Victoria’s election result dispelled the myth of Daniel Andrews’ supposed unpopularity

‘The evidence and the public opinion polls have consistently suggested that Andrews has in fact united the majority of Victorians.’ Photograph: Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

There is a bias all journalists share. It is baked into the profession, inseparable from craft skills, such as news sense. It is not ideological or party political. Rather, it skews the judgment towards whatever interpretation of the evidence makes for the best, most exciting story.

This, surely, is one of the reasons that so much of the media reporting of the Victorian election campaign was off the mark – particularly in the last week, when multiple outlets were predicting a late swing to the Coalition and against Labor.