One of the best emails I get in my inbox (after Spectator’s Morning Shot, of course) is the Fourth Watch Newsletter by Steve Krakauer. He’s a media expert from USA, who keeps a close watch on the fourth estate, hence the name of his newsletter and podcast. One frequent column is called ‘How did this get published?’. 

But Steve doesn’t follow Australian news, for obvious reasons, and hence I feel obliged to write this article.