The (diabolically) brilliant politics of scaring the elderly

An Australian reader explains the near-total blackout on real news Down Under - and how government-fed media propaganda has turned elections there inside out.

First: Thanks so much for all the feedback. You blew up my inbox (more correctly, I blew it up)!

Two interesting points: The vast majority of you wrote that you are happy to receive several emails a day. Obviously, there’s some potential selection bias - the most enthusiastic people may be more likely to write me. But I have to go with what I hear. So I …