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Category: Media
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In Trump’s America, the shooting of a journalist is not a one-off. Press freedom itself is under attack
The video of a Los Angeles police officer shooting a rubber bullet at Channel Nine reporter Lauren Tomasi is as shocking as it is revealing. (more…)
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Palestinian genocide gets some big-screen time
Films and the internet are proving to be a valuable way for the message of the Palestinian struggle to be publicised. (more…)
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China – A country on the move
I have just returned from a four-week holiday in China, my first visit ever. Wow! (more…)
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Whether due to indifference or disinterest, the media colludes with Gaza genocide
Clearly, the Australian media has little interest in reporting on any local reaction to the catastrophe in Gaza. (more…)
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Australia still doing little as the Gaza genocide gets worse
Australia doesn’t mind imposing sanctions on nations or groups it regards as being deserving of punishment for their nefarious activities, Russia, Iran and Zimbabwe to name a few. (more…)
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Dee Madigan and the art of the possible: Branding progress or boxing it in?
In the pantheon of contemporary Australian political strategists, few have the profile — or the punch — of Dee Madigan. (more…)
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It’s time for Albo to lead in new directions
Anthony Albanese is coming under pressure from different sections of society to change his approach to governing and also being criticised about the lack of imagination in his approach to foreign affairs.
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False balance persists in ABC Palestine coverage
In December 2024, I presented an analysis of more than 450 interviews concerning Palestine and Israel on ABC Radio National Breakfast, since 7 October 2023. During this period, the host was Patricia Karvelas. Her last show was on Friday, 13 December. (more…)
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Even once reluctant scholars now agree on Israel’s Gaza assault: It’s a genocide
“Can I name someone whose work I respect who doesn’t consider it genocide?” said one researcher. “No.” (more…)
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Radio New Zealand’s report on its Israel-Gaza coverage is not credible
Radio New Zealand’s decision to conduct a review of its Israel-Palestine coverage post-7 October 2023 is commendable. (more…)
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Accountability and war reporting
Most reporting of Western wars and conflict — as with current reporting of Palestine and early reporting of Vietnam 50 years ago — is missing context and interpretation. (more…)
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Fear, censorship and repression are keeping Israelis in the dark about Gaza
The public’s indifference to what Israel is doing in the Gaza Strip is not just the result of a lack of care, but the result of the war Israel is waging against the possibility of knowing. (more…)
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Multiple Western press outlets have suddenly pivoted hard against Israel
After a year and a half of genocidal atrocities, the editorial boards of numerous British press outlets have suddenly come out hard against Israel’s genocidal onslaught in Gaza. (more…)
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An open letter to The Greens
On election night, I sat glued to the TV, hanging on Antony Green’s every word. All I wanted was the defeat of the Liberals and huge gains for the Greens. (more…)
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Mark Leibler on his lobbying power
In a speech he delivered back in 2018, Mark Leibler lays out how he exerts influence, from trying to block Bob Carr’s efforts on recognition of a Palestinian State to “watching” ABC correspondent Sophie McNeill in order to change her coverage of the Middle East. (more…)
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Message from the editor
Welcome to a new week, a new pope, a new cabinet and a new Opposition Leader. And for the first time, there are at least 57% women in the ALP caucus and record numbers of women across the federal Parliament. (more…)
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In the age of the influencer, does the political backing of News Corp matter anymore?
This year’s federal election demonstrated that Australia’s media landscape has changed. Big players are no longer “kingmakers” in politics. (more…)
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Zionist lawfare comes for Australian journalist
The Zionist federation of Australia should be recognised as a duplicitous and malicious actor in Australian society and politics.
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Mainstream media and distorted Palestine reporting
Australia’s mainstream media have ignored and distorted the genocide in Palestine. A recent Australians for Humanity forum, chaired by former SBS newsreader Mary Kostakidis, and featuring Margaret Reynolds, Stuart Rees and Peter Slezak, tackled the issues and discussed what needs to be done. (more…)
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A monstrous media and murder in Gaza
Imagine how this would have been reported if Russian soldiers had executed Ukrainians in this way. Not like this, you can be sure. (more…)
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The third Nakba in Israel’s war of genocide
Why does the Albanese Government shirk its responsibility? (more…)
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Nine’s feeble bid for a China poll beat-up fails miserably: Anti-China Media Watch
Chinese Communist Party-linked minions are being employed to quash Dutton’s hopes of electoral victory; LNP senator free to make spy allegations; Chinese-built tugboats threaten our sovereignty; and the awful truth emerges – most Australians don’t fear China. (more…)
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Message from the editor-in-chief: Genocide is not newsworthy in The Australian
Our mainstream media have manufactured public consent to the genocide.The Australian has become a parody of a newspaper. (more…)
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On ‘moral panic’ and the courage to speak: The West’s silence on Gaza
Palestinians do not have the luxury to allow Western moral panic to have its say or impact. Not caving in to this panic is one small, but important, step in building a global Palestine network that is urgently needed. (more…)
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Election looms, time to ramp up the China scare campaign: Anti-China Media Watch
Hampered by an underwhelming election campaign — where the Labor/LNP “uniparty” faces the harsh reality that the punters don’t think China is about to invade Australia — Murdoch media is going all out to put those commie bastards front and centre. There’s the inconvenient truth that the Australian military is gearing up to hit China with a barrage of US-made missiles; the Chinese Communist Party is meddling in the affairs of the Catholic Church; and a 60 Minutes report tells us Barbie has fallen victim to the Chinese. (more…)
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The uniform public utterances of our days
British scholar Leonard Schapiro, writing on Stalinism, observed that “the true object of propaganda is neither to convince nor even to persuade. But to produce a uniform pattern of public utterances in which the first trace of unorthodox thought reveals itself as a jarring dissonance.” And it seems that in the current sanctioned discourse, the jarring dissonance is speaking up against a genocide streamed live on our phones. (more…)
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Easter: More rising than falling
“I call upon heaven and earth this day to witness that I have put before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life! Choose life, so that you and your descendants may live.” (Deuteronomy, 30:19) (more…)
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ABC has Four Corners with just one angle: Anti-China Media Watch
In the midst of a federal election campaign, China is front and centre, with the major parties falling over themselves to look tough on national security. The mainstream media is once again aiding and abetting the political narrative without any serious analysis; Albo and Dutton are going to swipe back the Port of Darwin from its CCP-linked owners, but the mainstream media is clueless as to how that will happen; Tony Abbott tells his former chief of staff we’re being bullied by China; and a heavily-promoted Four Corners program fails to scale the great wall of objectivity. (more…)
