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The media
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posted on 2019-01-01, 00:00 authored by Matthew RicketsonMatthew Ricketson, Katharine Murphy, Patrick MullinsThis chapter analyses the relationship between the federal government and the news media during the 2016-2019 term of office of the coalition governments led by Malcolm Turnbull and then Scott Morrison. The two leaders' methods of engaging with the news media are analysed, alongside a discussion of the trend towards hyper-partisan coverage of politics in the mainstream media and on social media.