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Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne

Media go for drama on Victorian election - and miss the story

Joel Carrett/AAP

For the best part of two weeks, Victorian voters were told by the media that the election on November 26 might result in either a hung parliament or a minority Labor government.

In the event, the Labor government was returned with a reduced but clear majority, the size of which is not yet known, while the Coalition has suffered a crushing defeat.

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