This is how Scott Morrison will win the next federal election - the same way he won the last one.

With the dancing media fawning at his feet as his team of image experts craft his staged performance for the slathering Australian media to lap up without question.

#pffft #auspol

It's easy when you know how.

And Morrison's team know very well how to play the Australian media.

For the most part, our political media are a collection of sycophantic mugs who question nothing - especially their unquestioning reproduction of his staged photo opps.

"You’re not supposed to be sycophants, you're supposed to be skeptics.

You’re supposed to ask me tough questions.

You're not supposed to be complimentary.

You're supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power."

Obama's final press conference. Jan 18, 2017