Martin Lehmann – 1 February 2001 One million Australian voters were dis-enfranchised at the last Federal election due to blatant media interference in the democratic process. The One Nation party received one million votes but did not get one member elected in the House of Representatives. With the looming WA state election, the media has again demonstrated its dangerous control over the political process by threatening retaliation against any political party daring to do a preference swap with One Nation. How did such an undemocratic situation occur? When the power elites, comprising the two major political parties and the media barons, realised the One Nation party could pose a threat to their cosy oligarchy they set out to destroy the party and its leader, Pauline Hanson. The Murdoch press led the charge. In a disgraceful display it vilified Pauline Hanson at every turn. Other media outlets and journalists followed blindly…