely to ever change.
I hope thats wrong, like a city/state with the amount of people we have, i'd hope there'd be enough interest if the right organisation/journalist came along. But for now, i think the same.
There's a pretty strong anti-intellectual undercurrent that runs through most of the mainstream population. That kind of mindset not just disregards in-depth writing, but is annoyed by it. Sometimes angered, even.
I'm okay with "in-depth" comments that are short comments on Lemmy lol
Super long articles, fair enough, I struggle these days to get through investigative journalism articles that take hours to read.
Lol, i started trying to read, properly, again after a years long hiatus from anything of substance. The struggle is real :) I'm better now, but i practically have to force myself into low distraction situations.
Still, at least we're not stuck with short tweets as the limits of our attention span
I've felt, its not so much 'anti-intellectual', but very strong 'anti-tall poppy' sentiment. I think its a key reason why Mcgowan was much more liked than Barnett. Both smart people, but Mcgowan was perceived as being more down to earth.