This being said, the scandal was a great opportunity for newspapers, such as The Telegraph, to try and persuade the people and other government officials that Abbott was no longer suitable for the position of Prime Minister. Similar to Truman’s scandal, reporters tried to manipulate Abbott’s words into something far more sexist than it was intended to be in order to gain support to the anti-Abbott movement. Abbott adversaries took this opportunity to conduct polls to demonstrate approval ratings and create political cartoons that demonstrated Abbott’s sexist behavior (Postales). It was a journalistic strategy to get Abbott out of office, just like the media conducted in Truman’s KKK
This being said, the scandal was a great opportunity for newspapers, such as The Telegraph, to try and persuade the people and other government officials that Abbott was no longer suitable for the position of Prime Minister. Similar to Truman’s scandal, reporters tried to manipulate Abbott’s words into something far more sexist than it was intended to be in order to gain support to the anti-Abbott movement. Abbott adversaries took this opportunity to conduct polls to demonstrate approval ratings and create political cartoons that demonstrated Abbott’s sexist behavior (Postales). It was a journalistic strategy to get Abbott out of office, just like the media conducted in Truman’s KKK