There’s the NRA-style, cooker-ish “beware of government” stuff: In my opinion, the spin attempted by the two clubs ranges from the risible to laughable. The article is paywalled but I’ve done the reading for you. “More clubs along the Murray border say they have been dealt a joker by a push to impose mandatory cashless gaming cards on all NSW clubs to curb problem gambling,” begins the Guardian (no relation to The Guardian) story. Ms Dalton’s case was limply accorded just the final four of those 35. Those six pars were better than Ms Dalton received three days later when the Guardian and the lobby were back at it with “Cashless gaming plan will ‘devastate’ clubs”, this time quoting the Euston Bowling and Recreation Club CEO Guy Fielding, running the lines in a 35-paragraph spray. Tucked away well down in the body of the story, Ms Dalton is accorded six paragraphs which are then afforded lengthy rebuttal by the pokies men.
Helen Dalton was afforded six and four paragraphs in the articles.
