In journalism it is highly desirable, if possible , to get a local angle on a major news story -like the running of the Melbourne Cup , drawn into the outcry over the brutal treatment of former racehorses and the long running belief that, since the abolition of slavery, it is not okay to whip a beast , nor a Kanaka, for money . The above protest about the race that stops the nation , in North Queensland, seems not to have been picked up by the press gang , but this is not unusual as the newsroom runners often appear to have missed the start, are locked in the stables , being fed syndicated spin and flim-flam.
