The issue the feds had is that they put all their eggs in the AZ basket and didn't want to bargain with the other makers.
Not quite correct. Better do a little more research.
So, no, I don’t blame the media. If the politicians reported the true state of the nation, the vaccines, the risks, the data, and actually honoured the population and the media with the intelligence to interpret the real facts, then I think most of us would feel respected rather than assuming we are being lied to every time they open their mouths.
The trouble I have with the media is that we are fed the media's opinion of the news, not the factual news.
I had the AZ as soon as I could get it based on what facts I could read, not the opinion on the so called jurnos we have in OZ.
One of the other problems is that we are have to many "authorities" in Oz.
One approves a vaccine for use by over 16 yo based on trials and another contradicts that approval limiting the use to a particular cohort.
This is what the media in Oz loves, a conflict, especially if they can involve our elected reps.