A question

Which of these is more deserving of breathless play-by-play media coverage this week?

1. The morning media round of a political party leader who doesn’t memorise his colleagues by their ethnicity, or

2. The morning media round of a political party leader who is currently stalling a free trade agreement with the most populous country on earth, while businesses employing thousands of New Zealanders call on him to get behind it for the good of the country.

You won’t be surprised to know the second one got essentially no follow-up coverage at all, while the first one got numerous articles.